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The ‘Climate Change Debate’ Is Science Versus Snake Oil

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  • L Lost User

    Perhaps you werent serious when you wrote "Only a Eugenicist would deny GW. You want us to believe there is no problem so that when it's too late millions of people will be wiped out. You're just a puppet for the power hungry Eugenicist politicians who are mad with power." If you were then you really are an idiot. AGW is Mann made. He made it up when he invented the hockey stick that he now knows to be unreliable. There is SO much data showing AGW isnt happening, And yet you still belileve it. You must be intensely stupid not to be abloe to recognise basic facts and understand basic scientific pribciples.

    Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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    Lost User
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    fat_boy wrote:

    AGW is Mann made.

    Twaddle. Anthropogenic warming was the predominant subject in climate science papers in the 1970s (none of them by Mann), long before the Hockey Stick.

    fat_boy wrote:

    There is SO much data showing AGW isnt happening

    There is so much data showing that AGW may be happening. There is so much data showing that AGW may not be happening. There is so much more for climate scientists to understand before policy can be based on their pronouncements. In the mean time, let's just concentrate on reducing our dependence on finite sources of energy.

    Bob Emmett CSS: I don't intend to be a technical writing, I intend to be a software engineer.

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      Bob Emmett wrote:

      Well, I was not seeking (dis)proof of AGW

      Wellm you got them anyway. Now are you going to check out what I wrote and cone to the same conclusion as me?

      Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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      fat_boy wrote:

      Wellm you got them anyway. Now are you going to check out what I wrote and cone to the same conclusion as me?

      You have made two unsupported statements. You prove 'em, I don't have to. I am AGW neutral as far as the science is concerned. I am anti any policies being implemented on the basis of current knowledge. I strongly resent the politicisation of this subject.

      Bob Emmett CSS: I don't intend to be a technical writing, I intend to be a software engineer.

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      • L Lost User

        Well, as anyone wil tell you, you need LOTS of weather to make a climate and one warm winter in Vancouver isnt convincing on its own. Especially since the elsewhere snow and cold records have been set.

        Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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        Christian Graus
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        True - the issue is, a warm day does not prove global warming, and a cold winter does not disprove it. Neither side wins this argument.

        Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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        • L Lost User

          Perhaps you werent serious when you wrote "Only a Eugenicist would deny GW. You want us to believe there is no problem so that when it's too late millions of people will be wiped out. You're just a puppet for the power hungry Eugenicist politicians who are mad with power." If you were then you really are an idiot. AGW is Mann made. He made it up when he invented the hockey stick that he now knows to be unreliable. There is SO much data showing AGW isnt happening, And yet you still belileve it. You must be intensely stupid not to be abloe to recognise basic facts and understand basic scientific pribciples.

          Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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          Christian Graus
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          fat_boy wrote:

          Perhaps you werent serious when you wrote

          If you participated in these forums at all instead of just blasting them with your anti AGW 'gospel', you'd know that CSS calls me a eugenicist constantly, based on either his stupidity, his desire to get a rise or, most likely, his desire to distract from his inability to respond when I answer his claims. Josh was plainly throwing that in his face.

          fat_boy wrote:

          AGW is Mann made.

          No, it's man made. All people are contributing to it. Not just some dude named Mann.

          fat_boy wrote:

          He made it up when he invented the hockey stick that he now knows to be unreliable.

          If you knew anything about this, you'd know that the data that was replaced, started as recent tree ring data, and was replaced by the actual known temperatures. There is exaggeration in the AGW camp, and there's certainly exaggeration and lies in the anti AGW camp. It's tragic in it's own way that while I don't believe we face a 'Day after tomorrow' style disaster, we do face a real issue, and mankind has turned it into a religious war with believers and heretics.

          fat_boy wrote:

          There is SO much data showing AGW isnt happening,

          There's no real data that shows that. Just like there's no real data that shows the seas are going to swamp us.

          fat_boy wrote:

          And yet you still belileve it

          I understand that you're taking the easy position, that of the zealot. Real life is more nuanced and more complex.

          fat_boy wrote:

          You must be intensely stupid not to be abloe to recognise basic facts and understand basic scientific pribciples.

