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jcbond_mi
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Re: Global warming
jcbond_mi   4/29/2013 11:46:29 AM
One more: THE EARTH IS WARMING FASTER NOW THAN IT HAS IN 11,000 YEARS.

I see.

What temperature is the earth supposed to be at?  The earth has been, on average, both significantly warmer and and significantly cooler as you broaden your time scale.  So what is it supposed to be?

CharlesM
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Re: Global warming
CharlesM   4/29/2013 10:19:39 AM
And it would appear that the global warming crowd is using every tool at hand to prevent evidence from being presented. Why is that?

They, whoever "the global warming crowd" are, are not doing that. Your question is a non sequitur. It's the denial crowd that has no scientific legs to stand on. Where is their science?  Whatever it is has been debunked so thoroughly as to make your side a laughingstock, were the damage it's getting away with not so catastrophic.

kf2qd
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Re: Global warming
kf2qd   4/29/2013 10:10:42 AM
ChalresM - So you claim, now support it with evidence. That is the problem with the whole Global Warming business. The support is that a "consensus" of scientists support the claim, but science demands that evidence supports the claim. And it would appear that the global warming crowd is using every tool at hand to prevent evidence from being presented. Why is that?

CharlesM
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CharlesM
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Re: Global warming
CharlesM   4/29/2013 9:44:45 AM
Great. This lie was just repeated yet again in my mailbox:

"Global Warming: Are the Skeptics Right? Is the science of global warming incontrovertible? Sixteen distinguished scientists say no."

I'm going to flag this every time UBM sends out this same lie over and over again.

THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSY ABOUT THIS! ONLY LIES AND IGNORANCE!

10 Indicators of a Human Fingerprint on Climate Change


No, Global Warming has NOT stopped.

The problem now is this: What's the opposite of progess?

It's embarrassing for this industry that a major science trade publisher is so biased toward the political right. What else is going on? A more direct connection to the fossil fuel industry and its vast disinformation propaganda network?

UBM's credibility on every other topic can only be called into question. Can it be relied upon to report anything accurately if it can't get the most easily settled science right?

ktgunn@aethon.com
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It's a scientific question, not an opinion
ktgunn@aethon.com   4/29/2013 9:42:24 AM
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The issue of global warming--the rising termperature of the planet's atmosphere due to human activity--is a scientific question. As an engineer, I know that scientific questions are resolved through analysis, experimentation and data collection. An "opinon" has no relevance to the question unless it is argued on the basis of scientific inquiry. I don't ask my oncologist if it is "his opinion" if I have cancer. No, I ask for the results of the scientific and technical tests that answer such a question. Same for global warming.

But even if you are not a direct participant in the scientific inquiry, you can still use your engineering training to do a rudimentary investigation, such as does the hypothesis of global warming pass basic questions of plausibility?

I was raised north of the 64th latitude and am pushing 60 now. I have first hand knowledge of the dramatic changes in climate, flaura and fauna in those parts over the decades. That does not answer the question of cause, but it does answer the question of for-realness.

 

Real Engineer
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Re: Global warming
Real Engineer   4/22/2013 9:57:31 PM
Look, without even having to become conversant with the technical issues and data, it's easy to get to the root of the matter.  The global warming alarmists (see, both sides can use pejorative names to poison the well for the other!)  act in the ways that liars act, ergo they must be liars.


For me, any investigation into the technical aspects has served only to confirm that suspicion.

CharlesM
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Re: Global warming
CharlesM   2/5/2013 5:35:32 PM
 

Thanks, Bob.

Remember, the only raw data set that showed a link between CO2 and climate was destroyed before it could be peer reviewed.

Hahahahahaha!!!!  Good one!

bobjengr
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Re: GLOBAL WARMING
bobjengr   2/5/2013 5:16:34 PM
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Charles--I agree completely.  Well said.  I have not idea as to how this discussion will ultimately "shake out" between those who choose to respond but I certainly hope  technology leads the way and not those who stand to gain.   Many thanks for a great post.

TR3driver
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Re: Global warming
TR3driver   2/5/2013 2:35:10 PM
What evidence?  Remember, the only raw data set that showed a link between CO2 and climate was destroyed before it could be peer reviewed.  So everything we have is based on reports done from that data set, by a very small group of scientists.  The same group that wrote an internal email saying, in effect, that the raw data didn't match their theory.

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