Posted on 07/11/2007 3:40:02 AM PDT by liberallarry
It has been one of the central claims of those who challenge the idea that human activities are to blame for global warming. The planet's climate has long fluctuated, say the climate sceptics, and current warming is just part of that natural cycle - the result of variation in the sun's output and not carbon dioxide emissions.
But a new analysis of data on the sun's output in the last 25 years of the 20th century has firmly put the notion to rest. The data shows that even though the sun's activity has been decreasing since 1985, global temperatures have continued to rise at an accelerating rate.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
This is the TimesSelect argument - if it's behind a copyright/pay wall, it can be safely ignored. I can't remember the last time I read a full MoDo article, and my life is no less rich for it. :-)
There are a couple of reasons why the TimesSelect argument works handily. Number one, the most obvious, is that the unwashed peasantry are not allowed to just up and handle the goods, and comment on them. Number two is the clincher: since there's one ONE legal copy, the TimesSelecters can change the original at their leisure, if need be. Look at the LATimes Thompson cowboy controversy this week if you need any further proof of the matter.
Conclusion: IGNORED!
What we have here (liblarry) is another clear case of someone who accuses others of what they themselves do.
There's a psychological term for this and I can never remember what it is.
This paper is really in the bag for GW.
There didn't seem to be a whole lot of discussion of the Roman Warm Period or the Medieval Warm Period in their "deliberations".
Are these scientists some of the money-trolling Medieval Warm Period deniers? Methinks so...
Yes: we don't want an anointed priesthood to hand scientific truth out to the peons. We want the facts and figures, thanks very much.
In the article the Guardian reports (in a horrifed tone!) that 56% of the public still believe that there's a debate about AGW - despite the best efforts of the govt to educate them! Chilling and condescending - classic UK Guardian! These socialists want their scientists to be treated with reverence and unquestioning obedience - the same way they want to be treated themselves.
Notice how the reporter acolyte states this with absolute authority......
Projection, my FRiend.
My contention is that the scientists are true professionals, not laymen. Which means they are aware of, and have considered, any and all arguments which laymen can raise.
Early in the dispute about the role of man's activity in global warming I tried to follow the technical arguments...and couldn't. Not necessarily because I was not capable of mastering the science (although that's a distinct possibility) but because doing so would consume far more time and effort than a I cared to dispose of.
So I'm reduced to following the arguments in laymens' terms...and I tend to feel most others are too...or should be if they had any sense.
That only means they get paid for doing whatever they do. It doesn't say anything about their competence, honesty, or impartiality.
Who paid for the study?
projection
Hey, Randerson’s prolly got a degree in “jernalism”, so THERE!
All thanks should go to the American taxpayers (so, right back at you Tex!)
The world has no shortage of professional bunkum.
Hey I moved my BBQ out from under the weather station!!!
Two renowned climatologists named Marx and Lenin, that's who you insolent capitalist pig.
They have a suggestion for an economic policy that will reduce man-made CO2 emissions to almost zero. It calls for a slight modification of the West's socio-economic system, but they are confident that the masses will soon adjust to it as they become more accustomed to wearing leg chains.
I take it you're complaining about the cost of a subscription to the publications of the Royal Society...while also complaining about government subsidies for scientists.
There's no free lunch, friend.
OK, that’s the mirror. Now where’s the smoke? :-)
Oink! Now I intend to go and commit commerce.
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