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Ian Shlasko, can you provide proof that GW sceptics have lied?

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  • C CaptainSeeSharp

    Simon_Whale wrote:

    thought we were on about climate control?

    We are, "climate control" means controlling all human behavior. Its MAN MADE global warming remember? MAN MADE, that means when governments crackdown with their flowery named CLEAN ENGERY and CLIMATE BILLS they will be cracking-down on the free will individual and the individual's reproductive organs.

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    CaptainSeeSharp wrote:

    they will be cracking-down on ... the individual's reproductive organs.

    You are obsessed by this. Where birth control is available, parents can decide for themselves how many children they wish to have. Population Reduction in 'the West', has been the sum of all these individual, freely made, Birth Control choices. That is how it will work elsewhere.

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    • I Ian Shlasko

      I'm going to quote you on that, next time you post a video link.

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      Oh, the irony! :-D

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        William Winner wrote:

        We certainly know you get most of your information from credible crackpot scientists journalists.

        Its funny really how people make things up in order to attempt to discredit an argument. I would like you to find say more than 10 things I have quoted that came from journalists.

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        For the record, I didn't say you were quoting. But here you go:

        fat_boy wrote:

        http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2010/07/settled-science-can-everyplace-really.html\[^\] Ah, hang on, if most of the globe is getting hotter then so is the average, so these places must be continuously outdoing each other momentarially before the average catches up!

        -http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3545849/Hmm-most-of-the-globe-is-warming-more-than-average.aspx[^]

        fat_boy wrote:

        Well yes, they have been caught out: UAH and RSS data shows that the June anomoly was pretty much zero: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/07/03/uah-global-temperature-anomaly-for-june-09-zero/\[^\] http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/07/10/rss-global-temperature-for-june-09-also-down/\[^\]

        -http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3545448/Global-warming-lie-exposed-June-was-hottest-ever-r.aspx[^]

        fat_boy wrote:

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9W\_7MgPJQs\[^\] Its worth watching. It shows that nothing has changed, back then they talked about the destruction of science's credibility, intimidation, gaining funding, and a good media story.

        -http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3543273/Interesting-video-from-20-years-ago-about-GW.aspx[^]

        fat_boy wrote:

        Seems like I am not the only one to see his life a one long tirade of hypocritical actions, not to mention lies and alarmist scare stories: Stephen Schneider—Death of an Unrepentant Hypocrite [^]

        -http://www.codeproje

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          Oh, the irony! :-D

          Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) Need sig - urgentz!!!

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          It's always fun when someone falls into one of my traps :)

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            CaptainSeeSharp wrote:

            they will be cracking-down on ... the individual's reproductive organs.

            You are obsessed by this. Where birth control is available, parents can decide for themselves how many children they wish to have. Population Reduction in 'the West', has been the sum of all these individual, freely made, Birth Control choices. That is how it will work elsewhere.

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            I'm waiting for him to call me a climate cultist or a eugenicist. :laugh: ;P

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              fat_boy wrote:

              OK, to quote Bob Watson AGW proponent. He stated, and I have provided the link in the past that there is no evidence man made CO2 caused the recent warming, but since they cannot account for it any other way it must be man made CO2 causing it. Not to mention the other scientist I quoted in my last reponse who said that there is no detectable effect of man made OC2 on temperature outside of natural variation.

              Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. And you're quoting one guy who says something, and claiming it to be a fact. Opinions are not facts unless backed up by evidence.

              fat_boy wrote:

              Absoloutely. And the theory of AGW is not proven because: 1) Its effect cant be detected on temperatured outside natural variation. 2) Troposphere warming is not as great as the theory dictates (its about a third what it should be BTW) 3) The south pole is not warming up whcih the theory dictates it should do.

              "Not proven" is not the same thing as "Wrong." There's this HUGE area in between "Right" and "Wrong" called "Unknown." That's where we are now. We don't know. If people would just admit this, we'd all be a lot better off.

              fat_boy wrote:

              I consider that an increase in AVERAGE global temperature is not global warming. Since CO2 is distributed evenly in the atmosphere, any effect of CO2 should be global. The fact that it isnt tends to imply that CO2 is not having such an effect as the theory suggests.

              CO2 is NOT distributed evenly in the atmosphere, due to circulation patterns. The northern and southern hemispheres are partially isolated from one another, among other things. We've discussed this before, but again, you just ignore anything that doesn't suit your purposes. EDIT: Oh, and by the way, what you "consider" to be the definition of global warming doesn't change the ACTUAL definition[^].

