Thermodynamics and Closed Systems, or, Gore's Demon

By now, everyone has heard of "global warming" or "anthropogenic global warming" (lately, for some inexplicable reason, modified to "climate change").

Among the foremost proponents of this has been failed Vice President Al Gore, who wrote a book called Earth in the Balance in which he called the internal combustion engine a greater threat to the survival of mankind than thermonuclear weapons.

As though we ended World War II by dropping a Studebaker on Japan, and held Strategic Buick Limitation Talks with the U.S.S.R.

Following this seminal achievement, he went on to create a documentary called An Inconvenient Truth in which he claimed that "global warming" would lead to record numbers of hurricanes.

Left unexplained is how last year was supposedly the warmest year on record (tied with 1998, actually) according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and yet (according to the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, which appears to be a division of NOAA), 2005 beat them both and 1998 had only 3 major hurricanes.

For this stupendous work, Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Which has also been awarded, over the years to such luminaries as Yassir Arafat (linked with the infamous 1972 machine gunning of Israeli Olympic athletes) and Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm, who was awarded his prize because of how awesome he was going to be. Still waiting on that one.

The "global warming movement" has had its share of other loons, and tremendous predictions, as well, including the infamous prediction about the Himalayan glaciers melting by 2035 -- which was not a scientific prediction, but had literally been copied from a World Wildlife Fund document which itself had been dependent upon a *newspaper article* (read: not peer-reviewed science such as they insist upon from everyone else!) dated in 1999.

Such happenings are but a few examples of a type of event which occurs so often within the global warming community that the phenomenon must be given a name.

Recall that in Thermodynamics, one is exposed to the concept of "Maxwell's demon" -- a critter who sits inside a box of a gas at equilibrium, and sorts all of the molecules as they go by, so that the hot molecules are on one side of the container, and all the cold molecules on the other side, as a way of illustrating the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. Maxwell's demon works best in a closed system, where no matter can be exchanged between the system the outside world.

I suggest the concept of "Gore's Demon": a supernatural critter (not necessarily God, or a god, but just a cosmic smart-ass) who follows around Gore segregating Hot Weather from Cold, whenever Gore elects to speak about Global Warming, giving rise to the Gore Effect.

Gore's Demon has apparently incarnated as another form, the newly-recognized Obama's demon, which simultaneously prevents coherent speech from leaving Obama's mouth (except when neutralized by the teleprompter amulet), and prevents any criticism of the President, or any recognition of his policy failures, from implanting in the minds of his supporters.

Obama's Demon apparently indwells the studios of MSNBC and several liberal websites, such as Democratic Underground and The Daily KOS.

Attempts to exorcize Obama's demon by exposure to images of Saint Sarah (Our Lady of the Tundra) have been reported, but with inconsistent results.

Great post, grey_whiskers !
Thanx for the ping SunkenCiv !

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GORE HEARING ON WARMING MAY BE PUT ON ICE
Mon Jan 26 2009 17:59:26 ET
Al Gore is scheduled before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday morning to once again testify on the 'urgent need' to combat global warming.
But Mother Nature seems ready to freeze the proceedings.
A 'Winter Storm Watch' has been posted for the nation's capitol and there is a potential for significant snow... sleet... or ice accumulations.
"I can't imagine the Democrats would want to showcase Mr. Gore and his new findings on global warming as a winter storm rages outside," a Republican lawmaker emailed the DRUDGE REPORT. "And if the ice really piles up, it will not be safe to travel."
A spokesman for Sen. John Kerry, who chairs the committee, was not immediately available to comment on contingency plans.
Global warming advocates have suggested this year's wild winter spells are proof of climate change.
Developing...
HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER ICE STORM (Drudge Report ) February 13, 2007
March 1, 2007 --- Minnesota Public Radio's "Global Warming: The Home Front" scheduled for March 1 was cancelled due to insufficient global warming ("based on current travel advisories ").
March 7, 2007 --- A Congressional subcommittee meeting on Energy and Air Quality Hearing on "Climate Change: Are Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Human Activities Contributing to a Warming of the Planet?" was cancelled due to a snow advisory. "A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING."
Recall that greenhouse hypothesis maintains that warming due to increases in the greenhouse effect is anticipated to be greatest in the winter.
Frostbite, equipment damage end latest Bancroft-Arnesen trek
PATRICK CONDON
Associated Press
March 12, 2007
MINNEAPOLIS - A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite.
What follows is a sampling of how Mother Nature enjoys ridiculing promoters of the global warming scam.

