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  • M Munchies_Matt

    But the whistleblower, Dr John Bates, a top NOAA scientist with an impeccable reputation, has shown The Mail on Sunday irrefutable evidence that the paper was based on misleading, ‘unverified’ data.[^] So now he can't be sacked by NOAA, because Trump put his own man in charge, he is now free to speak out about data corruption and scientific fraud. This is end for the CAGW bullshit thats mis-formed govt policy for decades and cost the taxpayer billions, because a lot of it has come from US scientists. Personally I think Trump shouldn't try to muzzle scientists, he should just put funding on the table for them to prove CO2 is safe. Nothing will undo CAGW quicker than a volte-face by its former adherents.

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    A different simpleton (or rather, group of them) said the same thing about acid rain. The formation of pristine clear lakes - totally lifeless - surrounded by dying forests was ignored. UNTIL . . . the acid rain began to erode the finish on their pickup - that's when they realized that they couldn't pretend it wasn't there any more. It wasn't there forests or their lakes - but when it was their damn paint; well, that was something different. So - you and your cult of deniers? You've been around before.

    1. The earth is flat.
    2. Evolution is a hoax.
    3. Climate change is just so much BS.

    Ravings en masse^

    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

    "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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    • M Munchies_Matt

      Eddy Vluggen wrote:

      Because if were not the cause, we don't have to worry about the consequences?

      No, we have to stop wasting time and money pretending we are and do something about the impact of any warming if it is in any way negative. So, we build dams, flood protection, etc etc etc in those countries that might be affected. And this would cost a tiny fraction of the $60 billion already wasted on junk science like this garbage from NOAA. And the left overs we can spend on tackling REAL pollutants, like electronics recycling in China, Ship recycling in Bangladesh, and the millions of tonnes of plastics we are dumping into the ocean every day, that very soon is about to end up in OUR food chain.

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      Munchies_Matt wrote:

      So, we build dams, flood protection, etc etc etc in those countries that might be affected. And this would cost a tiny fraction of the $60 billion already wasted on junk science like this garbage from NOAA.

      And where did you get your figures? Have you any real idea what it would cost to build sea-walls along all of the US Coastline where it will be necessary? Your brilliant strategy is parallel (100%) to not fixing a leaky pipe - but just buying more and more bigger buckets to catch the drip.

      Ravings en masse^

      "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

      "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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      • C Chris Losinger

        TheGreatAndPowerfulOzAny proof to that?

        Insects Take A Bigger Bite Out Of Plants In A Higher Carbon Dioxide World -- ScienceDaily[^]

        TheGreatAndPowerfulOzThat's an increase of CO2 levels of about 37,500% which is next to impossible for human activity to do.

        oh ye of little faith! but if simple respiratory toxicity was all there was to worry about with CO2, we could certainly get away with more of it.

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        Quote:

        Elevated carbon dioxide impairs a key component of the plant's defenses against leaf-eating insects

        Which means evolution will occur until those plants with the proper genetic makeup will be the majority surviving. Talk about "little faith".

        Chris Losinger wrote:

        oh ye of little faith!

        It's not faith. It's science and facts.

        Chris Losinger wrote:

        but if simple respiratory toxicity was all there was to worry about with CO2

        it's probably not. Like formation of carbonic acid in the oceans (and maybe acid rain) might be something to worry about once levels get high enough (probably above 1% or more than 25 times more than there is now). But even that is highly unlikely to be detrimental since...

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        Over the past 250 years, ocean acidity has increased by 30 percent as oceans absorbed around 530 billion tons of carbon dioxide.

        #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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          Quote:

          Elevated carbon dioxide impairs a key component of the plant's defenses against leaf-eating insects

          Which means evolution will occur until those plants with the proper genetic makeup will be the majority surviving. Talk about "little faith".

          Chris Losinger wrote:

          oh ye of little faith!

          It's not faith. It's science and facts.

          Chris Losinger wrote:

          but if simple respiratory toxicity was all there was to worry about with CO2

          it's probably not. Like formation of carbonic acid in the oceans (and maybe acid rain) might be something to worry about once levels get high enough (probably above 1% or more than 25 times more than there is now). But even that is highly unlikely to be detrimental since...

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          Over the past 250 years, ocean acidity has increased by 30 percent as oceans absorbed around 530 billion tons of carbon dioxide.

          #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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          TheGreatAndPowerfulOzWhich means evolution will occur

          and the energetic, sentient, plants will rise up and enslave the inefficient murdering mammals.

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            TheGreatAndPowerfulOzWhich means evolution will occur

            and the energetic, sentient, plants will rise up and enslave the inefficient murdering mammals.

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            Yes! I saw a great B-movie like that. Swamp Thing[^]

            #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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            • M Munchies_Matt

              The level of CO2 in a meeting room can reach a couple of thousand ppm. Do you feel polluted in meetings? Thats the context. Its not toxic to man till much higher levels, at the levels we are looking at reaching it is not a pollutant at all. Surely you understand that 12/100 is very much higher than 400/1,000,000 ?

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              Munchies_Matt wrote:

              Do you feel polluted in meetings?

              Quite often I do, but not because of an increase in CO2.

