There IS a problem with global warming... it stopped in 1998

The Sunday Telegraph (UK) ^ | April 9, 2006 | by Bob Carter

[aculeus]

Isn't that IPCC study the one where a good many of the scientists who worked on it circulated a petition complaining that the conclusions were not supported by the research?

Not sure.

[bolobaby]

It ticks me off that people are buying into the enviro-cause de jour after being duped on:

* Global cooling... ('nuff said there)
* Acid rain (it'll deforest the entire planet and sterilize every body of water!)
* The hole in the ozone (it's the end of the world - RUN!)

Don't people realize that the enviro-nuts love to blow this stuff out of proportion... and the liberal mags will fully cooperate by putting scary covers on every issue?

[george wythe]

for the years 1998-2005 global average temperature did not increase (there was actually a slight decrease, though not at a rate that differs significantly from zero).

LOL!

Lying using statistics is a very old game. By choosing a specific time frame, we are either warming or cooling.

Blaming natural cycles on our little cars is funny, but believing such crap requires more provable facts than the current MSM hysteria.

[monkeyshine]

Of course! Mongo caused it!

[jonno]

bump

[msgt]

Let's start a new one - since people in the US are moving southwest from the northeast, all the cars driving west must be causing the rotation of the earth to speed up. If we don't scrap all the cars, pretty soon we'll be going so fast we'll just fly off!

[GreenAccord]

"I'd say you've had enough!"

LOL, thanks for the chuckle.

[A. Pole]

for the years 1998-2005 global average temperature did not increase

Michael Crichton Is Right!

[A. Pole]

Aliens Cause Global Warming

No, it must be second hand smoking.

[technochick99]

bump for a later read.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

I'm as big an opponent of global warming scaremongering as anyone, but this guy also cherrypicked his range. 1998 was an abnormally high year according to the very data he references

[razorback-bert]

Global Warming is melting the ice caps, so we won't have a Pole Shift as I understand Charles Hapgood's theory.

I am reading a SF book written by a leftist, who make the arrogant American and especially the military the villains and an ecowacko genius the heroine. It make reference to Hapgood and brought the above thought to mind.

[knews_hound]

Don't give him too hard a time, we all have to get our inspiration from somewhere.

Heck, I get 75% of my column ideas here.  And I am constantly suprised by the interesting articles that never seem to make it past the MSMs filter.

Regardless, I am glad this excellent piece was posted. It would never have seen the light of day elsewhere.

Cheers,

knewshound

Brew Your Own

[Star Traveler]

You said -- "If it wasn't for FreeRepublic, we would never see this article in the U.S. Thanks for the post."

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In this case, I saw it, thanks to the Drudge Report and thanks to the Internet. And then, after I read the article, I wanted to see if Free Republic had it. So, I did a search -- and it was here.

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[Star Traveler]

You said -- "ased on past experience, I'm convinced Rush, Boortz and others scan FR for news tips. Let's see if they pick up this one."

I like Free Republic, too. It makes things just too easy, because of the "variety" of reading that others do -- and then post to "one place".

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Regards,
Star Traveler

[petercooper]

bttt

[bobdsmith]

This article is more than a little deceptive. 1998 was an el nino year so that would spike it higher than average.

[Seadog Bytes]

LOL... "...Great minds think alike?"

[Seadog Bytes]

LOL...   Ah...SPRING!