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              Ian Shlasko wrote:

              ou're quoting one guy

              Who hapens to be strongly associated with the AGW movement.

              Ian Shlasko wrote:

              We don't know

              We do know. We know its not having a noticable effect on temperature. And hasnt done for 70 years. POst war cooling for 35 years. Warming for 25 years, and not much of anything for the last 12 years. All the while CO2 is going up and up. What does that say?

              Ian Shlasko wrote:

              the definition of global warming doesn't change the ACTUAL definition[^].

              One of which states "by 1983 as the name for overall rising temperatures". Over all. Get it? Warming all over the place. Of course you know why GW was changed to CC. Its to get around the fact it isnt warming in many parts of the earth. And of those that are, the warming isnt as great as in the 1930's in some parts. US, Canada, Grenland,Arctic, Siberia, Scndanavia.

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                For the record, I didn't say you were quoting. But here you go:

                fat_boy wrote:

                http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2010/07/settled-science-can-everyplace-really.html\[^\] Ah, hang on, if most of the globe is getting hotter then so is the average, so these places must be continuously outdoing each other momentarially before the average catches up!

                -http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3545849/Hmm-most-of-the-globe-is-warming-more-than-average.aspx[^]

                fat_boy wrote:

                Well yes, they have been caught out: UAH and RSS data shows that the June anomoly was pretty much zero: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/07/03/uah-global-temperature-anomaly-for-june-09-zero/\[^\] http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/07/10/rss-global-temperature-for-june-09-also-down/\[^\]

                -http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3545448/Global-warming-lie-exposed-June-was-hottest-ever-r.aspx[^]

                fat_boy wrote:

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9W\_7MgPJQs\[^\] Its worth watching. It shows that nothing has changed, back then they talked about the destruction of science's credibility, intimidation, gaining funding, and a good media story.

                -http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3543273/Interesting-video-from-20-years-ago-about-GW.aspx[^]

                fat_boy wrote:

                Seems like I am not the only one to see his life a one long tirade of hypocritical actions, not to mention lies and alarmist scare stories: Stephen Schneider—Death of an Unrepentant Hypocrite [^]

                -http://www.codeproje

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                1. Tom Nelson is a blogger not a journalist. 2) Anthony Watts to quote: "About Anthony: I’m a former television meteorologist who spent 25 years on the air and who also operates a weather technology and content business, as well as continues daily forecasting on radio, just for fun." 3) You tube vid: Quoted scientists. etc several more from Watts. 6 or 7, Delling pole. Yep, a journalist. Talking about the Jones inquiry. 9) Rich Trzupek quoting schnieder, a scientist. 10) Journalist reporting politicians so not a scientific point of view. So, lots of quotes form scientists on both sides. Do you consdier them crackpot? A financial journalist wuoting the events of a pollitical meting. Hardly crackpot. Watts. A weather man. And Delingpole, a commentor for the Telegraph. Tell me, didnt journalists expose the watergate scandal?

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                  This is not an argument [^] :laugh:

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                  Yes it is! :laugh:

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                    Ian Shlasko wrote:

                    ou're quoting one guy

                    Who hapens to be strongly associated with the AGW movement.

                    Ian Shlasko wrote:

                    We don't know

                    We do know. We know its not having a noticable effect on temperature. And hasnt done for 70 years. POst war cooling for 35 years. Warming for 25 years, and not much of anything for the last 12 years. All the while CO2 is going up and up. What does that say?

                    Ian Shlasko wrote:

                    the definition of global warming doesn't change the ACTUAL definition[^].

                    One of which states "by 1983 as the name for overall rising temperatures". Over all. Get it? Warming all over the place. Of course you know why GW was changed to CC. Its to get around the fact it isnt warming in many parts of the earth. And of those that are, the warming isnt as great as in the 1930's in some parts. US, Canada, Grenland,Arctic, Siberia, Scndanavia.

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                    fat_boy wrote:

                    Who hapens to be strongly associated with the AGW movement.

                    Yet again, you're confusing one man's statements with PROVEN FACTS. Unless you can understand this VERY simple distinction, any discussion with you is pointless.

                    fat_boy wrote:

                    We do know. We know its not having a noticable effect on temperature. And hasnt done for 70 years. POst war cooling for 35 years. Warming for 25 years, and not much of anything for the last 12 years. All the while CO2 is going up and up. What does that say?

