The global warming theory left him out in the cold.
Dr. Ivar Giaever, a former professor with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the 1973 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday, Sept. 13, from the premier physics society in disgust over its officially stated policy that "global warming is occurring."
The official position of the American Physical Society (APS) supports the theory that man's actions have inexorably led to the warming of the planet, through increased emissions of carbon dioxide.
Giaever does not agree -- and put it bluntly and succinctly in the subject line of his email, reprinted at Climate Depot, a website devoted to debunking the theory of man-made climate change.
"I resign from APS," Giaever wrote.
Giaever was cooled to the statement on warming theory by a line claiming that "the evidence is incontrovertible."
"In the APS it is ok to discuss whether the mass of the proton changes over time and how a multi-universe behaves, but the evidence of global warming is incontrovertible?" he wrote in an email to Kate Kirby, executive officer of the physics society.
"The claim ... is that the temperature has changed from ~288.0 to ~288.8 degree Kelvin in about 150 years, which (if true) means to me is that the temperature has been amazingly stable, and both human health and happiness have definitely improved in this 'warming' period," his email message said.
A spokesman for the APS confirmed to FoxNews.com that the Nobel Laureate had declined to pay his annual dues in the society and had resigned. He also noted that the society had no plans to revise its statement.
The use of the word "incontrovertible" had already caused debate within the group, so much so that an addendum was added to the statement discussing its use in April, 2010.
"The word 'incontrovertible' ... is rarely used in science because by its very nature, science questions prevailing ideas. The observational data indicate a global surface warming of 0.74 °C (+/- 0.18 °C) since the late 19th century."
Giaever earned his Nobel for his experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in superconductors. He has since become a vocal dissenter from the alleged "consensus" regarding man-made climate fears, Climate Depot reported, noting that he was one of more than 100 co-signer of a 2009 letter to President Obama critical of his position on climate change.
Public perception of climate change has steadily fallen since late 2009. A Rasmussen Reports public opinion poll from August noted that 57 percent of adults believe there is significant disagreement within the scientific community on global warming, up five points from late 2009.
The same study showed that 69 percent of those polled believe it's at least somewhat likely that some scientists have falsified research data in order to support their own theories and beliefs. Just just 6 percent felt confident enough to report that such falsification was "not at all likely."
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I'm not worried so much of carbon buildup in the atmosphere as I am our national wealth erode do the the trade imbalance. We give hundreds of millions each month to our current enemies. That money could stay in America while we perfect green technology.
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That would be the case if the people who pushed green regulations ever disproportionately enforced it against oil importers instead of doing so against oil producers in North America.
When was the last time you saw Darryl Hannah or James Hansen protesting at a terminal for oil tankers from the Mideast? Or, for that matter, at a port where plastic stuff is unloaded from China?
the environmental movement has been promising that every round of their regulations will reduce energy imports for the last twenty to twenty five years. Every single round of them.
And during that time period, oil imports have gone from 35% of consumption to 65%, and increasing every year.
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Just last week or so there was a story in the NYT about a scientific issue that had previously been "settled" only to have a new discovery rock that certainty. It wasn't AGW, though, so it could be published. (It had to do with cell behavior, IIRC).
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Only 0.8 C change in over a century? The way that people talk, and the damage associated with global warming, you would think that it was 10 degrees or more.
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COTONOU, Benin - Armed men hijacked a Cyprus-flagged fuel tanker with 23 crew off the coast of Benin in West Africa on Wednesday, the International Maritime Bureau and Benins navy said.
The incident is the latest in a string of attacks on ships in the Gulf of Guinea that experts say is threatening an emerging trade hub and growing source of oil, metals and agricultural products to world markets.
Armed men boarded the product tanker, which was in the midst of a ship-to-ship transfer about 62 nautical miles southwest of the port of Cotonou, and hijacked it, IMB manager Cyrus Mody told Reuters. He said the ship was being sailed by the armed men to an unknown location, and added he had no details on the nationalities of the crew.
