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Presto! Alarmist Emails Not Such a Big Deal
That’s The Amazing Revkin for you — the New York Times’ DotEarth blogger/environmental reporter attempts some M*A*S*H-style meatball surgery this morning on the badly hemorrhaging climate alarmoscientists’ scandal that has erupted in East Anglia.
That’s The Amazing Revkin for you — the New York Times’ DotEarth blogger/environmental reporter attempts some M*A*S*H-style meatball surgery this morning on the badly hemorrhaging climate alarmoscientists’ scandal that has erupted in East Anglia, UK. First he acknowledges that some of the most prominent climate fictionalizers in the world said some very naughty things about global warming skeptics, but then he promptly cues the violins:
Some of the correspondence portrays the scientists as feeling under siege by the skeptics’ camp and worried that any stray comment or data glitch could be turned against them.
And then Revkin asserts that it’s all pretty meaningless in the overall scheme:
The evidence pointing to a growing human contribution to global warming is so widely accepted that the hacked material is unlikely to erode the overall argument.
Revkin has authored two global warming books and so has a lot to lose himself from this controversy, as his reputation is just as much at stake as the scientists.’ Therefore his defense mechanisms are fully engaged. In his blog post yesterday about the revelations, he states that repercussions “continue to unfold” and “there’s much more to explore,” but do you really think he can be counted on for follow-up stories about it this week? We’ll see, but this attitude doesn’t give much hope:
The documents appear to have been acquired illegally and contain all manner of private information and statements that were never intended for the public eye, so they won’t be posted here. But a quick sift of skeptics’ Web sites will point anyone to plenty of sources.
And what a surprise: He offers no links to those skeptics’ sites. Meanwhile, blogger Tom Nelson notes Revkin’s past freedom-of-information heroics when it came to scrutinizing the Bush administration. So while Revkin and alarmists engage in crybabyism, the climate realists among us train our eyes on the substantive. For example, Czech physicist Lubos Motl identified a few juicy morsels from the emails, including one in which the University of East Anglia CRU’s Phil Jones writes to U.S. atmospheric scientist (and realist) John Christy:
…If anything, I would like to see the climate change happen, so the science could be proved right, regardless of the consequences. This isn’t being political, it is being selfish. Cheers, Phil
Indeed, selfishness appears to be at the heart of much of the alarmism movement. Motl discovers money transfer methods and tax evasion schemes, as well as Jones’s well-funded endeavors over the years:
So far, the most interesting file I found…shows that since 1990, Phil Jones has collected staggering 13.7 million British pounds ($22.6 million) in grants.
There is oh-so-much. Like I said yesterday, it’s like watching the ACORN-sting videos over and over again because you just can’t believe what you’re seeing.
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Pingback| 11.21.09 @ 10:03AM
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kestrel | 11.21.09 @ 10:10AM
Very typical of the fascist Liberals in the world. Lie like hell, trash those that disagree and try and destroy their reputations. Then when caught flat footed in your global warming theories, blame the critics of the scam and dismiss what they have found. Environmentalism IS the new home for communism. Man made global warming is a joke, perpetrated on gullible people to fleece them of their money.
Gerry| 11.21.09 @ 10:28AM
The Lysenko Affair redux.
nohype | 11.21.09 @ 10:36AM
The Times did not have any problems with printing what was in the Pentagon Papers in 1971, did they? When the leaks and illegally obtained data favor your side, you welcome them. When they are inconvenient to your side, you take a very different view.
Growe| 11.21.09 @ 10:45AM
See Lucia's post concerning Mann and the "Unpredictable Andy" - http://rankexploits.com/musing.....able-andy/
RWinks| 11.21.09 @ 10:59AM
Kestrel--You nail it in the last two sentences. I would only add they want our money and our liberty.
davidc| 11.21.09 @ 3:55PM
I think there are many intersecting agendas here but I think most of the motivation can be captured under a few headings.
1. Really Big Money: I think that the costs of the various taxes/cap and trade/government subsidies are going to be far greater than the few % of GDP that have been predicted by some. At first, maybe, but once we pass from the "teaser" taxes (we'll tax you, then give it back) onto what really is needed to reduce emissions by say 90%, the pool of dollars up for grabs will be an order of magnitude greater than the current global oil+gas+coal markets. And the potential huge volatility in the “carbon” markets will provide opportunities for speculators undreamt of until now.