                    We've been through this... Several of us have pointed out the errors in your numbers... I'm not going through this all over again.

                    fat_boy wrote:

                    One of which states "by 1983 as the name for overall rising temperatures". Over all. Get it? Warming all over the place.

                    Cute. Out of all the different dictionaries cited on that page, you pick the one that describes the ETYMOLOGY instead of the DEFINITION. Funny how every actual DEFINITION on that page uses the word "average." So until you can wrap your mind around the concept of a global AVERAGE, this discussion again becomes entirely pointless. Your homework for the day... Look up the definitions of "FACT" and "AVERAGE".

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                      fat_boy wrote:

                      Who hapens to be strongly associated with the AGW movement.

                      Yet again, you're confusing one man's statements with PROVEN FACTS. Unless you can understand this VERY simple distinction, any discussion with you is pointless.

                      fat_boy wrote:

                      We do know. We know its not having a noticable effect on temperature. And hasnt done for 70 years. POst war cooling for 35 years. Warming for 25 years, and not much of anything for the last 12 years. All the while CO2 is going up and up. What does that say?

                      We've been through this... Several of us have pointed out the errors in your numbers... I'm not going through this all over again.

                      fat_boy wrote:

                      One of which states "by 1983 as the name for overall rising temperatures". Over all. Get it? Warming all over the place.

                      Cute. Out of all the different dictionaries cited on that page, you pick the one that describes the ETYMOLOGY instead of the DEFINITION. Funny how every actual DEFINITION on that page uses the word "average." So until you can wrap your mind around the concept of a global AVERAGE, this discussion again becomes entirely pointless. Your homework for the day... Look up the definitions of "FACT" and "AVERAGE".

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                      Ian Shlasko wrote:

                      Yet again, you're confusing one man's statements with PROVEN FACTS

                      What proven facts?

                      Ian Shlasko wrote:

                      We've been through this... Several of us have pointed out the errors in your numbers... I'm not going through this all over again.

                      Bullshit,

                      Ian Shlasko wrote:

                      So until you can wrap your mind around the concept of a global AVERAGE, this discussion again becomes entirely pointless.

                      Of course most of the internet, and god knows its the holy fucking grail of truth, uses the word average. They have to to explain the fact the what is happenig in the world DOESNT validate the THEORY of AGW. But, if you once actually read into the science of AGW you would realise that the fact that the entire world isnt heating up is a BIG problem. AND I note that not once have you attempted to tackle the fact that the troposphere isnt warming anywhere near as much as it should. It is absoloutely imperative that the troposphere warms MORE than the surface for AGW to be evident. Go back and read the basic scicence of AGW then come back to me when you have the slightest understanding.

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                        1. Tom Nelson is a blogger not a journalist. 2) Anthony Watts to quote: "About Anthony: I’m a former television meteorologist who spent 25 years on the air and who also operates a weather technology and content business, as well as continues daily forecasting on radio, just for fun." 3) You tube vid: Quoted scientists. etc several more from Watts. 6 or 7, Delling pole. Yep, a journalist. Talking about the Jones inquiry. 9) Rich Trzupek quoting schnieder, a scientist. 10) Journalist reporting politicians so not a scientific point of view. So, lots of quotes form scientists on both sides. Do you consdier them crackpot? A financial journalist wuoting the events of a pollitical meting. Hardly crackpot. Watts. A weather man. And Delingpole, a commentor for the Telegraph. Tell me, didnt journalists expose the watergate scandal?

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                        fat_boy wrote:

                        1. Tom Nelson is a blogger not a journalist.

                        You're right...he's even less qualified.

                        fat_boy wrote:

                        1. Anthony Watts to quote: "About Anthony: I’m a former television meteorologist

                        First, being a weather-man does not make you a scientist. Most have degrees in journalism, not science. Secondly, having looked at weather data for 25 years doesn't make you a credible climate change scientist. As for most of the others, sure they're using scientists, but you didn't use them, you used something written by a non-scientist and I think we can all agree that if you have a specific viewpoint to start with, you can find quotes and papers to back you up. As for number 10, well, it's great that you can tell how politicians feel about a subject by what they do, since we all know that there's no way they're politically motivated.

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                          Ian Shlasko wrote:

                          Yet again, you're confusing one man's statements with PROVEN FACTS

                          What proven facts?

