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| 2007-03-15 |
| Hat's off to Belmont Club and Wretchard: Mike Hulme, the founding director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, argues in the Guardian that while scientific evidence may cast doubt on Global Warming why believe science? When a larger truth must be expressed, then "post-normal" science must be employed. (Hat tip: Melanie Philips and a Belmont Club reader) Hulme argues that Global Warming is so important that everyone must act to stop it, whether or not it is scientifically known to exist. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #8 macofromoc, I have also noticed that it is quite a bit warmer today than it was last night. However, it is not as hot as it was yesterday. These little bits of granular information are not very useful in a discussion of climate. It is about long term trends, whether it was caused by people, the quality of the science and what we should do about it. The trend at least since 1970, is for things to get warmer. For the 20 years before that, the trend was for things to get colder. Before that, warmer, and so on. The present trend is nowhere near the highest or lowest temperatures in the past few thousand years. There are cycles at play here, especially the 1,500 year solar cycle. Was it caused by people? The evidence, as I see it, is no. The sun has much more to do with it than people. What about the quality of the science? One clear trend is that the quality of science reduces as the political interest in climate change increases. Since when should "consensus" be important to scientists? The IPCC scientists have excluded important evidence. They are button sorters and bottle washers who have no remaining right to call themselves scientists. What should we do about it? Solutions proposed so far, such as Kyoto, are transparently stupid. Carbon credits are like the medieval practice of buying forgiveness for sins. Crazy stuff. Why are we even talkin about it? Because this, to the left, is an ideal issue. They can get emotional, feel like victims, and follow the herd, without having to think about it. |
| Posted by: Bunyip 2007-03-15 23:52 |
| #7 Just watched "An unbelievable truth" or whatever that Al Gore psuedo-documentary is called. I was disgusted that he pulled out a chart of global temperatures reaching back only 650,000 years. THat is not enough time when measuring a global phenomenon. Even 65 million years wouldn't be enough time to go back. 650 million years, and he may have something. Please! There was a time when Antarctica was a tropical rainforest. Imagine how hot the planet was then. He has skewed the sample |
| Posted by: anon1 2007-03-15 22:35 |
| #6 LUCIANNE > TENS OF BILYUUHNS [ Bilyuhns + Zilyuhns +???] OF $$$ NEEDED [and SSSSHHHHHH OWG]!? Science says/teaches mankind can't stop evolution, ergo we are = have to , D ***ng it. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-03-15 21:51 |
| #5 The leftist meme of a 'higher truth' has finally reared its ugly head again. These TANG memos are fake but that doesn't mean that the story is untrue. There is a higher truth here - 'fake but accurate'. Rigoberta Menchu didn't actually suffer at the hands of the Guatemalan govermenment, but she represents the higher truth of others who also could have. etc...etc....etc... |
| Posted by: WTF 2007-03-15 21:51 |
| #4 I have noticed how it does seem so much warmer than a couple of months ago. There doesn't seem to be as much snow, my tree is blooming, and I have noticed birds that I didn't see in December... Coincidence?? or Global Warming?? |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2007-03-15 20:41 |
| #3 Good article. Be sure to watch the YouTube video in Wretchard's update at the bottom. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2007-03-15 20:24 |
| #2 The Boogey Man must be stopped! Whether or not it is scientifically known to exist. I await copious grant money... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-03-15 20:05 |
| #1 So, he's advocating environmentalism as a religion. "There is only one Mother Earth and the Goracle is her prophet" |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-03-15 19:59 |