"The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true."
--Albert Einstein
Posted on 12/11/2009 10:23:43 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
ClimateGate doesn’t just bring down the scientists who wrote the emails, it brings down all the institutions and organizations that were supposed to have exacting standards and ought to have exposed the crimes years ago. The men whose work was so bogus, were lauded by the IPCC, published in Nature and Science, and defended by the National Academy of Science.
This evidence of collusion, falsification, hiding data, and consistent deceit blows away the infrastructures of the practice of science. It doesn’t hurt the scientific method, but it destroys the premise that the IPCC expert review means anything, that peer review is capable of even picking up outright fraud, and that the National Academy of Science is functional.
…the journals, the famous peer review, the committees with international reviewers: they have also been exposed as corrupted.
In other words, all the human processes of science, the journals, the famous peer review, the committees with international reviewers: they have also been exposed as corrupted to some degree.
This is much more than just the downfall of three or four men.
Of the 26 names on the Copenhagen Diagnosis, 12 are connected to the email scandal. It implicates almost half the lead team. The IPCC only had 60 reviewers of the one chapter that matters (Chapter Nine), and some of them reviewed their own work, many had vested interests, and now a significant number have been caught by the scandal.
Phil Jones has stepped down pending an investigation.
Michael Mann is now under investigation by Pennsylvania State University.
Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) had their attorneys file three Notices of Intent to File Suit against NASA. Chris Horner, representing CEI, said the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies failed to comply with the Freedom of Information Act for the past three years.
We’ve discussed some more criminal charges in detail.
And just to complete the picture of widespread carbon-corruption, the top two auditors of carbon-permits have been suspended in the last 12 months.
UPDATE: Europol story that Carbon Credit Fraud costs $5 billion
The European Union (EU) Emission Trading System (ETS) has been the victim of fraudulent traders in the past 18 months. This resulted in losses of approximately 5 billion euros for several national tax revenues. It is estimated that in some countries, up to 90% of the whole market volume was caused by fraudulent activities. (Thanks to Springer ).
Prominent long time climate scientists and UN scientists are speaking out. Dr Petr Chylek who has published over 100 papers says, “We cannot blame it on a few irresponsible individuals. The entire esteemed climate research community has to take responsibility.”
Top ranking physicists are speaking out against their association. (And CBS is even covering it.)
The burning fuse that has been lit by ClimateGate may eventually spread to take down editors and publishers of popular magazines and mainstream media. As the public learn the news from friends, blogs, and community newspapers, some publications will be left behind. The credibility of some mastheads may never recover.
Being the victim of a well intentioned exaggeration is vastly different from falling to a predetermined malicious fraud.
The thing that makes the ClimateGate mix so powerful is that it taps into a universal human attribute. Being the victim of a well intentioned exaggeration is vastly different from falling to a predetermined malicious fraud. There is energy from the masses that would fuel a rebellion. Behind the scenes, well connected businessmen in California, surgeons in Sydney, lawyers in the UK, and top ranking physicists are emailling and linking up. Networks of graphic designers, movie makers, and animators are planning ways to fight back.
No one can keep the largest scam in history a secret. But the major movers and brains behind this must know that too. That’s why I’m still very afraid that they will get a deal done. Those with billions resting on the table know that this is their last chance to salvage game-changing profits.
People everywhere, you need to let your elected representatives know, before it’s too late, that any deal done in Copenhagen is based on fraud; that voters will come to know it; that the masses will revolt.
I was speaking to Australian Senators and their staff last night. The thousands of messages they received last week from furious voters made a big impact. Their staffers were overwhelmed.
If you think you are safe because you have faith that your congress or senate will protect you, think again. If most of the big nations “agree”, they will push with everything they have to force your country to join in, even if its citizens don’t want too. There is no way they’ll want you to have that unbridled competitive advantage. How could one or two nations stand against the trade forces of the rest?
UPDATE Friday 12:46 WST: Europol story that Carbon Credit Fraud costs $5 billion. See above. (Thanks to Springer who has a great quote about carbon credits on his site.)
CONTACTS FOR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
AUSTRALIA : A list of Australian Members and Senators is here. (Thanks Allen)
CANADA: Members of the Canadian House of Commons. The names of the 105 members of the Canadian Senate . (Thanks Neil)
HUNGARY: Parlament List (Thanks Attila).
NETHERLANDS: parliament list. (Thanks Arnold).
NZ: Here is the PDF list for New Zealand. (Thanks Rereke.)
SWEDEN: Parliamentary emails. (Thanks Ahrvid).
UK: MPs and Lords. (Thanks Phillip)
USA: Here are links to the names of Representatives and Senators here in the U.S. The House of Representatives. The Senate site. The president. (Thanks Roy.)
Unfortunately they all require contact through their web sites. Both Senate and Congress have a way to look up the name of the Representative by zip code or Senators by state and then get to the individual web site. They no longer permit direct email. Their web sites also give a phone number.
Read this thread at least:
Smoking Guns Across Australia: Where’s the warming? Looking at 16 other locations.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
This Gal is doing marvelous work....from down under.,
Ping.
Brazil tracking the new currencies of global warming
EXCELLENT article thanks for posting it!
I dropped my subscription to Popular Science magazine because of them pushing the globull warming hoax on us. When they called to ask why, I let them have it and told them that when they got around to REAL science instead of publishing politically correct propaganda, to give me a call.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
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“ClimateGate” a PR Disaster That Will Be “Taught in University Communications Courses”
I think I’ve got it. US temperature is no warmer than the 1930s, according to our record (in fact last year not even close). Temperature in the UK and Europe is also no warmer than prior periods, according to their records. The rest of the world wants trillions in subsidies from ... the US, UK, and Europe. So whose records do you believe? If you were from from a less-developed country and wanted $10 billion what temperature history would you submit to the Climactic Research Unit? Or do we think the temperature records from Tanzania in 1910 or Leningrad in 1943 were spot on? And that their respect for scientific integrity would overrule the prospect of collecting a few billion (per year).
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“Its just the tip of the iceberg and its more than just about a few crooked scientists.”
From the article: “We cannot blame it on a few irresponsible individuals.”
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Right. The defense for CRU and the enviro-wackos is the same as the defense of ACORN/COI.
Array 1 contained the CO2 PPM in the atmosphere since 1959.
Array 2 contained the # of houses I have lived in since 1959.
I got a fairly high r of .95.
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LOL...:)
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