Posted on 05/21/2015 8:23:31 AM PDT by Signalman
Mr. Obama’s remarks at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s Commencement May 20 demonstrate the extent to which his advisors are keeping him divorced from the facts.
The bulk of his speech was devoted to what is now becoming more and more obviously a non-problem: “the challenge … that, perhaps more than any other, will shape your entire careers – and that’s the urgent need to combat and adapt to climate change.”
Some facts. In the 11 years 2004-2014, the rate of global warming taken as the mean of the three terrestrial datasets was one-twentieth of a degree. The ARGO ocean dataset shows warming of one-fortieth of a degree. The mean of the two satellite datasets shows no warming at all. Subject to formidable uncertainties, the ARGO database gives perhaps the best guide to the underlying warming rate. None of these real-world measurements is the stuff of what Mr Obama called “a peril that can affect generations”.Some facts. In the 11 years 2004-2014, the rate of global warming taken as the mean of the three terrestrial datasets was one-twentieth of a degree. The ARGO ocean dataset shows warming of one-fortieth of a degree. The mean of the two satellite datasets shows no warming at all. Subject to formidable uncertainties, the ARGO database gives perhaps the best guide to the underlying warming rate. None of these real-world measurements is the stuff of what Mr Obama called “a peril that can affect generations”.
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Answer is, yes, of course. Not only does he know so little, but he knows so much that ain't so!
Agree.
but he knows so much that ain’t so!
...and therein lies (no pun intended) the real problem!!!!!!!
Uh, I’m going to go with “yes”.
In addition to his limited/non-existent knowledge of climate, I’m convinced he is equally ignorant of other things like the Constitution, American culture, Christianity, Islam/terrorism, common sense, or how to even balance a checkbook, among many other things but too lengthy to list.
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