These guys think you are really stupid. The IPCC says a doubling of CO2 will deliver an increase in forcing of 3.7 W/m2 and that will allegedly heat the earth by 3 °C (1.5-4.5 °C) but a reduction of 3 W/m2 from reduced solar output* will deliver just 0.13 °C. The corollary being that a world just one-seventh of one degree cooler than the early 20th Century caused famine and pestilence through Europe and Asia during the LIA. Continue reading
Daily Archives: January 23, 2012
Roger Pielke Sr.: IPCC models are close to being refuted
Professor Pielke Sr comments on “Observed Changes In Top-Of-The-Atmosphere Radiation And Upper-Ocean Heating Consistent Within Uncertainty” Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change
Obama to Spotlight Energy in SOTU
Talk is cheap and Obama knows it. Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
WaPo: Global warming would harm the Earth, but some areas might find it beneficial
Brian Palmer off on another model-driven fantasy. In fact humans can not physically discern whether the globe as a whole warms or cools and the earth could not care less Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change
‘Denier Weathermen Lash Out At Forecast The Facts Campaign’
ThinkProgress is upset that the Soros-funded astroturf campaign has been exposed and denounced for what it is. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Breast cancer screening cannot be justified, says researcher
Book argues harm outweighs small number of lives saved, and accuses mammography supporters of misconduct Continue reading
Posted in Books & media, Breast cancer
First they came for the smokers…
The remorseless illiberal logic of the ‘we don’t like it, so ban it’ lobby is now leeching its way into the lives of meat-eaters Continue reading
Posted in Meat, Public health miscellany
The scientist: Jim Hansen risks handcuffs to make his research clear
Yeah? Well perhaps he should try some real world research instead of blatantly fabricating a heating global mean temperature time series Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change, Junk scientists
National pride is racist now?
As Australia prepares to celebrate its national day on the 26th of January up pops this “research” (survey of 500 partygoers at a fireworks display) claiming those flying our national flag are more likely to be racists Continue reading
Posted in Development, Odds and ends, Population
Exposed: Meteorologist campaign is Soros-funded
Forecastthefacts.org is a George Soros-funded activist website. Continue reading
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WashPost Weather Editor: Campaign against skeptical TV weathercasters ‘misguided’
“This confrontational approach is the wrong approach and promises to only further divide TV weathercasters whose views on the issue of climate change are already polarized.” Continue reading
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EPA ‘environmental justice’ cash goes to upstate New York whites?
Why does this story remind us of the opening scene from Steve Martin’s “The Jerk.” Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Justice
Ford Motor withdraws from climate change group
USCAP has been dormant for about a year now. Continue reading
Tuesday’s ‘State of Solyndra’ Speech
“Here’s to hoping those in attendance and, dare I wish for this, the media, make a mockery of such a State of Solyndra speech.” Continue reading
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Bryce: How fracking lies triumphed
“Amid the ongoing battle in New York and elsewhere over hydraulic fracturing, one thing has become clear: The pro-drilling side is losing the public relations fight.” Continue reading
Posted in Fracking
Norton: Obama chooses American decline
Even from an environmentalist perspective, the Obama decision is a loser. Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
Chevron Appeals Ecuadorean Ruling
From one kangaroo court to another? Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
O’Grady: Obama’s Keystone Delay Flouts the Law
“The president’s decision to stop the project for further environmental review contravenes legislation he signed in December.” Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
Chevy dealers spurn Volts
GM’s “thinking we need six more Volts is just crazy. We’ve never sold more than two in a month.” Continue reading
Posted in Electric vehicles
‘Social acceptance’ of fire needed in ‘climate-changing forests’
Biomass can either be burned for energy or as forest fires. Guess which option the enviros choose. Continue reading
Posted in Biomass, Climate Change