          I seem to recall you consistently claiming that I can't debate sensibly and that while you take the high moral ground, I resort to insults. Hilarious.

          Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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            Truth has never been determined by popularity. Darwin wasnt popular and yet adaptation of species has been seen to occur since he proposed the theory. Anyway. Two facts that disprove that GH gas warming is occuring today. 1) South pole is cooling and has been for 50 years. 2) The troposphere is not as warm as it should. Its plain simple empiracle science.

            Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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            fat_boy wrote:

            1. South pole is cooling and has been for 50 years.

            Once again, you are stuck in the past and show your ignorance. Antarctic melting due to global warming; sea levels may rise[^] and Study Finds New Evidence of Warming in Antarctica[^] And in case you didn't want an editorial Coastal-Change and Glaciological Map of the Palmer Land Area, Antarctica: 1947—2009[^]

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            • W wolfbinary

              Even if climate change is a fact those who hate change, will be obstructionists till the end and deny it even after it has happened, much like other large events in history. Money will prove to be more important than the lives of some distant country that the majority here cares about. People don't always do what is in their best interests, look at the banking industry. I'd like to believe we can do great things still, but too many forces today and an unengaged public make me less than optimistic. Nationalism is another problem. Too many people think their countries are more important than any other country. Religion is another problem. Some see a coming rapture in the middle east. Human rights of women and people in poorer countries is an issue. Resource shortages causing wars. With some of the geoengineering I've heard of, there are many extremist groups that would work against any complete solution. Most people don't like change or to be held accountable for the impact on the world and each other either.

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              The only things you are going to get with that mindset are brutally high taxes and absolute tyranny.

              Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^] "/I habe an educatiomn a title and a meddal" - Dalek Dave, March 4, 2010 "...I am not that good" - Dalek Dave, March 4, 2010

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                fat_boy wrote:

                Perhaps you werent serious when you wrote

                If you participated in these forums at all instead of just blasting them with your anti AGW 'gospel', you'd know that CSS calls me a eugenicist constantly, based on either his stupidity, his desire to get a rise or, most likely, his desire to distract from his inability to respond when I answer his claims. Josh was plainly throwing that in his face.

                fat_boy wrote:

                AGW is Mann made.

                No, it's man made. All people are contributing to it. Not just some dude named Mann.

                fat_boy wrote:

                He made it up when he invented the hockey stick that he now knows to be unreliable.

                If you knew anything about this, you'd know that the data that was replaced, started as recent tree ring data, and was replaced by the actual known temperatures. There is exaggeration in the AGW camp, and there's certainly exaggeration and lies in the anti AGW camp. It's tragic in it's own way that while I don't believe we face a 'Day after tomorrow' style disaster, we do face a real issue, and mankind has turned it into a religious war with believers and heretics.

                fat_boy wrote:

                There is SO much data showing AGW isnt happening,

                There's no real data that shows that. Just like there's no real data that shows the seas are going to swamp us.

                fat_boy wrote:

                And yet you still belileve it

                I understand that you're taking the easy position, that of the zealot. Real life is more nuanced and more complex.

                fat_boy wrote:

                You must be intensely stupid not to be abloe to recognise basic facts and understand basic scientific pribciples.

                I seem to recall you consistently claiming that I can't debate sensibly and that while you take the high moral ground, I resort to insults. Hilarious.

                Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                CaptainSeeSharp
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                There is absolutely no proof of man made global warming.

                Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^] "/I habe an educatiomn a title and a meddal" - Dalek Dave, March 4, 2010 "...I am not that good" - Dalek Dave, March 4, 2010

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                • N NandoMan

                  The ‘Climate Change Debate’ Is Science Versus Snake Oil[^] So, what do you guys think? fact or fraud?

