Friday, July 18, 2008

How many believers left?

Another great post by Andrew Bolt about the hype versus reality of scientific "consensus" on climate change

How many believers are left?

Andrew Bolt
Friday, July 18, 2008 at 06:50am



Another sceptic declares himself. Joining the increasing crowd is Professor Geoffrey Kearsley, a geographer developing a programme in environmental communication at the University of Otago:

"It may well be that human activity is indeed changing the climate, at least in part, but there is an increasing body of science that says that the sun may have a greater role.

"If it does have, then global warming is likely to stop, as it appears to have done since 1998, and if the current sunspot cycle fails to ignite, then cooling, possibly rapid and severe cooling, may eventuate. The next five years will tell us a great deal. In these circumstances, we should wait and see. "

UPDATE

A brilliant must-read article by David Evans on how the myth was made:

I DEVOTED six years to carbon accounting, building models for the Australian Greenhouse Office… It was great. We were working to save the planet.

But since 1999 new evidence has seriously weakened the case that carbon emissions are the main cause of global warming, and by 2007 the evidence was pretty conclusive that carbon played only a minor role and was not the main cause of the recent global warming…

1. The greenhouse signature is missing. We have been looking and measuring for years, and cannot find it…

2. There is no evidence to support the idea that carbon emissions cause significant global warming. None…

3. The satellites that measure the world’s temperature all say that the warming trend ended in 2001, and that the temperature has dropped about 0.6C in the past year (to the temperature of 1980)…



Evans is particularly strong in describing how no one can detect what’s meant to be the signature of a man-made global warming - a “hot spot” about 10km above the tropics. But for politicians, this conclusion is particularly crucial:


What is going to happen over the next decade as global temperatures continue not to rise? The Labor Government is about to deliberately wreck the economy in order to reduce carbon emissions. If the reasons later turn out to be bogus, the electorate is not going to re-elect a Labor government for a long time. When it comes to light that the carbon scare was known to be bogus in 2008, the ALP is going to be regarded as criminally negligent or ideologically stupid for not having seen through it. And if the Liberals support the general thrust of their actions, they will be seen likewise.

This could be Kevin Rudd’s Khemlani moment. Labor could be a laughing stock for a generation. But only if the Liberals start distancing themselves from this utter insanity.

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4 comments:

  1. Another great post, Keith! I just read it aloud to Arthur.

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  2. Thanks Lois. There is so much out there now about the fact that the world is now cooling not heating and that it seems not to be related to any particular gas but more likely sun activity or cosmic rays. It's amazing that the media and the politicians are still running with it.Andrew Bolt posted 7 graphs showing different measures of climate change-- temperatures, severe storms, sea level, polar sea ice etc. All of them show consistent cooling since 1998. An Australian environmental foundation replied with just name calling and abuse. A great scientific response! It really shows that this is not about science and fact but myth and religious fervour.I read this morning that Al Gore made a presentation somewhere- possibly Washington- and asked people to come by public transport or bicycle. Most people ignored him (because climate change is a religion about saying one thing and doing another), but Al himself had 3 gas-guzzlers to take him and his family.

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  3. I think Al Gore has become quite a joke in the US and rightly so. He reminds me of the saying, "It's better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you're a fool, rather than open it and remove all doubt."

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