                          Ian Shlasko wrote:

                          We've been through this... Several of us have pointed out the errors in your numbers... I'm not going through this all over again.

                          Bullshit,

                          Ian Shlasko wrote:

                          So until you can wrap your mind around the concept of a global AVERAGE, this discussion again becomes entirely pointless.

                          Of course most of the internet, and god knows its the holy fucking grail of truth, uses the word average. They have to to explain the fact the what is happenig in the world DOESNT validate the THEORY of AGW. But, if you once actually read into the science of AGW you would realise that the fact that the entire world isnt heating up is a BIG problem. AND I note that not once have you attempted to tackle the fact that the troposphere isnt warming anywhere near as much as it should. It is absoloutely imperative that the troposphere warms MORE than the surface for AGW to be evident. Go back and read the basic scicence of AGW then come back to me when you have the slightest understanding.

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                          fat_boy wrote:

                          What proven facts?

                          Exactly my point.

                          fat_boy wrote:

                          Of course most of the internet, and god knows its the holy f***ing grail of truth, uses the word average. They have to to explain the fact the what is happenig in the world DOESNT validate the THEORY of AGW. But, if you once actually read into the science of AGW you would realise that the fact that the entire world isnt heating up is a BIG problem.

                          That particular part of the Internet is derived from actual dictionaries, that ARE considered the holy grail of truth, since they define the actual language we're using. If you're going to argue that the average is irrelevant and that every single region has to get warmer, than make up your own terms instead of referring to it as "Global Warming."

                          fat_boy wrote:

                          AND I note that not once have you attempted to tackle the fact that the troposphere isnt warming anywhere near as much as it should. It is absoloutely imperative that the troposphere warms MORE than the surface for AGW to be evident.

                          If memory serves, William Winner actually explained that to you several months ago on an earlier thread. Since he seems to know more about the theory than me (And, I'm pretty sure, than you), I defer to him on that.

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                            fat_boy wrote:

                            1. Tom Nelson is a blogger not a journalist.

                            You're right...he's even less qualified.

                            fat_boy wrote:

                            1. Anthony Watts to quote: "About Anthony: I’m a former television meteorologist

                            First, being a weather-man does not make you a scientist. Most have degrees in journalism, not science. Secondly, having looked at weather data for 25 years doesn't make you a credible climate change scientist. As for most of the others, sure they're using scientists, but you didn't use them, you used something written by a non-scientist and I think we can all agree that if you have a specific viewpoint to start with, you can find quotes and papers to back you up. As for number 10, well, it's great that you can tell how politicians feel about a subject by what they do, since we all know that there's no way they're politically motivated.

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                            William Winner wrote:

                            As for most of the others, sure they're using scientists, but you didn't use them

                            Yeah, sorry, I didnt have the time to go and ask all the scientists individually, I used a video off youtube which had done it already. My profound alppologies for my lazyness and lack of professionalism. End of the day AGW theory has problems: 1) The troposphere isnt as warm as it should be. 2) The south pole is not warming. 3) Man made CO2 is not having a detectable effect on temperatute outside of normal variation. Almost every scientist in the world agrees with that, whether they be pro AGW or against it because they are the hard and fast facts. Bob Watson and Phil Jones, both in the pro AGW camp, have both stated as much. Lindzen and Christy both in the anti AGW camp the same. Lets forget the crap, and look at the basic empiracle evidence for AGW.

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                              fat_boy wrote:

                              What proven facts?

                              Exactly my point.

                              fat_boy wrote:

                              Of course most of the internet, and god knows its the holy f***ing grail of truth, uses the word average. They have to to explain the fact the what is happenig in the world DOESNT validate the THEORY of AGW. But, if you once actually read into the science of AGW you would realise that the fact that the entire world isnt heating up is a BIG problem.

                              That particular part of the Internet is derived from actual dictionaries, that ARE considered the holy grail of truth, since they define the actual language we're using. If you're going to argue that the average is irrelevant and that every single region has to get warmer, than make up your own terms instead of referring to it as "Global Warming."

                              fat_boy wrote:

                              AND I note that not once have you attempted to tackle the fact that the troposphere isnt warming anywhere near as much as it should. It is absoloutely imperative that the troposphere warms MORE than the surface for AGW to be evident.

                              If memory serves, William Winner actually explained that to you several months ago on an earlier thread. Since he seems to know more about the theory than me (And, I'm pretty sure, than you), I defer to him on that.

