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To: onyx; Nobel_1; Brugmansian; Pan_Yan; azkathy; Just mythoughts; Marine_Uncle; Marie; fanfan; ...
An effective mitigation response requires a well functioning carbon market.

They are going to shout down anything that might destroy that carbon maket...scheme...

Like the fact that CO2 really lags any warming that comes from Climate Change...however it happens.

David Evans has an article:

No smoking hot spot **********************EXCERPT*********************************

* David Evans
* From: The Australian
* July 18, 2008 12:00AM

I DEVOTED six years to carbon accounting, building models for the Australian Greenhouse Office. I am the rocket scientist who wrote the carbon accounting model (FullCAM) that measures Australia's compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, in the land use change and forestry sector.

FullCAM models carbon flows in plants, mulch, debris, soils and agricultural products, using inputs such as climate data, plant physiology and satellite data. I've been following the global warming debate closely for years.

When I started that job in 1999 the evidence that carbon emissions caused global warming seemed pretty good: CO2 is a greenhouse gas, the old ice core data, no other suspects.

The evidence was not conclusive, but why wait until we were certain when it appeared we needed to act quickly? Soon government and the scientific community were working together and lots of science research jobs were created. We scientists had political support, the ear of government, big budgets, and we felt fairly important and useful (well, I did anyway). It was great. We were working to save the planet.

But since 1999 new evidence has seriously weakened the case that carbon emissions are the main cause of global warming, and by 2007 the evidence was pretty conclusive that carbon played only a minor role and was not the main cause of the recent global warming. As Lord Keynes famously said, "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?"

There has not been a public debate about the causes of global warming and most of the public and our decision makers are not aware of the most basic salient facts:

1. The greenhouse signature is missing. We have been looking and measuring for years, and cannot find it.

Each possible cause of global warming has a different pattern of where in the planet the warming occurs first and the most. The signature of an increased greenhouse effect is a hot spot about 10km up in the atmosphere over the tropics. We have been measuring the atmosphere for decades using radiosondes: weather balloons with thermometers that radio back the temperature as the balloon ascends through the atmosphere. They show no hot spot. Whatsoever.

If there is no hot spot then an increased greenhouse effect is not the cause of global warming. So we know for sure that carbon emissions are not a significant cause of the global warming. If we had found the greenhouse signature then I would be an alarmist again.

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FR Thread I started:

The Missing Hotspot ---The ‘Hotspot’ is crucial to the climate debate.

12 posted on 12/12/2009 8:14:04 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: agere_contra

fyi


13 posted on 12/12/2009 8:14:48 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I have a Question.

ALL gasses, etc etc etc.
It is this mixture that gives Earth its ability to grow and change. Supporting life,ALL life.
Now, how can we trust these unethical scientist to decide which mixture of these atmospheric cocktails is the RIGHT mixture.

Since Man has somehow in his/her ignorance managed to survive. What is it EXACTLY that the GW/CC Religionist want to save.
Nature finds a way. Man will as ususal adapt and survive.

SO AGAIN WHAT EXACTLY IS IT THAT THE ENVIROWHACKOS WANT TO SAVE THAT IS IN SUCH DANGER?


14 posted on 12/12/2009 9:44:18 AM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thank you .... bttt
15 posted on 12/12/2009 9:45:21 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Pesky facts. I enjoyed reading the linked article at the thread you linked. Thanks, Ernest.


18 posted on 12/12/2009 12:59:22 PM PST by onyx
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Time for the honest scientist to separate themselves from those that are on the dole. It is tough but can be done if they get backing.


21 posted on 12/12/2009 6:29:18 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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