Posted on 04/12/2015 8:19:09 AM PDT by Signalman
Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry Maurie Trewhella, of Victoria University (Australia), has just made a stunning claim about global warming, in a letter to the editor.
According to Trewhella;
Ian Dunlop’s warning (Comment, 7/4) is especially sobering. The slowing of atmospheric temperature rise over the past 15 years or so, used by climate change sceptics to debunk the work of the IPCC, is, on the contrary, evidence that the solar energy delivered to the Earth is being absorbed by the oceans. The Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets are acting as giant dampers to contain temperature rise in the oceans. When both of these ice sheets melt away in the next decade or so, the rise in both ocean and atmospheric temperatures will accelerate rapidly and demonstrate that the passing of the tipping points that Dunlop expresses concern about has, indeed, occurred. …
I’m not certain which article by Ian Dunlop Professor Trewhella was responding to, but this article, full of alarmist claims about tipping points and the “dangers” of economic growth, seems fairly typical of Dunlop’s writing.
Professor Trewhella is a person of substance within Australian academia. The press release Ephedrine’s green dream details advanced work being performed by Associate Professor Trewhella and colleagues on yeast, to economically produce important medicines (interestingly their innovation, in this case, involved large quantities of CO2).
To obtain a Chemistry qualification in Australia, you have to study Thermodynamics at an advanced level. Part of being a qualified Chemist in Australia, is knowing how much heat it takes to melt a block of ice.
Does Professor Trewhella really believe that the Antarctic and Arctic ice sheets will “melt away in the next decade”? I hope not. But whatever led to this letter being published, it seems careless to say the least, for the reputation of a man of science, to be associated with such a ridiculous claim.
Al predicted the world would burn up in 10 years and ever since then Rush Limbaugh has been holding a countdown to “The end of the world”. He’s literally has a clock on his website that has been counting down the past 10 years. We have less than a year left, 289 days. Look.....
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2006/01/27/algore_we_have_ten_years_left_before_earth_cooks
Sea level 200 feet either way. It’s happened before and it will happen again despite what we do, if we’re around.
If you're in California you better hurry, the water police will soon be ripping out all the private lawns. Soon you will only be able to see a lawn at a golf course, museum or well, anytime at a wealthy persons home.
Hahahaha, I’d take that bet in a heartbeat. But I’d also bet that dumb cow wouldn’t put her money where her mouth is.
One of the best ways to shut up a fool like her is to offer her this opportunity: “Okay, I’ll bet you $100,000 that the ice caps are still there on April 12, 2025. Take the bet or shut your mouth.”
Too bad I don’t have $100,000.
‘Course, maybe we could pool our resources...?
Anthropological global warming fanatics need sanction and, when educators, loss of tenure. The theory is debunked in so many ways. Global warming is no better. Now, a better focus would be urban heat islands, which are real, easy to understand, and would be worth some attention. That and littering. How about these fanatics focus on teaching people that human littering is a bad practice? Pick up your trash, pack it out.
I’ve seen the figure of “15 years” on several threads. What is the significance of 15 years?
If all the ice melts, I’ll have waterfront property.
Fifteen years gives everyone enough time to forget about that stupid prediction you made.
We should print this article and keep it up somewhere so we can haul it out when it doesn’t happen.
“I thought the Aussies were wise to this.”
Look at his title.
Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry Maurie Trewhella, of Victoria University (Australia)
Aussies are, but he is part of the common scene challenged class.
Life jackets are in the mail.
Way off the mark. According to ManBearPig they melted 3 years ago.
Simple experiment:
Put a bath tub filled with water in a greenhouse and observe what happens. Does anybody really expect that the temperature of the water will rise while the air temperature will remain the same?
And this is their new model, their new excuse.
OK, you have to all take a drink every time a liberals says melting ice.
I am still waiting for the ice age they predicted back in the seventies; and the overpopulation that will turn us all into cannibals; and for “The Big One” that will rip California off the left coast of the US like a scab.
These overly educated ‘conformists’ will never be held to account for the bovine excrement they spew today.
Doubling down on failure...
Why not say the arctic and antarctic are going to melt next year? That way we won’t have to wait ten years for one more crap prediction to not come true.
Truth:"My government grant will run out before then"
Algore may have been right. The Earth may soon be turned into a burning cinder, but it won’t be because of global warming.
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