2. Religious fervour: the new religion of GAIA with the same pattern of sins and indulgences as before.
3. Power: If you are interested in being emperor of the world, or at least a member of the executive elite, there has never been an opportunity even close to AGW for the opportunities it provides. Control CO2, you control everything.
4. Really small money (useful idiots): More (not very well paid) jobs for environmental jornalists , but only if the Apocalyptic version is believed. The same for academics and those working for government funded agencies. Who needs you if there is no problem? How do you get a grant to show that really, nothing unusual is happening.
These guys are in category 4. They want your money (but only 13.7 million pounds or so) but don't care about your liberty either way. But they are useful for categories 2. and 3. who are certainly after your liberty.
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Hacked E-Mails Fuel Climate Change Skeptics « The EIW Network links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
mkurbo| 11.21.09 @ 11:45AM
What a wonderful day for humanity !
The hoax is over, the kids can go back to playing and stop worrying about the polar bears and the criminals who brought this scam upon the world will now be put on trial. The “green” movement was hijacked by socialist progressives and used as a weapon to scare the world into their “vision” of behavior and tax us into oblivion. Now it is over and the revolt back to common sense is on ! Yeah !!
With all the time, money and effort wasted on AGW, we could have really done some good in the world. Wake-up everyone, time to use that energy on real problems…
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SpeakEasy| 11.21.09 @ 2:42PM
How convenient, "We got people to believe in AGW with that fabricated data so who cares if it was fabricated." The question is will people heed the wake up call this information represents or hit the snooze button?
Bob Armstrong | 11.21.09 @ 8:41PM
I recently moved to the top of my Liberty page the following quote from Lenin because the anti-life CO2 war mongers :
We must be ready to employ trickery, deceit, law-breaking, withholding and concealing truth. We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, scorn, and the like, towards those who disagree with us.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin quoted in Max Eastman : Reflections on the Failure of Socialism
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Pingback| 11.23.09 @ 10:00AM
Amazing Revkin Hard at Work | GlobalWarming.org links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
john| 11.23.09 @ 10:19AM
Like microbes in a petri dish, we swim in a sea of media. Do we know from whence it comes? Probably not. But we do evolve and by now, most people are able to detect at some subconscious level, a push, a media push. Like magic knives and miracle blenders, you hear the talk and believe it and buy, knowing at the same time, at some level, that you are being worked.
Bird flu, swine flu, global warming, climate change. These have the feeling of a push.
And now the CRU FOI2009 ZIP file, available for download. What does it mean?
According to the esteemed scientists, nothing. The science is established, the wheels of government are in motion. No little thing like doubt can halt the oncoming regulations. Obama is on board and says that he will take care of any doubters, whatever that means.
The "trick" is a red herring. Could mean anything. What is important is the pattern of partisan activity. The political campaigning for a position which
means that the position being promoted is not all that clear cut.
No sign of the impartial weighing of evidence that is the myth of science. The apparent refusal to grant access to the basic data because the requester might be hostile to the cause.
The idea that we, the scientists, are smarter than you, that only we can understand and decide your fate.
And now we are off to Copenhagen, to eat and drink at someone else's expense and to rule the world.
You know what. I want to see a lot more ZIP files floating around. A lot less lost data. A lot less push.
Or else, "Do not correspond with me further"...
Pingback| 11.23.09 @ 1:36PM
Celebrity Paycut - Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
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Where’s Climategate? | GlobalWarming.org links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
J Craig| 11.23.09 @ 5:53PM
Just as "The earth is flat." was so widely accepted for centuries before common sense prevailed.
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Deuce| 11.24.09 @ 10:08PM
Not really a mystery. Do yourself a favor sometime and check out the true financial situation of the NYT. A year ago they had lost more money than they ever had. They've lost that much more since. Their auditors have been publicly chastised and accused of fraud by shareholders. How do they still produce a paper and publish all over the web? I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but someone HAS to be keeping them afloat. The numbers don't add up. Its the Madoff scam out in the wide open yet nobody seems to be paying attention. But you have to assume it has something to do with their political leanings. No too hard to see.
The good news is all you have to do to is stop reading. Everyone else has. Or do some of you look forward to those Revkin articles with baited breath...?
Ollie| 11.24.09 @ 10:17PM
This is so easy to understand. It's about protecting one's job and one's reputation. You can't get cynical enough about these emails. These guys realize they have to make global warming real because it's the sweetest gig that will ever come their way.
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