              #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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                Thats the best you can do, a weak stab at a side story? What has this got to do with a climate scientist criticising NOAA for using bad data? Nothing of course. You merely display your desperation. (and then compound it by pretending that the contents of the emails are only comprehensible to 'climate scientists' :laugh: )

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                You asked me for one fact that was wrong in the article. I gave you one fact that was wrong in the article. What's your problem? And if you'd read the article, you'd see that he didn't criticize them for using "bad" data; merely for using "preliminary" data, which hadn't been completely verified. There's a difference, but you probably won't be able to see it. Since the data hasn't been verified yet, we don't know whether it's bad or good. Come back to the story when the data has been verified, and we know whether it's a load of BS, or yet more evidence of CAGW.

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                pretending that the contents of the emails are only comprehensible to 'climate scientists'

                Well, they're clearly NOT comprehensible to tabloid journalists or climate-change deniers. Unless you're saying that the contents were deliberately misrepresented to back up your own point of view? :rolleyes:


                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                  You are blind.

                  #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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                  Probably from too much of Nathan's suggestion[^], eh? :rolleyes:


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                    A different simpleton (or rather, group of them) said the same thing about acid rain. The formation of pristine clear lakes - totally lifeless - surrounded by dying forests was ignored. UNTIL . . . the acid rain began to erode the finish on their pickup - that's when they realized that they couldn't pretend it wasn't there any more. It wasn't there forests or their lakes - but when it was their damn paint; well, that was something different. So - you and your cult of deniers? You've been around before.

                    1. The earth is flat.
                    2. Evolution is a hoax.
                    3. Climate change is just so much BS.

                    Ravings en masse^

                    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                    "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                    ZurdoDev
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                    W∴ Balboos wrote:

                    The earth is flat.

                    Not where I live. Lots of hills. :sigh:

                    There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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                      Probably from too much of Nathan's suggestion[^], eh? :rolleyes:


                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                      So you admit circle jerking with Nathan. Must be good timestm for you two. :rolleyes:

                      #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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                      • M Munchies_Matt

                        But the whistleblower, Dr John Bates, a top NOAA scientist with an impeccable reputation, has shown The Mail on Sunday irrefutable evidence that the paper was based on misleading, ‘unverified’ data.[^] So now he can't be sacked by NOAA, because Trump put his own man in charge, he is now free to speak out about data corruption and scientific fraud. This is end for the CAGW bullshit thats mis-formed govt policy for decades and cost the taxpayer billions, because a lot of it has come from US scientists. Personally I think Trump shouldn't try to muzzle scientists, he should just put funding on the table for them to prove CO2 is safe. Nothing will undo CAGW quicker than a volte-face by its former adherents.

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                        Chris Maunder
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                        Mate - you're going to need a bigger wooden spoon to stir the pot up a little more. Don't you have something fresh to anti-conspire about?

                        cheers Chris Maunder

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                          Munchies_Matt wrote:

                          Its not toxic to man till much higher levels,

                          pollution is not only about simple toxicity.

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                          Is water pollution too because you can drown in it?

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                            You asked me for one fact that was wrong in the article. I gave you one fact that was wrong in the article. What's your problem? And if you'd read the article, you'd see that he didn't criticize them for using "bad" data; merely for using "preliminary" data, which hadn't been completely verified. There's a difference, but you probably won't be able to see it. Since the data hasn't been verified yet, we don't know whether it's bad or good. Come back to the story when the data has been verified, and we know whether it's a load of BS, or yet more evidence of CAGW.

                            Munchies_Matt wrote:

                            pretending that the contents of the emails are only comprehensible to 'climate scientists'

                            Well, they're clearly NOT comprehensible to tabloid journalists or climate-change deniers. Unless you're saying that the contents were deliberately misrepresented to back up your own point of view? :rolleyes:


                            "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                            Munchies_Matt
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                            You didnt provide a wrong fact. The emails clearly suggested data had been modified to fit the story. The Mil was 100% correct to state that. Yeah, 'Mikes Nature trick to hide the decline' was so self explanatory if you examine Manns chart you can see where he cut off the decline.

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                              Mate - you're going to need a bigger wooden spoon to stir the pot up a little more. Don't you have something fresh to anti-conspire about?

                              cheers Chris Maunder

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                              Munchies_Matt
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                              Nope, just the CAGW scam. :)

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                                Is water pollution too because you can drown in it?

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                                Chris Losinger
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                                pollution is simply something - introduced by man - that damages an environment. if the environment depends on the absence of water to be useful (a desert), water could certainly be a pollutant.

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                                  Nope, just the CAGW scam. :)

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                                  I've got way too much on my plate today and so need the procrastination. So: what about you got against Citizens Against Government Waste? Gimme the 30 second executive summary. Embellish as needed.

                                  cheers Chris Maunder

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                                    pollution is simply something - introduced by man - that damages an environment. if the environment depends on the absence of water to be useful (a desert), water could certainly be a pollutant.

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                                    TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                                    :laugh:

                                    #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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                                      :laugh:

                                      #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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                                      Chris Losinger
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                                      know anyone with a salt water fish tank? ask them if you can add a couple of gallons of fresh water to the tank.

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                                        know anyone with a salt water fish tank? ask them if you can add a couple of gallons of fresh water to the tank.

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                                        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                                        LMFAO! :rolleyes: :laugh: :laugh: Yeah, mother nature does that all the time. Still not a pollutant.

                                        #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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                                          LMFAO! :rolleyes: :laugh: :laugh: Yeah, mother nature does that all the time. Still not a pollutant.

                                          #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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                                          Chris Losinger
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                                          are you mother nature? pollution is something humans do. otherwise, it's just the fucking world doing what it does.

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