tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post8823080308002279637..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Someone Better Tell The President@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-15789982533729671692009-03-06T14:37:00.000-05:002009-03-06T14:37:00.000-05:00> global warming may have hit a speed bump and ...> global warming may have hit a speed bump and could go into hiding for decades.<BR/><BR/>Jeeez. Anything but admit that maybe the stupid idea was wrong in the first damned place.<BR/><BR/>> Following a 30-year trend of warming, global temperatures have flatlined since 2001 despite rising greenhouse gas concentrations...<BR/><BR/>More correctly<BR/><BR/><B>...Following a 30 year trend of Global <I>cooling</I></B>, followed by a 30-year trend of warming, global temperatures have flatlined since 2001 despite <B>an entire century and more of</B> rising greenhouse gas concentrations, <B>which should, in fact, have represented almost an <I>entire century</I> of rising temperatures if AGW is even vaguely correct</B>....<BR/><BR/>This suggests that, perhaps, the whole thing is actually one giant <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunting_of_the_Snark" REL="nofollow">Snark Hunt</A>.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, Hansen, Gore, etal., haven't yet figured out that their snark is likely, in fact, a boojum. At some point, they will all "softly and and suddenly vanish away", as people more and more grasp what a ridiculous crock it all is.<BR/><BR/>> Instead, Swanson and colleague Anastasios Tsonis think a series of climate processes have aligned, conspiring to chill the climate<BR/><BR/>Oh, yes, Bushitler and his eeeevil minions have conspired with the EARTH ITSELF to make them look like total IDIOTS. Jeeez, again.<BR/><BR/>> The discrepancy gets to the heart of one of the toughest problems in climate science -- identifying the difference between natural variability (like the occasional March snowstorm) from human-induced change.<BR/><BR/>Conveniently ignoring the possibility (Oh, wait, sorry, "<B>the demonstrated FACT</B>") that there are also much larger swings of natural variability (like the occasional 20-30 year hot or cold spell... <I>or the 200-300 year hot or cold spell</I>) and recognizing the difference between THOSE and "human induced change".<BR/><BR/>They are either <BR/>a) complete morons<BR/>or<BR/>b) completely self-serving charlatans<BR/>In either case, why does anyone even bother to listen to them?OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.com