I know global warming a serious topic. If Al
Gore is right, we will burn to a crisp, life as we know it will
end, and even the UN won't be able to save
us. Alas, it's hard for laymen to figure out all of
the details. Still, shouldn't global warming mean, well,
the planet is warming? But it hasn't over the last
decade. If the alarmists can't get today's temperature
right, I keep wondering why we chould believe them when they
purport to predict the temperature a
century from now. "Some day we'll get it
right" seems to be the mantra of the alarmist lobby.
At least I'm not the only person with questions.
Christopher Booker has a wonderful year-ending column in
The Daily Telegraph. He wryly observes:
Looking back over my columns of the past 12 months, one of
their major themes was neatly encapsulated by two recent items
from The Daily Telegraph.
Well, I guess that's why the operative phrase now is "climate
change." That way the social engineers can justify
destroying the economy whatever happens to the temperature.
If temperatures rise, it shows the earth is warming. If
temperatures fall, it shows that global warming is causing the
climate to change, presumably even if that means a new Ice
Age. In principle, there is no difference between droughts,
floods, and blizzards--all justify turning control over to Al
& Co.
Doug,
The goodnews is the slowing of the AGW steamroller. There seems
to be a fine line between AGW spin and the actual science. It
wasn't too long ago that a day didn't go by without some new
"study" blaming "such n such" on Global Warming. Thousands of
scientists lined up before the cameras eager to advance the
agenda. Anyone who got in the way was branded a "denier", and was
instantly subjected to a credential and publication review
process (how many PHDs does the deniers possess and how many
times did they publish "peer reviewed" papers?). It was very
difficult to question AGW when you are up against an army of
psuedo intellectuals whose only accomplishments were to
accumulate a mountain of PHDs. Any public debates usually evolved
into a character assasination of the person questioning the
science of AGW.
Probably to least reported aspect of the AGW debate is the use of
statistics by the Alarmists. Everything from Dr Mann's famed
Hockey Stick to NOAAs and NASAa representation of global surface
temps can come down to the mis-use of statistical analysis. This
shouldn't be surprising, but it is quite alarming. Many of the
world's "hot spots" (areas that have "anomalously" warm temps) in
reality have been quite cool (Siberia and the Artic). The
"warmth" is nothing more than statistically adjusted raw data
that can be manipulated anyway the statistician wishes. When
these false numbers are put on color coded maps, the reader
believes that Siberia is basking under tropical weather when in
fact the opposite is true. Thankfully there are plently of
professional and ametuer statisticians who are now shedding light
on one of the greatest scientific con jobs in history.
Dandapani| 1.2.09 @ 12:51PM
The MMGW morph to MMCC by the MSM was quick and silent this past
year, once they realized the GW meme wasn't going to pan out this
winter. Now they can never be wrong. Too hot, MMCC. Too cold,
MMCC. Too wet, MMCC. Too dry, MMCC. And so on.
Mike Showalter| 1.2.09 @ 6:21PM
This is why we shouldn't let "education experts" run the public
schools.
Al Gore has really stepped in some deep global warming do do. He
has guaranteed the world that the northern polar ice cap will be
gone in five years. I couldn't believe it either till I saw the
video.
To view is comments on video, visit the following site:
http://www.hootervillegazette.com
then click on Mr. Gore's pic.
Happy viewing. You might also want to watch "The Great Global
Warming Swindle" found in the video section.
ernie| 1.4.10 @ 11:40PM
Over two weeks of below 30 degree tempetures here in Oklahoma,
snow and ice on the ground that refuses to melt because of single
digit temps at night.... Old AL needs to pull his head of his
steamer of a rear end and get a clue. This has been one of the
coldest winters here in OK, not to mention the somewhat average
summer we had this last year.
JP| 1.2.09 @ 12:09PM
Doug,
The goodnews is the slowing of the AGW steamroller. There seems to be a fine line between AGW spin and the actual science. It wasn't too long ago that a day didn't go by without some new "study" blaming "such n such" on Global Warming. Thousands of scientists lined up before the cameras eager to advance the agenda. Anyone who got in the way was branded a "denier", and was instantly subjected to a credential and publication review process (how many PHDs does the deniers possess and how many times did they publish "peer reviewed" papers?). It was very difficult to question AGW when you are up against an army of psuedo intellectuals whose only accomplishments were to accumulate a mountain of PHDs. Any public debates usually evolved into a character assasination of the person questioning the science of AGW.
Probably to least reported aspect of the AGW debate is the use of statistics by the Alarmists. Everything from Dr Mann's famed Hockey Stick to NOAAs and NASAa representation of global surface temps can come down to the mis-use of statistical analysis. This shouldn't be surprising, but it is quite alarming. Many of the world's "hot spots" (areas that have "anomalously" warm temps) in reality have been quite cool (Siberia and the Artic). The "warmth" is nothing more than statistically adjusted raw data that can be manipulated anyway the statistician wishes. When these false numbers are put on color coded maps, the reader believes that Siberia is basking under tropical weather when in fact the opposite is true. Thankfully there are plently of professional and ametuer statisticians who are now shedding light on one of the greatest scientific con jobs in history.
Dandapani| 1.2.09 @ 12:51PM
The MMGW morph to MMCC by the MSM was quick and silent this past year, once they realized the GW meme wasn't going to pan out this winter. Now they can never be wrong. Too hot, MMCC. Too cold, MMCC. Too wet, MMCC. Too dry, MMCC. And so on.
Mike Showalter| 1.2.09 @ 6:21PM
This is why we shouldn't let "education experts" run the public schools.
Dash| 1.3.09 @ 12:05AM
Al Gore has really stepped in some deep global warming do do. He has guaranteed the world that the northern polar ice cap will be gone in five years. I couldn't believe it either till I saw the video.
To view is comments on video, visit the following site:
http://www.hootervillegazette.com
then click on Mr. Gore's pic.
Happy viewing. You might also want to watch "The Great Global Warming Swindle" found in the video section.
ernie| 1.4.10 @ 11:40PM
Over two weeks of below 30 degree tempetures here in Oklahoma, snow and ice on the ground that refuses to melt because of single digit temps at night.... Old AL needs to pull his head of his steamer of a rear end and get a clue. This has been one of the coldest winters here in OK, not to mention the somewhat average summer we had this last year.