Posted on 03/05/2010 4:43:30 PM PST by ConservativeHideout
There is a rather interesting development on the AGW front. It seems that a group has filed a class action lawsuit against energy companies for causing global warming.
"The class action suit brought by residents from southern Mississippi, which was ravaged by hurricane-force winds and driving rains, was first filed just weeks after the August 2005 storm hit.
“The plaintiffs allege that defendants’ operation of energy, fossil fuels, and chemical industries in the United States caused the emission of greenhouse gasses that contributed to global warming,” say the documents seen by the AFP news agency.
The increase in global surface air and water temperatures “in turn caused a rise in sea levels and added to the ferocity of Hurricane Katrina, which combined to destroy the plaintiffs’ private property, as well as public property useful to them.”
There is one problem with this suit…the lack of AGW. If you recall, Phil Jones, of ClimateGate fame, recently told the BBC:
"B – Do you agree that from 1995 to the present there has been no statistically-significant global warming
Yes, but only just. I also calculated the trend for the period 1995 to 2009. This trend (0.12C per decade) is positive, but not significant at the 95% significance level. The positive trend is quite close to the significance level. Achieving statistical significance in scientific terms is much more likely for longer periods, and much less likely for shorter periods.
C – Do you agree that from January 2002 to the present there has been statistically significant global cooling?
No. This period is even shorter than 1995-2009. The trend this time is negative (-0.12C per decade), but this trend is not statistically significant."
In a sense, I think that this is a fantastic opportunity to put AGW on trial. If this goes to court, evidence can be presented to show that not only is AGW not occurring, but that there is significant evidence for a cooling trend. Evidence for solar activity, ocean currents, deleted data, disappearing weather stations, fudged numbers, and “hiding the decline,” can be presented, and the suit may fail. Wouldn’t that be an excellent development? They might just be giving us the golden opportunity to permanently discredit the religion of AGW.
Of course, the MSM probably won’t cover it, but you know the alternative media will.
On a more sarcastic note, I thought Katrina was Bush’s fault? You know libs, you should stick to script on these things! On the other hand, maybe they should sue Al Gore for fraud!
WOW, the idiots are really going way out there in this one. I wish the SC takes the case ...
Should be interesting seeing them prove their case.
There are some very dangerous jurisdictions in this country.
And, BTW, if you listened to Rush today you could easily conclude that his staffers are also lurking here. His quotes on the situation with ObamaCare, the House and Reconciliation sounded like verbatim extracts from the several threads on the subject that ran here on Wednesday and Thursday.
What a pile of Bovine Flatulence! Discovery, however, may be great theater. Depose Al Gore!
I hope they wrote the briefs(longs) on homemade papyrus during daylight hours and used pens with ink they themselves made.
You’re right. There is a risk there.
I believe they will use the established talking points, but it will easy to cast doubt on the science. This will never fly.
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