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His book has been critically reviewed by those in the know and it gets the thumb down for factual science. Its simply assertions, assumptions, opinions and unfortunately lies. I mentioned his mining directorships as it is there to explain to all why anyone would go to the trouble of writing the jibberish he did. Of course Plimer knew it would be exposed as bunkum, but its all part of the tactics. He got exposure, supposed esteemed scientist has written a book debunking climate change, it was announced and commented upon in every newspaper, but how much press has the exposure of his fraud received? People are calling for a debate? , there are plenty of esteemed scientists that will speak on behalf of agw that dont have any carbon credit or whatever affiliations that anyone could roll out. but who is going to speak for the denialists? Plimer isnt a climate scientist, nor is he reputable. Monckton? rofl. There just isnt anyone reputable and qualified on the denialist list. |
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12-01-2010, 01:39 PM | #65 | |||
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Last night was the hottest night in a hundred years and was still 40 degrees at 9.00pm .... one side would say "There is the proof that it is worse than it was" ..... the other side would say "It was as hot back in 1901 as it is now" Its just a matter how good you can spin it. | [/url] |
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Just because we don't know everything doesn't mean that our knowledge is useless. Here is a link about the history of climate science http://www.aip.org/history/climate/summary.htm if you really are interested in learning about climate change, and what the scientists know about it, have a look at this site. http://www.realclimate.org/ Lots of papers and discussions all laid bare. |
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While the media get excited about extremes, if you look at the yearly average minimum temperature for each location you will see an increase at most sites of over 1-2 C in the last 30-40 years. Basically we arent cooling down at night as much, which is exactly what the satellites and science are telling us. CO2 is preventing the IR from escaping into space. Sure there could be another explanation, but so far no one has one. |
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The temperature of the upper atmosphere has not increased however.
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12-01-2010, 08:43 PM | #69 | |||
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Why would one (Mr. Pachauri as an example) be so into high polluting industries yet also be on a panel of climate change and a non profit organisation against polluting? Because by raising the concern for climate change, and making a much bigger deal out of it than what it is, they can introduce carbon trading, of which he is also involved in, to make billions. Also by exploring the neat little loopholes by the Tata company in holding off on a project (which involved a lot of manufacturing and emissions) in order to gain millions in carbon credits. Tis all about money, and these fools are making a mockery of us while doing it. |
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12-01-2010, 08:46 PM | #70 | ||
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I think the arguments on actual statistics are most probably correct ..... I am sure that most would agree that there is (as always) climate change .... its a matter of whether its man made or not. Boy ..... I am going way off topic here and sorry about that.
All very interesting discussions ... and we seem to be back to the same arguments as the last thread that was closed .... so if we could get the thread back on topic as per the original that would be good. For those that have forgotten (me included) please revisit the OP http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...5&page=1&pp=40 | [/url] |
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Go to the trouble of looking at various locations around australia, and no most of them are no different to how they were 40 years ago. The urban heat effect is not unknown to climate scientists, they are smarter than you think. They will factor in that when using data from a station where the effect can be logically predicted. see: http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~.../uhi-melb.html Whilst climatologists now think that the warming in the temperature record from some small urban areas is partly the result of the UHI, this is not evidence that Australia's climate has remained unchanged rather than warmed over the past 100 years. Average minimum temperatures from many stations over most of Australia have shown an increase of between 0.1 deg C and 0.3 deg C per decade since 1951. Whilst some temperature records from small towns do not represent the large scale climate, it is unlikely to have any major impact upon our estimates of temperature warming over Australia. This is because there are numerious other weather stations located in remote areas such as lighthouses and regions far removed from urban areas that still indicate a warming temperature trend. The research currently taking place in Melbourne and a limited number of small towns in south eastern Australia aims to improve the quality of these particular town's climate records by accounting for the UHI effect in their temperature record and the confidence climatologists have in accurately monitoring and assessing climate change. Last edited by durtyharry; 13-01-2010 at 12:04 PM. |
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Why don't you go and troll on some other forum...fool.
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Found this article and thought it worth sharing with all.
US farmers challenge climate change data 12 Jan, 2010 03:00 PM MUCH of current global warming theory is based on distortions of scientific evidence, blind devotion to simple notion and outright greed, according to a speaker at the American Farm Bureau's 91st annual meeting. Christopher Horner, a fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, contended that the theory suffers from problems with the measurement of the earth temperature and its interpretation. Comprehensive data collected since the Middle Ages reveal a natural process of fluctuation in average temperature. These data have been derived from studies of tree rings, ice cores and thermometer readings. “The climate has always changed,” Horner said. “The question is, how does society respond to it—hysterically or rationally?” Since the late 19th century the earth’s average temperature has increased by an average of one degree Fahrenheit. “When it’s warm, there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” he said. Thus, the presence of higher concentrations of the gas, as detected in recent atmospheric samples, is not necessarily proof that the condition was created by human action, he asserted. Moreover, a careful assessment of late 20th century and early 21st Century temperature data contradicts global warming theory. “There is no net warming,” Horner declared. “In fact, there has been a slight decline (in temperature) since 2001.” The reliability of temperature data gathered during this period is, itself, subject to question according to Horner. “Between 1985 and 2000 we had the hottest decade in history,” he pointed out. “But there was no measurement at Siberian temperature stations.” Much of the data collection was concentrated in urban locations in Europe and the United States. The resultant evidence shows an “urban heat island effect”, not a comprehensive portrait of the subject. Late last year, the revelations of leaked e-mail correspondence from certain climate scientists posed the likelihood of a more sinister danger associated with global warming theory. The so-called “ClimateGate” episode, Horner claimed, showed that many scientists are more interested in garnering research dollars with little additional investigation than with engaging in independent investigations. The episode “warrants an immediate stay of further steps” in any public policy guided by the theory. Horner lampooned the reliance members of Congress have placed upon such theory in proposing climate change legislation now under consideration. “It is all pain, no gain,” he said. “It is all empty gesture. It is a rationing scheme under which the state decides how much of something you may use. It will raise the price of energy.” He urged farmers and ranchers to examine critically the “offsets” offered by the legislation. These features of the legislation amount to an “accounting gimmick” that will not aid agricultural producers or most other members of US society. “Your input costs and everybody else’s will rise,” Horner predicted. “The free lunch is not there and you will be next.” Misguided congressional legislation should be abandoned, Horner said. “It is premised on demonstrably false results. It would accomplish wealth transfers and not affect the climate. It's about revenues, rents and ideologies.” He cited the product of the recent climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, as an example of the lack of effectiveness of such schemes. “It was a historic agreement to meet again next year,” Horner said. Agricultural producers and other citizens of this country must confront the issue directly and insert rationality into the debate, Horner said. He believes demand for reliable, comprehensive scientfic evidence is the first place to begin. “We want a richer world to deal with something that is always going to happen, not a poorer world,” Horner concluded.
