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Jared,

Can you poke some holes in Wegman's credentials for me? They seem pretty impressive, as does the analysis he did of the hockey stick:

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/stor ... bed2f6&k=0

Dr. Shariv, a prolific researcher who has made a name for himself assessing the movements of two-billion-year-old meteorites, no longer accepts this logic, or subscribes to these views. He has recanted: "Like many others, I was personally sure that CO2 is the bad culprit in the story of global warmi...

Well, put in some practice time and dropped my best time to a mid 1:30 at Monaco. This means undoubtedly that Terry is into the 28s or 29s range ;) One thing we all need to do at Monaco is NOT tailgate. There is too much chance of an accident taking out several cars. Even if you're lapping a car, he...

More gas on the fire: I have been looking up stuff related to peer review to see what other people are saying about 'peer review' and how much something can be trusted that comes out of it, and came across this link: http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1156978676.shtml Excerpt below: I was literally agha...

I'll also add to my previous post that I did look at the links to the papers mentioned by the blogger and I agree that it is disputable what constitutes 'doubt', etc. There is a fair amount of subjectivity in the interpretations. Nonetheless...you mentioned 'I'll believe the scientists'. as if the s...

[quote="Brando70"]This is from Science, one of the preeminent journals, in 2004. The author did a search on articles published in peer-reviewed journals about climate change. Out of nearly 1000 articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals between 1993 and 2003, not a single article disput...

Very good post Alex. There are signs all around us, but until it effects our day to day comforts, we won't take notice. Polar bears are dying off because their habital is melting. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031030062244.htm In 10 years they will be extinct. Who cares? Let's be ver...

What would be the IPCC's motive for furthering a "global warming conspiracy"? Are these guys flying around in their own private jets with money they received for research into global warming? What kind of greed are they exhibiting? Because I can certainly see where the greed would come in from the ...

Scientific American took a random sample of 30 of the 1,400 signatories claiming to hold a Ph.D. in a climate-related science. Of the 26 we were able to identify in various databases, 11 said they still agreed with the petition—one was an active climate researcher, two others had relevant expertise...

Why wouldn't you want to be cautious about it? Why wouldn't you want business and the government to pursue a careful approach, adopting standards to reduce emissions etc., I would want them to act to curb local pollution because I don't like seeing yellow crap over our cities or have dirty water, e...

I don't care about the money argument. Yes, I can see you waited a long time to bring it up.<sarcasm intended> I believe that this stuff should be debated based on the merit of the science behind either side. My point is this: You bring up that scientists are tainted by chasing grant money, yet ign...

By the way, time IS on my side on this one.

By the way, here's a link to the graph showing IPCC projected temperature increases agianst what actually happened. Darn that reality..it keeps messing up our models!!!

http://www.oism.org/pproject/fig11.gif

Randy

There will be others that will point to the fact that the IPCC represents ALL of the world's reputable climate scientists. Do you seriously believe that? Or do you have a different definition of 'reputable' than most ? But invariably there will be one or two right-wing whackos who will go on about ...

There aren't "puppetmasters" out to silence critics of global warming. The problem is that most of the global warming critics are either political hacks or sub-par scientists. http://www.oism.org/pproject/s33p357.htm So how many of the 17.200 scientists that signed onto this petition do you want to...

The same can be said about Bush and the war, as Dubya and Cheney calling those who don't support it unpatriotic. The spin goes both ways. I suppose. I don't want to get into a war discussion here. If we're gonna go down that road, we'll soon not remember what the topic of the thread actually is. Yo...

A few quick notes...first, the guy who writes junkscience.com is a paid advocate for Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds, and was a lobbyist for the oil industry. Although this doesn't invalidate his views, it sheds some light as to where he's coming from. Do you mind if we follow the money trail on the ...

I shouldn't even bother in light of that last statement, but all of those questions you're asking are complete and utter horseshit strawmen used to try and discredit global warming. Nice try. It's long-term climatology effects such as the melting of the ice caps that point to accelerated climate ch...

Thirty or so years ago I recall universal agreement that there were 9 planets in our solar system and now Pluto is getting shafted! I don't know enough about global climate and science to really form an opinion one way or the other, but I do feel the "chicken littles" hurt the cause the most. Last ...

PK wrote "I don't know enough about the topic to cast an opinion. But I am firmly in the camp that we should do whatever we can to strike a proper balance between protecting the environment and allowing business to flourish, and we definitely should reduce our usage of fossil fuels." I'm a conservat...

Here's a non-fox news link btw:

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs ... /1006/NEWS

But don't listen to this guy. he's only a climatologist. What does HE know about climate change?

Randy

"A Steve Milloy link AND a Fox News link....they report, we decide."

The letter by the IPCC contributor was reproduced in its entirety. What exactly are you alleging?

Randy

"The vast majority of the scientific community believes that global warming is being strongly influenced by human fuel consumption." I don't think that the facts bear this out. Just because someone claims that 'the vast majority says' or (dare I say it) a 'consensus exists' doesn't make it so. You m...

I just can't WAIT for Jared to jump into this thread. I'm just counting the minutes...

Randy

Btw, this is one the most interesting bits reported today: "First, the UN isn’t releasing its full report this week – just the curiously edited “Summary for Policy Makers.” The detailed report on the science won’t be issued until May or so because it’s not finished. If you’re wondering how the UN ca...

Wow, didn't go for a 'light' topic here, huh? If you want to find out the other side of the story that the media doesn't like to cover, try http://www.junkscience.com Also, this is a VERY good article. It features a letter of resignation from the IPCC by one of the climate scientists who contributed...