Report: No "Global Warming" for 325 Months...

[chipbennett]

The blizzard was a bust. Does that mean global warming is over?

No. It just means that Global Warming is to blame for the blizzard being a bust.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

No. It just means that Global Warming is to blame for the blizzard being a bust.

Hence "Climate Change" - you get to take credit no matter what.

 

[pudly]

The blizzard was a bust. Does that mean global warming is over?

No. It just means that Global Warming is to blame for the blizzard being a bust.

So. The blizzard was because of global warming and the lack of a blizzard was because of global warming. Gotcha...

 

[rhino]

Hence "Climate Change" - you get to take credit no matter what.

 

[chipbennett]

So. The blizzard was because of global warming and the lack of a blizzard was because of global warming. Gotcha...

Why, yes. Or have the predictions from a few years ago of reduced snowfall due to Global Warming been memory-holed already, now that we've had not only trending increases in snowfall, but record snowfall/coverage?

 

[rob63]

If I may dare to be serious for a moment, I maintain that someone with a legitimate degree in electrical engineering (or any engineering or physical science discipline) is more qualified to study and interpret data and analysis of weather and climate that are many of the people considered to be "experts" in the field. They have demonstrated a strong foundation in mathematics, physical sciences, statistics, and data analysis that is clearly lacking among a significant number of those who purport to "study" climate change.

I can't help but note that quite a few of the people posting in this thread are names that I recognize as fellow RHIT grads from the thread about the end of the rifle team. Funny that an engineering school produces so many people that are "anti-science" according to the left.

 

[rhino]

I can't help but note that quite a few of the people posting in this thread are names that I recognize as fellow RHIT grads from the thread about the end of the rifle team. Funny that an engineering school produces so many people that are "anti-science" according to the left.

You are correct, sir!

Recently, in life outside of INGO, a rather unpleasant individual referred to me as a "science denier" and stated that I do not understand science because I would not accept his socio-political assertions as verifiable scientific fact. I dared to ask for . . . evidence.

I was both irritated and amused at the same time.

Sadly, based on what I've seen in recent issues of the alumni magazine (i.e. my quarterly notice reminding of my failure), I believe that the socio-political religion that propels this movement has affected more than few current students and faculty members at RHIT.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Sad but true rhino - RHIT, bastion of reason, thought and the scientific method, is also falling to the common academic world view on all fronts. The president of the university and the AD are unilaterally shutting down the rifle team - blaming the NCAA for nonexistent rules changes - but we all know the real reason: firearms are evil.

I deal with the politics of science every day, it's my job. It sounds trite, but always follow the money and you'll usually find your answer.

 

[rhino]

Religion is a tricky and powerful tool that can be wielded responsibly or, incredibly irresponsibly.

 

[pudly]

Religion is a tricky and powerful tool that can be wielded responsibly or, incredibly irresponsibly.

Just read an article where an accountant named Paul Homewood decided to look at some of the data. His analysis of Paraguay shows that all 6 sites were adjusted so down (cooler) during early years and up (higher) in recent years than what the raw data says. He spends a lot of time taking in GISS data and seeing how they often don't match what the scientists are saying about them.

Here is an example (original article here):

 

[rhino]

Is it too late to call shenanigans?

 

[Mgderf]

If the earth IS warming it's because of all these gas-bags continually blowing a bunch of hot air about global warming.

 

[smokingman]

Is it too late to call shenanigans?

No,but it is probably just about time for another name change.

 

[jamil]

No,but it is probably just about time for another name change.

I think it needs to be more ominous. Global warming sounds kinda pleasant. Climate change sounds kinda neutral. Climate disruption sounds incomplete. It needs to sound more like it's a dire warning of the looming catastrophe. How about Global thermal Apocalypse?

 

[CathyInBlue]

Infernal Infrared Infraction?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever - Telegraph

 

[jamil]

The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever - Telegraph

It's not a scandle until enough people care about it. Global warming gives people an easy morally superior conscience. Buy a Prius, Pay a little more for recycling. Buy a tee shirt that demonstrates your environmental goodness. There. Done. Moral superiority without having to give up any vices.

 

[rhino]

It's not a scandle until enough people care about it. Global warming gives people an easy morally superior conscience. Buy a Prius, Pay a little more for recycling. Buy a tee shirt that demonstrates your environmental goodness. There. Done. Moral superiority without having to give up any vices.

You make good sense. This suggests that preparing for the future with food, water, supplies, investments, etc. should be shifted to carbon credits because the latter hold so much more value!

 

[printcraft]

People need to be lied to in able to get this important legislation passed..... think of the children!

Jonathan Gruber likes the approach his colleges have taken with global warming data.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever - Telegraph

You can't argue with a purist arguing the data is rigged. Never mind it IS rigged, it just doesn't matter. Sorry, I was talking about crime statistics...we were talking about rising surface temperatures weren't we. Oh, it's ok, works out the same.