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The extra CO2 that is up there can be identified as being created by humans. analysis has revealed that the radioactivity of atmospheric CO2 has dropped, that can only be due to the burning of fossil fuels where the carbon is radioactively dead. Mr Horner's role in a corporately sponsored think tank is typical of many denialists and its link to oil and tobacco companies: CEI does not publish a list of its institutional donors. However, in a CEI report sent to Philip Morris, the think tank identified a range of companies and foundations as having given $10,000 or more. [5] Contributors included: Aequus Institute Amoco Foundation, Inc. Coca-Cola Company, contributions were $25,000 per annum for the period 1991-1995; E.L. Craig Foundation CSX Corporation Fieldstead and Co. FMC Foundation Ford Motor Company Fund Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation Philip Morris Companies, Inc. Pfizer Inc. Precision Valve Corporation Prince Foundation Sheldon Rose Texaco, Inc. Texaco Foundation Alex C. Walker Foundation In a 2006 profile of CEI and other global warming skeptics, Washington Post reporter Joel Achenbach noted that "the most generous sponsors" of CEI's 2005 annual dinner were "the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Exxon Mobil, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, and Pfizer. Other contributors included General Motors, the American Petroleum Institute, the American Plastics Council, the Chlorine Chemistry Council and Arch Coal." [6] Tobacco Industry Funding A listing of documents specifically about contributions and support from tobacco companies to CEI: 1991 - $10,000 donation to CEI from Philip Morris (PM) [7] Feb. 9, 1993 - letter from Fred Smith of CEI to Thomas Borelli at PM thanking PM for support.[8] 1995: PM gives $200,000 grant to CEI for "general operating support" [9] 1995 : PM gives another $10,000 to CEI [10] 1997: PM gives $120,000 to CEI [11] 1998 PM Public Policy Contributions list. Says PM paid CEI $25,000 via check no. 390006 [12] (Non-financial item) 1998: Activity Report of Beverly McKittrick of PM states, "Worked on plan for mobilization of third--party conservative groups. Met with CSE, ATRA, Chamber of Commerce,Frontiers of Freedom, and Competitive Enterprise Institute." [13] 1999 Public Policy Contributions (PM): $5,000 paid via check No. 20601 [14] 1999 Activity report of PM's Thomas Borelli states: "Secured policy group committee funding to support the Competitive Enterprise Institute dinner" [15] Undated Brown & Williamson document listing pro-business organizations BW contributes to. CEI is on the list: [16] (see top of page 5, "Policy Organizations :Total $325,000") In 1999 PM budgeted $25,000 for CEI: [17] |
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see: http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/...W/uhi-melb.html Whilst some temperature records from small towns do not represent the large scale climate, it is unlikely to have any major impact upon our estimates of temperature warming over Australia. This is because there are numerious other weather stations located in remote areas such as lighthouses and regions far removed from urban areas that still indicate a warming temperature trend. Last edited by durtyharry; 13-01-2010 at 03:30 PM. |
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Now why don't you two get back on topic this thread is about MAGNETISM and climate change.
Maybe its time for the lockwood anyway!
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So we are not comparing like with like, but rather somewhere near like? How long have lighthouses been recording weather? Not back to the Middle Ages I bet.
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Dirty Hurley might like to recognise that in Nth Scotland they use to grow grapevines for wine back in 1215, it was some 3 degrees warmer!
Indeed the Russies say the same thing, grapevines in Siberia! See RT.
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@keepleft,nothing about magnetism in that !!
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Let's here Wenny Pong denounce this as another denialist conspiracy, that she and the government stand hand on heart believing the IPCC data is accurate :
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No magnetism mentioned in those articles.
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I watched a doco on this a years ago and made sense. Basically the North pole becomes the south and vice versa. Also there is NO tax in the world that can stop it. It effects everything from the tides to your CRT TV.
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If those who believe in the theory that human activity is changing climate could have left the personal attacks on others out it would have benefited everyone and those threads would still be active. In fact the copenhagen thread I started was merged with others by a mod who did PM me and stated too many different climate threads as the reason. Then recently closed it stating copenhagen was over and no longer relevant, thus leaving the other merged topical threads useless. Debate the topic not the person. Sorry for going off topic. I can see it is upsetting you. Last edited by Hillbilly F Truck; 15-02-2010 at 08:26 PM. |
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@hillbilly,fair enough. Lets hope it all falls flat.
EDIT, Just saw your edit,not upset at all just didn't want it closed for going off topic.
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