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                              Ian Shlasko wrote:

                              than make up your own terms instead of referring to it as "Global Warming."

                              I dont have to. You provided on that fits perfectly.

                              Ian Shlasko wrote:

                              If memory serves, William Winner actually explained that to you several months ago on an earlier thread

                              No he didnt. No one can since it is a well known problemn with the AGW theory.

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                                You recently stated that GW sceptics had lied. Can you provide proof of this?

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                                Late too the party, but: Sallie Baliunos: Claimed (2001): "measurements of atmospheric temperatures made by instruments lofted in satellites and balloons show that no warming has occurred in the atmosphere in the last 50 years. " In "Washington Roundtable on Science and Public Policy: Climate History and the Sun". George C. Marshall Institute. Claimed (2002): "Both satellites and balloons have carried instruments aloft to sense the temperature changes of those layers. In the case of the satellite record, which begins in 1979, there is a globally-averaged warming trend of only 0.04 C per decade, which projects to 0.4 C per century." In Science Rejects Kyoto by Sallie Baliunas - Capitalism Magazine One of them's a lie. I leave you to decide which one. :laugh:

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                                  Late too the party, but: Sallie Baliunos: Claimed (2001): "measurements of atmospheric temperatures made by instruments lofted in satellites and balloons show that no warming has occurred in the atmosphere in the last 50 years. " In "Washington Roundtable on Science and Public Policy: Climate History and the Sun". George C. Marshall Institute. Claimed (2002): "Both satellites and balloons have carried instruments aloft to sense the temperature changes of those layers. In the case of the satellite record, which begins in 1979, there is a globally-averaged warming trend of only 0.04 C per decade, which projects to 0.4 C per century." In Science Rejects Kyoto by Sallie Baliunas - Capitalism Magazine One of them's a lie. I leave you to decide which one. :laugh:

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                                  This is an interesting story. The satelites showed no warming, and this was veririfed by weather ballon radings (Sonde readings). The satellite data was later adjusted for skin drag and time of day reading which produced a slight warming trend. This is the troposphere trend, which is about a third the surface trend. This raises a procedural question, given that weather ballons had been used for centuries why was their validation of the satellite data discarded? It was later suggested that the weather ballon data should be adjusted too. Again, why should centuries of accepted scientific method be changed because the data is unpalatable?

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                                    This is an interesting story. The satelites showed no warming, and this was veririfed by weather ballon radings (Sonde readings). The satellite data was later adjusted for skin drag and time of day reading which produced a slight warming trend. This is the troposphere trend, which is about a third the surface trend. This raises a procedural question, given that weather ballons had been used for centuries why was their validation of the satellite data discarded? It was later suggested that the weather ballon data should be adjusted too. Again, why should centuries of accepted scientific method be changed because the data is unpalatable?

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                                    fat_boy wrote:

                                    This is an interesting story

                                    Maybe. But still Sallie lied - one of her claims must be false. QED. :)

                                    fat_boy wrote:

                                    This raises a procedural question, given that weather ballons had been used for centuries why was their validation of the satellite data discarded?

                                    Perhaps because it was shown that the satellite measurements were more accurate?

                                    fat_boy wrote:

                                    given that weather ballons had been used for centuries

                                    We can't be given that. The first balloons were those of de Bort around 1896 - i.e. just over a century (and they were experimental).

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                                      fat_boy wrote:

                                      This is an interesting story

                                      Maybe. But still Sallie lied - one of her claims must be false. QED. :)

                                      fat_boy wrote:

                                      This raises a procedural question, given that weather ballons had been used for centuries why was their validation of the satellite data discarded?

                                      Perhaps because it was shown that the satellite measurements were more accurate?

                                      fat_boy wrote:

                                      given that weather ballons had been used for centuries

                                      We can't be given that. The first balloons were those of de Bort around 1896 - i.e. just over a century (and they were experimental).

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                                      riced wrote:

                                      Maybe. But still Sallie lied - one of her claims must be false. QED.

                                      Oh for sure. Dont forget our friend Schnieder, who was a global cooling alarmist in the 70s, even going so far as to say CO2 caused cooling, who a decade later became a GW convert.

                                      riced wrote:

                                      Perhaps because it was shown that the satellite measurements were more accurate?

                                      I dont know much about sonde data gathering techniques, but since they have been used for centuries I would imagine that an inacuracies would be at least consistent. Even if they had read incorrectly, they would have consistently read incorrectly. And since the issue is a rise intemperature, this would have been detected.