• The Gore Effect: Politico, November 2008

• First October snow since 1922 blankets London as global warming bill debated: Register, October 2008

• Global Warming Vote on Snowy Day in Washington - Senate committee debates expensive climate change bill as snow blankets D.C.:
First October snow since 1922 blankets London as global warming bill debated: Register, October 2008
Global Warming Vote on Snowy Day in Washington - Senate committee debates expensive climate change bill as snow blankets D.C.: Business and Media, December 2007
HOUSE HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER SNOW/ICE STORM: Drudge Report, February 2007
NOT AGAIN! DC 'Snow Advisory' Issued on Day of Congressional Global Warming Hearing: Times, March 2007
Gore decries 'global warming' in bitterly cold NYC: WND, December 2006
Gore delivers environmental message at Harvard ...with near 125-year record breaking low temps: MOTLS, October 2008
Global warming activists urged to focus on Earth Day rallies and ignore snow as it 'piles up outside our windows': Alarmism, April 17, 2007
No Joke! Cyclists 'braved freezing cold temps' to promote global warming awareness in New York: WKTV, October 22, 2008
Global warming protest in Maryland frosted with snow: Baltimore Sun, January 2008
Global warming rally in the snow: Alarmism, April 2007
Snow won't dampen global-warming rallies: Live Daily, April 2007
Brrrr - Obama to global warming demonstrators: 'This is probably not the weather to hold up those signs...it's a little chilly today', Space Daily, October 28, 2008
Global Warming Awareness Walk Braves Snow Storm: Nashua Telegraph, March 2007
The Gore Effect, Cont. - Gore speaks in Italy during 'rare' cold and snow: Planet Gore, December 16, 2008
Climate protest canceled 'due to rain and cold': Telegraph (Australia), Nov. 23, 2008
Penguin Ice Sculptures refuse to melt 1997
Three British explorers trying to ski to the North Pole to measure the thickness of sea ice only have one day's food left as bad weather hampers supply flights March 17, 2009
Texas Email Subject Line: 'Global Warming Lecture Postponed Due to Cooling' Houston Chronicle via NewsBusters, December 5, 2009
Al Gore Warns of Global Warming Doom Seconds Before CNN Reports 'Monster' Winter Storm (NewsBusters) December 9, 2009
Record Cold To hit Global Warming Conference (Copenhagen To Break Dec 17th Record by 7 Degrees!) December 17, 2009
Snowstorm squelches climate change protest Copenhagen, December 30, 2009 ... A downtown protest of the climate change talks in Copenhagen became a victim of Wednesday's snowstorm. "Not many people showed up because of the blizzard conditions," said organizer Clea Major, an international studies student at the University of Utah... She called Wednesday evening's effort a success and possibly the first in a series. As for the snow, it's not entirely new; a protest she attended last year in Washington, D.C., suffered a similar fate..."There is always the irony element," Major said. (There is also the reality element of the globe's current 11 year cooling cycle, Clea.)
“Gore effect” strikes Cancun Climate Conference 3 days in a row December 8, 2010
“Gore Effect” on Steroids: Six straight days of record low temperatures during COP16 in Cancun Mexico – more coming December 10, 2010, Watts Up With That
Record Cold at Cancun Climate Confab 11 Dec 10, New American

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