The head of Benins navy said the ship was the Cyprus-flagged Mattheos 1, and that it was too far off the coast for patrol boats to reach quickly.
I have a job for the British Navy, if they want to tackle something that they demonstrated clear competence at around 170 years ago...
We cant intervene at the moment because of the distance, Navy Chief Maxime Ahoyo told Reuters by telephone. It would take us at least seven hours to reach the site.
If you wring your hands for eight hours it'll take fifteen...
Ahoyo said pirates had also attacked the Nowegian-flagged Northern Bell, which was doing the cargo transfer with the Mattheos 1, but that the crew had locked themselves in the engine room and the pirates eventually left.
The IMB has recorded 19 pirate attacks off of Benin so far this year, from none in 2010 a sign that pirates may be moving West of their traditional Nigerian stomping grounds.
We have reports the Nigerian navy has clamped down on piracy and militancy in their waters, Mody said. There is a possibility that the Nigerian pirates are going into neighbouring Benin waters.
The U.S. envoy to Benin told Reuters last month that Benin was seeking to buy planes to shore up its coastal surveillance as pirate attacks spike.
Mody said that among the attacks, there have been eight hijackings off of Benin this year, but that all of the crews have since been released, usually within 72 hours. Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, which stretches from the Guinea to Angola, tend to raid ships for cash and cargo instead of hijacking the crews for huge ransoms like their counterparts off of Somalia.
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There is a possibility that the Nigerian pirates are going into neighbouring Benin waters.
NO, what's to stop them?
NOT the Navy. (Name your own here)
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It is also enough to pay for a 1,200 Gurkha battalion with Scorpion 90s and Swingfires to be permanently stationed on the main island. That and about 12 F-18s would make the islands a bear to invade.
So much is going on in Argentina. Drug activity, 1700 cars stolen from Bolivia as I recall. Cancer deaths will double by 2020. Alcohol consumption is the highest in Latin America. They are absolutely seething about this oil exploration.
China is moving in also but Argentinians hate foreign people. Tango is having a revival.
Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week to the highest level since the end of June, underscoring the risk of further weakness in the labor market.
Jobless claims climbed by 11,000 to 428,000 in the week ended Sept. 10 that included the Labor Day holiday, figures from the Labor Department showed today in Washington. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News projected a drop in claims to 411,000, according to the median forecast.
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If a Republican is elected, the headlines will change to "Jobless claims fell less than expected"
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...and don't forget the unemployed homeless who'll magically reappear if a Trunk is elected. I'm sure the MSM will resurrect one of their favorite poster boys.
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Fewer people are employed (as a percentage of the population) now than during the depth of the 2009 recession when the (official) unemployment rate was 10.2%. Employment-Population Ratio
Sarahcuda is back
In my recent speech in Iowa, some eyebrows were raised when I took on our government's enormous economic problems caused by crony capitalism. As if on cue, just days later President Obama selected someone who exemplifies a major crony capitalism problem to sit next to the First Lady when he delivered his "jobs plan" speech before Congress. He selected General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt as his honored guest.
Having grown up with great respect for GE thanks to stories my grandfather shared with us about his days working for the company and even meeting GE spokesman-at-the-time Ronald Reagan during a company event, I am saddened at GE's leadership evolution. This corporation is now the poster child of corporate welfare and crony capitalism.
This icon of American industry is a company full of good employees who make some good products (and is the parent company of a huge media outlet), but GE is also a large American corporation that pays virtually no corporate income taxes despite earning worldwide profits of $14.2 billion last year, $5.1 billion of it in the United States. In fact, they claimed a tax benefit of $3.2 billion, meaning they received more of our hard earned tax dollars than they contributed. How is that possible? It's because not only do they shelter their money from taxes, but they also get many tax credits, loans, government grants, and other benefits from the federal government that our smaller businesses couldn't even imagine being able to profit from.