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                  Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                  http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php[^]

                  -- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit

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                  • L Lost User

                    Truth has never been determined by popularity. Darwin wasnt popular and yet adaptation of species has been seen to occur since he proposed the theory. Anyway. Two facts that disprove that GH gas warming is occuring today. 1) South pole is cooling and has been for 50 years. 2) The troposphere is not as warm as it should. Its plain simple empiracle science.

                    Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                    Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                    fat_boy wrote:

                    Its plain simple empiracle science.

                    Not for you, it isn't. http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php[^]

                    -- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit

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                    • C CaptainSeeSharp

                      There is absolutely no proof of man made global warming.

                      Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^] "/I habe an educatiomn a title and a meddal" - Dalek Dave, March 4, 2010 "...I am not that good" - Dalek Dave, March 4, 2010

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                      CaptainSeeSharp wrote:

                      There is absolutely no proof of man made global warming.

                      Eugenicist!

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                      • L Lost User

                        Perhaps you werent serious when you wrote "Only a Eugenicist would deny GW. You want us to believe there is no problem so that when it's too late millions of people will be wiped out. You're just a puppet for the power hungry Eugenicist politicians who are mad with power." If you were then you really are an idiot. AGW is Mann made. He made it up when he invented the hockey stick that he now knows to be unreliable. There is SO much data showing AGW isnt happening, And yet you still belileve it. You must be intensely stupid not to be abloe to recognise basic facts and understand basic scientific pribciples.

                        Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                        Lost User
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                        fat_boy wrote:

                        Perhaps you werent serious when you wrote "Only a Eugenicist would deny GW

                        ya reckon?

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                        • C CaptainSeeSharp

                          There is absolutely no proof of man made global warming.

                          Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^] "/I habe an educatiomn a title and a meddal" - Dalek Dave, March 4, 2010 "...I am not that good" - Dalek Dave, March 4, 2010

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                          Christian Graus
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                          None that is comprehensible to you, apparently.

                          Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                          • C CaptainSeeSharp

                            There is absolutely no proof of man made global warming.

                            Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^] "/I habe an educatiomn a title and a meddal" - Dalek Dave, March 4, 2010 "...I am not that good" - Dalek Dave, March 4, 2010

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                            Lost User
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                            How would you know?

                            Bob Emmett CSS: I don't intend to be a technical writing, I intend to be a software engineer.

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                            • L Lost User

                              fat_boy wrote:

                              Wellm you got them anyway. Now are you going to check out what I wrote and cone to the same conclusion as me?

                              You have made two unsupported statements. You prove 'em, I don't have to. I am AGW neutral as far as the science is concerned. I am anti any policies being implemented on the basis of current knowledge. I strongly resent the politicisation of this subject.

                              Bob Emmett CSS: I don't intend to be a technical writing, I intend to be a software engineer.

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                              Bob Emmett wrote:

                              You have made two unsupported statements. You prove 'em, I don't have to.

                              No I dont. Either you are aware of what I have stated or you arent. In which case you dont know very much about AGW. I suggest therefore that you do look into the subject before continuing any discussion of it.

                              Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                                fat_boy wrote:

                                AGW is Mann made.

                                Twaddle. Anthropogenic warming was the predominant subject in climate science papers in the 1970s (none of them by Mann), long before the Hockey Stick.

                                fat_boy wrote:

                                There is SO much data showing AGW isnt happening

                                There is so much data showing that AGW may be happening. There is so much data showing that AGW may not be happening. There is so much more for climate scientists to understand before policy can be based on their pronouncements. In the mean time, let's just concentrate on reducing our dependence on finite sources of energy.

                                Bob Emmett CSS: I don't intend to be a technical writing, I intend to be a software engineer.

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                                Bull. Prior to Mann it was a theory. Manns graph became the headline banner for the AGW.

                                Bob Emmett wrote:

                                In the mean time, let's just concentrate on reducing our dependence on finite sources of energy.

