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Unstoppable disinformation every 15 minutes from Fred Singer
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Singer is quite consistentI have a copy of Singer's "Hot Talk Cold Science" Revised 2nd Edition, 1999. My copy of "Unstoppable Global Warming" is currently mislaid, but I recall that between the two books Singer was quite consistent in his bottom line conclusion, quoted here from p.91 of the first book:
"Policies to limit CO2 emissions by energy or carbon taxes, while superficially attractive, are economically damaging to the great majority of countries..."
Now, the rationale for this, and the scientific unreasoning, have changed often, but never the bottom line... :-)
-John Mashey
Kansas and Global Warmin'I got a huge crack out of your post, Joseph, but it doesn't surprise me one bit...
I am from Kansas but currently studying climate change at Oxford for a masters degree, and I am constantly amazed at the idiocy of the vast majority of our legislators in my home state. While I love it dearly, quotes like the following from Melvin Neufeld, the Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives don't give me much confidence in that body's ability to address ...read more
Speaking of whichGrist's "how to talk to a climate skeptic" hasn't really been updated in the past year.
Stuff like:
Mars (NASA findings of massive dust storms, why Abrusimov is wrong, and how the mars rover nearly got killed by the storms)
Nothing on the Lezpig, Lezpig mkII, Canada 100 scientists, or Inhofe 400 scientists
None of the new admissions by the IPCC, or new studies finding that MAYBE their sea level rise figures were understated.
...read more
Poleward ice starting to go?A wee bit off topic, but some recent scoop says that the Antarctic is losing lots of ice on the western side near the Ross Shelf ... a volcano was discovered, and "lakes of water" exist under the pack ice that when warmed, could really melt it fast. Not sure if I got the stories right but they're dramatic and attention-grabbing.
Meanwhile in the Arctic, sea ice formation is extremely thin and likely to melt even faster next summer (source: Jeff ...read more
Joseph Romm...Scientist?
Well, reading the Wikipedia article on Joseph Romm. He is obviously a smart and impressive guy...but a scientist?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_J._Romm
I would say he is a pundit, a policy maker, a political technology advisor...but I don't see any primary scientific research to his credit?
Viva la Climate Resistance!
Good sourcesI've gotten good use of:
http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php
Which could also use some updating, but is well-organized. In particular:
one page that lists all the arguments tersely in one place. If you can get someone undecided to read that page, it's fairly powerful.
Links to a page apiece that describe the argument, point at who uses it, show why it's wrong, and point at relevant articles.
The terse item #s and codes make it easy not to waste ...read more
Your Gonna Need an Ocean, of Calumine Lotion...You're kidding right?
http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-positives- ...
Here's one of the agricultural negatives of global warming.
AGWers are scraping the tarmac...better land and refuel, with some real science!
Viva la Climate Resistance!
For the sake of a future for our children................. choose the good works of Joe Romm rather than the contrived, yet consistent thinking of Fred Singer.
Saying the same things over and over, as climate change denialists are known for doing, makes these naysayers perverse, not right.
Steven Earl Salmony
AWAREness Campaign on The Human Population, established 2001
http://sustainabilitysoutheast.org/
Remains famousI should hope so, as he has contributed a lot.
Thanks to the lectures from Dr Singer of some 20-25 years ago, I had the opportunity to learn the fundamental bases of heat and mass exchange - of how the atmosphere actually works.
How many reading here can consider an atmospheric phenomenon - and say, yes, I do understand?
Prime exampleSinger is a perfect example of "science" for sale. Of course, once it is sold, it is no longer science.
Industry pays a shill like Singer to lie, then industry shilling legislators have him testify. It's a great system. It's called corporatism.
The GOP model of government efficiency.
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