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                                      We can't be given that. The first balloons were those of de Bort around 1896 - i.e. just over a century (and they were experimental).

                                      OK. I was relying on memory, which failed me. I seemed to recall the first weather balloons used were in the 18th century.

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                                        riced wrote:

                                        Maybe. But still Sallie lied - one of her claims must be false. QED.

                                        Oh for sure. Dont forget our friend Schnieder, who was a global cooling alarmist in the 70s, even going so far as to say CO2 caused cooling, who a decade later became a GW convert.

                                        riced wrote:

                                        Perhaps because it was shown that the satellite measurements were more accurate?

                                        I dont know much about sonde data gathering techniques, but since they have been used for centuries I would imagine that an inacuracies would be at least consistent. Even if they had read incorrectly, they would have consistently read incorrectly. And since the issue is a rise intemperature, this would have been detected.

                                        riced wrote:

                                        We can't be given that. The first balloons were those of de Bort around 1896 - i.e. just over a century (and they were experimental).

                                        OK. I was relying on memory, which failed me. I seemed to recall the first weather balloons used were in the 18th century.

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                                        fat_boy wrote:

                                        Oh for sure. Dont forget our friend Schnieder, who was a global cooling alarmist in the 70s, even going so far as to say CO2 caused cooling, who a decade later became a GW convert.

                                        So Sallie lied and therefore you have proof that, at least one, GW sceptic lied. What any other person did, no matter what their group affiliation, is irrelevant.

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                                        sonde data gathering techniques, but since they have been used for centuries I

                                        No the have not, they are no earlier than 1896 - see next quotation where you admit this.

                                        fat_boy wrote:

                                        OK. I was relying on memory, which failed me. I seemed to recall the first weather balloons used were in the 18th century.

                                        fat_boy wrote:

                                        Even if they had read incorrectly, they would have consistently read incorrectly.

                                        That's an assumption - it may be that the variation in measurement is sufficiently large to mask any underlying trend. This could be because the precision of the sonde instruments was relatively low. You appear to be saying that the readings could be consistently biased in one direction if that were so, and the precision of both groups of instrument was the same, an underlying trend would still appear. I lack the engineering competence to claim that either group of instruments is more precise than the other. But the general trend is to better precision, so I suspect earlier instruments to be less precise. If so then earlier sonde instruments could indeed have variability that masks an underlying trend that more precise satellite instruments reveal.

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                                          fat_boy wrote:

                                          Oh for sure. Dont forget our friend Schnieder, who was a global cooling alarmist in the 70s, even going so far as to say CO2 caused cooling, who a decade later became a GW convert.

                                          So Sallie lied and therefore you have proof that, at least one, GW sceptic lied. What any other person did, no matter what their group affiliation, is irrelevant.

                                          fat_boy wrote:

                                          sonde data gathering techniques, but since they have been used for centuries I

                                          No the have not, they are no earlier than 1896 - see next quotation where you admit this.

                                          fat_boy wrote:

                                          OK. I was relying on memory, which failed me. I seemed to recall the first weather balloons used were in the 18th century.

                                          fat_boy wrote:

                                          Even if they had read incorrectly, they would have consistently read incorrectly.

                                          That's an assumption - it may be that the variation in measurement is sufficiently large to mask any underlying trend. This could be because the precision of the sonde instruments was relatively low. You appear to be saying that the readings could be consistently biased in one direction if that were so, and the precision of both groups of instrument was the same, an underlying trend would still appear. I lack the engineering competence to claim that either group of instruments is more precise than the other. But the general trend is to better precision, so I suspect earlier instruments to be less precise. If so then earlier sonde instruments could indeed have variability that masks an underlying trend that more precise satellite instruments reveal.

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                                          riced wrote:

                                          That's an assumption

                                          Instrument changes tend to cause step variation in records, and are esy to spot. Of course gradual deterioration would be harder to see, but since they have been used fairly widely one eould expect this kind if thiing to have been handled correctly. For example, validating the instruments regularly is a key part of scientific rigour. Stick it in boiling waterm check it reads 100. Stick it in water at maximum densitym check it reads 4. Engineering companies regularly verify instruments. It all part of quality and accuracy. BTW I have worked a long time in engineering (mechanical) in R and D, which is kind of scientific in some ways so I know what I am talking about.

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