Joining GE in the pantheon on crony capitalism is another Obama favorite that has been in the news of late: Solyndra. The President hailed this "green energy" company in a speech last May as "the true engine of economic growth." When he announced the $535 million guarantee to Solyndra, Vice President Biden said that investments like this are "exactly what the Recovery Act is all about." (Dear God...If the failed Solyndra venture has been what it's "all about," then that explains a lot.)
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this is what she should stick with. A thorn in the media's sides and living in Lib's heads. Everything she says gets repeated and amplified.
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GE, a blue chip company, who has declined during the last several years because of its lack of leadership and some of its initiatives (green, health care insurance, subprime loans, etc.).
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Its not just a Democrat problem or a Republican problem. Its a problem of our permanent political class.
The reason this unabashedly populist concept resonates so well is because it's the undeniable truth. More precisely, the problem is our permanent political class.
[An Nahar] A French appeals court on Wednesday confirmed the acquittal of former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin ... who may not be a woman ... over a political scandal in which he was accused of smearing President Nicolas Sarkozy ...23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit...
The public prosecutor had called for the suave potential candidate in next year's presidential election and bitter Sarkozy rival to be given a 15-month suspended sentence in the so-called Clear stream scandal.
"I want to salute the independence of our judiciary which has held out against political pressure," Villepin said after the verdicts were read out in a clear attack on what he claims was a politically motivated case.
"I'd like to believe that this decision will help to make our old country less vulnerable to rumor and slander," he said, recalling that the Clear stream scandal erupted just ahead of the 2007 presidential election.
"How I would like this to be a lesson for the 2012 presidential election," he said.
Villepin and his former mentor, ex-president Jacques Chirac, were accused over the weekend of having received 20 million dollars from African leaders, including financing elections.
They have denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! which are being investigated.
Villepin has suggested those revelations were also aimed at his potential bid for the presidency, in which he could split the vote on the right and derail Sarkozy's chances of getting through to the second round.
The Clear stream case centered on a fake list of names that falsely implicated Sarkozy in kickbacks on arms deals with Taiwan, with Sarkzoy accusing Villepin of causing his name to be on the list.
The trial focused on a web of murky claims and counter-claims about who in European defense company EADS, owner of Airbus, was responsible for the fake list, and whether Villepin could have prevented it.
Villepin, a diplomat best remembered for leading the charge against the Iraq war at the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... in 2003, was cleared of all charges in a first trial that ended last year.
Public prosecutors appealed but Sarkozy did not take part in the appeal.
Two co-accused -- former deputy boss of aerospace giant EADS Jean-Louis Gergorin and former EADS employee and mathematician Imad Lahoud -- were incarcerated for six and 18 months respectively and fined 40,000 euros.
Prosecutor Jean-Louis Perol had accused Villepin of being guilty of "complicity by abstention" for failing to stop the false claims.
The case dating back to 2004 centers on a list -- later proved to be false -- of account holders at the Clear stream bank in Luxembourg who had allegedly received kickbacks from the sale of French frigates to Taiwan.
One name on the list was that of Sarkozy, then finance and interior minister under Chirac. Sarkozy served alongside Villepin under Chirac, but the pair fell out over who should succeed him.
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My favorite reader's comment: Anyone else have a problem with this invasive species being identified as "African"? I know racism is a big problem in America but identifying Blacks with snails is carrying it a bit too far.
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Invasive species are invasive species because no one is eating them in their new environment. I suggest we breed giant Frenchmen to prey on these monsters.
h/t Instapundit
A lawyer has told how she turned to stripping to pay bills after struggling to find a legal job in recession-weary America.
The attorney, giving her name only as Carla, graduated from law school ten years ago.
But after being made redundant in 2009, she had to take drastic action to avoid drowning in a sea of student loans and other debts.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
The global warming theory left him out in the cold.
Dominique de Villepin
