Replicating Al Gore’s Climate 101 video experiment shows that his “high school physics” [fails]

Blog: Watt's Up With That ^ | October 18th, 2011 | Anthony Watts

[donmeaker]

Readers may recall my previous essay where I pointed out how Mr. Gore’s Climate 101 Video, used in his “24 hours of climate reality”, had some serious credibility issues with editing things to make it appear as if they had actually performed the experiment, when they clearly did not. It has taken me awhile to replicate the experiment. Delays were a combination of acquisition and shipping problems, combined with my availability since I had to do this on nights and weekends. I worked initially using the original techniques and equipment, and I’ve replicated the Climate 101 experiment in other ways using improved equipment. I’ve compiled several videos. My report follows.

[donmeaker]

For those who still thought Albert Gore Jr. had any credibility, here is a link to a replication of the 'high school science experiment' from his movie. Rather than the 2% increase in temperature seen in his movie, the unedited experiment shows that CO2 side warms more slowly due to its reduced thermal conductivity.

[globelamp]

Shocking, I tell you. If you can´t trust Mr. Gore, who can you trust?

Also, the ‘experiment’ is not from his movie, but from his recent (failed) 24-hour-propagandathon “Climate Reality”.

[vanilla swirl]

Al lives in an alternate reality.

[JPG]

Gore loves to rant and proclaim doom and gloom over the ‘climate crisis’ but the only crisis he's experiencing is the knowledge that his BS isn't selling anymore and that all of the greenbacks he expected aren't showing up in his bank account.

[RJS1950]

I’m guessing that the moron never took high school physics; hell, he received a D in college bonehead science.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[PENANCE]

There's no credible evidence that the planet has warmed over the past 2 centuries, so why do these side issues matter?

Having zero evidence of warming makes it somewhat difficult to validate a "Global Warming Theory", don't you think?

[golux]

Magnificent work.

[InterceptPoint]

But, but, but what about THE CONSENSUS? Isn’t that more important than actual measurements? What has science come to when it can actually prove that politically correct views are flawed. What good is that? Who can make any money from that? This sort of thing is going to ruin my plans to get rich buying and selling carbon credits. LOL.

[donmeaker]

Thanks for the correction.

[GraceG]

You get more “greenhouse” effect by making the surfaces darker via the albedio effect.

This is why in the winter the snow melts faster in the cities than it does just a few miles outside of the city, not because of extra CO2 near the cities, but the albedio effect and the extra heat directly generated.

You would get more cooling by just painting the roofs white or using lighter coloured shingles if you really really wanted to do somethign about the micro climate effect that on a global level is like a gnat crapping in a lake.

[TChad]

Change our experimental results to support our leftist political agenda? YES WE CAN!