                                Completely different topic.

                                Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                                  Bob Emmett wrote:

                                  You have made two unsupported statements. You prove 'em, I don't have to.

                                  No I dont. Either you are aware of what I have stated or you arent. In which case you dont know very much about AGW. I suggest therefore that you do look into the subject before continuing any discussion of it.

                                  Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                                  fat_boy wrote:

                                  No I dont.

                                  OK

                                  fat_boy wrote:

                                  Either you are aware of what I have stated or you arent.

                                  I am. But I have yet to see incontrovertible evidence of it disproving AGW.

                                  fat_boy wrote:

                                  In which case you dont know very much about AGW.

                                  I know enough to know how much more there is to know.

                                  fat_boy wrote:

                                  I suggest therefore that you do look into the subject before continuing any discussion of it.

                                  I am not discussing it, the subject has become too politicized for rational discussion on forums. I merely responded to CSS, stating that none of his posts actually disproved AGW. You decided to add your three ha'pence worth.

                                  Bob Emmett CSS: I don't intend to be a technical writing, I intend to be a software engineer.

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                                  • L Lost User

                                    Bull. Prior to Mann it was a theory. Manns graph became the headline banner for the AGW.

                                    Bob Emmett wrote:

                                    In the mean time, let's just concentrate on reducing our dependence on finite sources of energy.

                                    Completely different topic.

                                    Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                                    fat_boy wrote:

                                    Prior to Mann it was a theory.

                                    I prefer hypothesis, which it remains. Theory implies a body of testing which has failed to disprove the hypothesis.

                                    fat_boy wrote:

                                    Mann's graph became the headline banner for the AGW.

                                    Yes, he is a self-publicizing, politically oriented, power hungry, grant gobbling, little git.

                                    fat_boy wrote:

                                    Completely different topic.

                                    Possibly, and yet, moving away from our dependence on fossil fuels will reduce the amount of anthropogenic greenhouse gasses. Mann will have to find another gravy train.

                                    Bob Emmett CSS: I don't intend to be a technical writing, I intend to be a software engineer.

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                                    • W William Winner

                                      fat_boy wrote:

                                      1. South pole is cooling and has been for 50 years.

                                      Once again, you are stuck in the past and show your ignorance. Antarctic melting due to global warming; sea levels may rise[^] and Study Finds New Evidence of Warming in Antarctica[^] And in case you didn't want an editorial Coastal-Change and Glaciological Map of the Palmer Land Area, Antarctica: 1947—2009[^]

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                                      The effect of seafloor heating opn one tiny part of a peninsula of antarctic is NOT the entire continent. And if you mean the paper puiblished by a group of scientists of which Mann is one then dont make me laugh. They used the same techniques to make up data for large areas of the continent where there arent any weather stations. Which is a joke.

                                      Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                                        The effect of seafloor heating opn one tiny part of a peninsula of antarctic is NOT the entire continent. And if you mean the paper puiblished by a group of scientists of which Mann is one then dont make me laugh. They used the same techniques to make up data for large areas of the continent where there arent any weather stations. Which is a joke.

                                        Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                                        William Winner
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                                        And once again, you show you're not actually open to reasonable debate and just ignore anything that anyone says if it leans towards GW in any way. None of those links had Mann's name on it...but then you would have seen that if you actually did what you expect others to do...which is read something that someone posts on one of these sites.

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                                          And once again, you show you're not actually open to reasonable debate and just ignore anything that anyone says if it leans towards GW in any way. None of those links had Mann's name on it...but then you would have seen that if you actually did what you expect others to do...which is read something that someone posts on one of these sites.

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                                          No,. I didnt lok at them, I didnt have time. However, ahything you, or anyone else writers, will not destroy 60 years of thermometer temperature data that shows cooling. I know you and many others would like to, since it displays quite clearly that GH gas warmign si not taking place, but you cant. And no amount of crooked science, like using wind asa proxy for temp in the troposphere, will do so.

                                          Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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