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Article #8876Re: The Mann and the Hockey Stick
From: Billy
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:35
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:35
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In article <67401ca8-00a9-4553-9b08-e2cc51c65e45@l18g2000vbx.googlegroups.com>, Jonesie <caseyterry5959@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Apr 5, 7:59�pm, Billy <wildbi...@withoutta.net> wrote: > > In article <eO2dnaVPBqkWdeDSnZ2dnUVZ_smdn...@bright.net>, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > �"SaPeIsMa" <SaPeI...@HotMail.com> wrote: > > > "Billy" <wildbi...@withoutta.net> wrote in message > > >news:wildbilly-5076EA.21573204042012@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au... > > > > In article <Y8ednQjhR_VcfOHSnZ2dnUVZ_qgAA...@giganews.com>, > > > > RLW <rlwatk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:05:30 -0700, Chom Noamsky wrote: > > > > > >> > On 3/31/2012 7:27 PM, RLW wrote: > > > >> >> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:18:28 -0400, Leonard wrote: > > > > > >> >>> Abracadabra, �No More Medi�val Warm Period! > > > > > >> >>> The lies behind the failed Hockey Stick > > > > > >> >> <yada, yada, yada> > > > > > >> >> I'm starting to get the impression that few posting here actually > > > >> >> know > > > >> >> what the "hockey stick" graph was intended to represent: runaway, > > > >> >> nearly limitless increase in surface temperature. > > > > > >> >> A) We know that's wrong. > > > > > >> >> B) We know that the troposphere is getting warmer. > > > > > >> >> (A) does nothing to disprove (B). �Indeed, (B) is something > > > >> >> *observed*, > > > >> >> not a matter open to debate. > > > > > >> >> (B) means that a lot of weather patterns will change and a lot of > > > >> >> ice > > > >> >> will melt. �This doesn't mean Humanity will die off, but it will be > > > >> >> very damn' expensive and inconvenient for a good many folks. > > > > > >> >> I'll hate having to explain to my grandkids that everyone stood > > > >> >> around > > > >> >> debating whether it was happening instead of figuring out what > > > >> >> impact > > > >> >> it will have and how to solve some of the attendant problems. > > > > > >> > The assumption is it that warming will be all bad. �How many studies > > > >> > have been done on the potential benefits of global warming? �What it > > > >> > comes down to is the cost of adaption versus the cost of correction. > > > >> > That's assuming it can be corrected, and in the view of a > > > >> > substantial > > > >> > portion of the scientific community the results would be modest or > > > >> > negligible at best. > > > > > >> > The big problem is elements of the political sphere have been trying > > > >> > their best to hook irrelevant agendas to climate change, and to > > > >> > exploit > > > >> > it as a tool to push things that wouldn't get backing otherwise. > > > >> > �Get > > > >> > people alarmed, induce feelings of insecurity, then they'll be less > > > >> > resistant when it comes to unpopular causes that have little or > > > >> > nothing > > > >> > to do with climate change. > > > > > >> > It's interesting that the Darrell Kaufman study showed climate has > > > >> > been > > > >> > experiencing a long term cooling trend, starting about 2,000 years > > > >> > ago, > > > >> > and was projected to go on another 4,000 years. Is it possible we're > > > >> > actually better off with a little warming? �Quite possibly we've > > > >> > averted > > > >> > a future LIA... > > > > > >> I'm not even assuming that the effects will be all bad. �The first > > > >> benefits which come to mind are to shipping and farmers in Canada. > > > >> Still, > > > >> any sort of large-scale reorganization of society is costly, so we'd > > > >> best > > > >> be puzzling out the details now, before it becomes an immediate > > > >> problem. > > > > > > Oh, the sweet security of innocence. > > > > <http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hit-them-with-the-ho.. > > > > .> > > > > > Or is that the sweet security of stupidity > > > � � Too bad that "hockey stick" is broken. > > > > Citation, please, or are you so stoopid as to think your opinion is fact? > > > He doesn't need citations. Nor more than Lord Monckton needs a > degree in science. I know. He just shovels the "facts" out of his backside as he needs them. -- E Pluribus Unum Know where your money is tonight? It's making the lives of Wall Street Bankers more comfortable. The GOP is chasing us towards a cliff called "Obama." Vote 3rd Party
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From: Billy <wildbilly@withoutta.net>
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Subject: Re: The Mann and the Hockey Stick
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