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Leon wrote:
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It's the American Way. That is not a slight against 'The Way', but
think about it. IF Global Warming is a problem, wouldn't you be
glad to spend a few billion to fix/solve that problem?

Global Warming is a myth. Ultimately the government is going to
tax
me to once again try to repair something that is not broken.

If it _is_ a problem, "a few billion" isn't going to fix it anyway.
The
US
share alone would be at a minimum about thirty trillion dollars if I
remember the numbers I worked out a while back correctly, (and likely
much
more). Then there are the wars to pull the plug on all the third
world
emitters that refuse to clean up. And some of those third world
emitters
are nuclear-armed.

There's all sort of spin being put on the leaked data from the CRU. My
reading is:

-- The scientists involved do not have confidence in the data, and
resorted to software manipulation to make the data fit predictions.

-- The scientists involved deliberately stonewalled publication of
dissenting scientific opinions, to the point of having editors of
science journals removed.

-- At least one of the software engineers tasked with updating the
software used for modelling climate had no faith in the integrity of
the data he was using in the models.

Which does not really matter, as the 'constants' in the model get
tweeked to
ensure the outcome matches the expectations.


-- "The dog ate my data." so nobody can go back and re-run the models
in any event.

This is all irrelevant to whether or not the climate is changing
(hint, it is).

Then, now, and ever shall be, change without end. And all creatures
great and small contribute. Cattle more than most.

I lurk in a lot of newsgroups but I've never seen so much downright
ignorance
re global warming as there is in this one.
Hint - it is NOTHING to do with the weather in your neck of the woods.
Have at it!


Clue: I did academic climate research for three years in the late 1970s. I
suspect I know more than most.

My post wasn't particularly addressed to you, I replied to the latest post
in the thread, so I'm sorry if I misrepresented you.

However, to those maintaining that global warming is a myth, please read
http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-re...4-wg1-faqs.pdf
and come back with your informed rebuttals.
"It's all lies" and "it's a scam" is just not good enough.
BTW : almost everything that's been said about the CRU in the media is
wrong. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8397265.stm

The whole global warming scare is BS. It's climate change if anything due to
weather cycles. And just what would the world community do if the earth
decided it was time for an Ice Age? Nothing! What would these so called
expert scientist paid by political activist suggest we do then? Nothing.


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