Posted on 05/18/2012 10:48:33 AM PDT by Twotone
People who have been following the climate debate closely know that one of the most controversial and key elements of the controversy is the so-called hockey stick a graph of supposed global temperature over the past centuries that ostensibly shows a dramatic increase in average temperature in the last century or so (the upward swoop of the graph at that point is the business end of the stick, with regard to the puck). It vaulted its inventor, Michael Mann of Penn State University, to climate stardom, with associated acclaim and government grants, when he first presented it in the late 90s. It was the visual basis of much of the hysteria in recent years, from Al Gores Oscar-winning crockumentary to bogus reports from the UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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We've been had! I tried searching for that article. The '1977' Time cover was photoshopped using the April 9, 2007 issue.
They failed to keep the stick on the ice....
I would think the nearby article about the HBO show “the Sopranos” would have given it away!!!!
LOL!!!
The one in post#9 has an article about M.A.S.H.. ;)
Different headers.
That's just about the size of it.
You have a link?
Same reasons they believed the earth was flat.
Along time ago when someone looked out over the horizon the earth seemed flat so naturally it is flat and nothing would change their mind.
Today when they look out side the earth is relatively warm and has been for a flash in the pan time of about 10,000 years so naturally it is warm even know we are in the coldest part of the quaternary ice age in a very short interglacial warm period.
Ask them next time. "Does the earth normally have ice caps?" Answer: Nope
To the theory of relativity?
When most people refer to a “hockey stick” it is a prediction/misleading about future conditions/events.
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