Posted on 08/16/2002 1:49:55 PM PDT by The Raven
The errors in the models they use have large variances due to the sun's brightness. The effect is larger than the effect they are trying to measure...the effect of CO2.
I think I know where Gore stuck his thermometer.
They didn't take into account the body heat level of booing fire fighters and police when they see Hellery. Causes a hot day every time.
One thing that bugs me, there is no clear meaning to what kind of anomalies are being charted. I guess it means temperature deviations. It almost looks like this chart was made to trick people into thinking that the temperature was going up.
And we don't even have to think about where the Sinkmiester stuck his, nor do we really want to.
Yes, when we have a hot day---its because of greenhouse gases causing global warming.
When we have a cold day---its global warming too because greenhouse gases have "made the weather unstable."
Since when has the weather ever been stable? (unless you live in San Diego).
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by Bjorn Lomborg (Author)
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The cultural tides may have turned somewhat in recent months, but skepticism remains central to our national character. In the opinion of Grist Magazine, that's a good thing: No mind should be above changing, and no precept should be protected from scrutiny. Hence this special issue on Bjorn Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist.
Lomborg, an associate professor of statistics at Denmark's University of Aarhus, applies the doctrine of doubt to environmentalism and concludes that most of the movement's sacred cows are, to put it bluntly, bull:
We will not lose our forests; we will not run out of energy, raw materials, or water. We have reduced atmospheric pollution in the cities of the developed world and have good reason to believe that this will also be achieved in the developing world. Our oceans have not been defiled, our rivers have become cleaner and support more life. ... Nor is waste a particularly big problem. ... The problem of the ozone layer has been more or less solved. The current outlook on the development of global warming does not indicate a catastrophe. ... And, finally, our chemical worries and fear of pesticides are misplaced and counterproductive.
Lomborg claims that these and other worries are "phantom problems" created or inflated by the environmental movement for its own ends, with the result that time and money are diverted from other, needier causes.
That is a serious charge, and as such it must be taken seriously. To date, the mainstream media have done just that -- but they have also taken the book at face value, with little or no critical analysis. A Washington Post reviewer raved about its "magnificent achievement"; the New York Times, the Economist, and others were equally gushing.
Grist wondered how the book would hold up under more rigorous scrutiny, and asked respected scientists and leaders in their fields to address the allegations in The Skeptical Environmentalist. By bringing a healthy dose of skepticism to Lomborg's own claims, the resulting compilation fights fire with fire; we leave it to our readers to determine who gets flambeed.
Is it also a coincidence that I could buy the old Freon for $.99 a can at the discount stores in the 1980's, and the replacement stuff costs over $6 now? I know inflation made up some of that increase, but not 600%.
However, I think Dupont invented Freon way back in the 1920's, so I doubt it still had a patent in force. Personally, I think the anti-Freon campaign was just another scam (big lie) put out by the eco-freak community. Real dyed-in-the-wool eco-freaks don't want anyone to have A/C, cars, outboard motors, lawn mowers, barbecue grills, or probably even heated homes. I believe they are also responsible for the non-existent "global warming" scam. There have been temperature variations throughout all of Earth's history, many of them were far, far, larger than this one. If there really is one that is.
The eco-freaks can have my air-conditioned pickup when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
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