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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? -- (\_/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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Mike Tomlinson wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-nsU...layer_embedded Bill |
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in 1214320 20130322 014520 Mike Tomlinson wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Are you serious? |
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En el artículo , Bob Martin
escribió: in 1214320 20130322 014520 Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Are you serious? Think that was a *whoosh* ... It wasn't entirely a serious question. -- (\_/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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in 1214371 20130322 091719 Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el art�culo , Bob Martin escribi�: in 1214320 20130322 014520 Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Are you serious? Think that was a *whoosh* ... Nope, reasonable question to someone who *appears* to base his skepticism on one day's weather in a very tiny part of the globe. You wouldn't be the first - many septics seem to be guilty of it. It wasn't entirely a serious question. |
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On 22/03/13 10:38, Bob Martin wrote:
in 1214371 20130322 091719 Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el art�culo , Bob Martin escribi�: in 1214320 20130322 014520 Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Are you serious? Think that was a *whoosh* ... Nope, reasonable question to someone who *appears* to base his skepticism on one day's weather in a very tiny part of the globe. You wouldn't be the first - many septics seem to be guilty of it. this is not a US based newsgroup. It wasn't entirely a serious question. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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On 22/03/2013 10:38, Bob Martin wrote:
in 1214371 20130322 091719 Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el art�culo , Bob Martin escribi�: in 1214320 20130322 014520 Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Are you serious? Think that was a *whoosh* ... Nope, reasonable question to someone who *appears* to base his skepticism on one day's weather in a very tiny part of the globe. ITYM 15 years of the climate not doing what the computer models say it should do if the theory were correct. Colin Bignell |
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On 22/03/2013 10:38, Bob Martin wrote:
in 1214371 20130322 091719 Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el art�culo , Bob Martin escribi�: in 1214320 20130322 014520 Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Are you serious? Think that was a *whoosh* ... Nope, reasonable question to someone who *appears* to base his skepticism on one day's weather in a very tiny part of the globe. You wouldn't be the first - many septics seem to be guilty of it. While you base your views on second hand erroneous data and duff computer models which are slowly being proved wrong as those of us that understand science have been saying for years. |
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in 1214593 20130322 191138 "dennis@home" wrote:
On 22/03/2013 10:38, Bob Martin wrote: in 1214371 20130322 091719 Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el art�culo , Bob Martin escribi�: in 1214320 20130322 014520 Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Are you serious? Think that was a *whoosh* ... Nope, reasonable question to someone who *appears* to base his skepticism on one day's weather in a very tiny part of the globe. You wouldn't be the first - many septics seem to be guilty of it. While you base your views on second hand erroneous data and duff computer models which are slowly being proved wrong as those of us that understand science have been saying for years. Another internet expert. |
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"Bob Martin" wrote in message ... in 1214371 20130322 091719 Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el art�culo , Bob Martin escribi�: in 1214320 20130322 014520 Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Are you serious? Think that was a *whoosh* ... Nope, reasonable question to someone who *appears* to base his skepticism on one day's weather in a very tiny part of the globe. You wouldn't be the first - many septics seem to be guilty of it. You won't find a lot of sympathy for warmist leanings on here ... Arfa It wasn't entirely a serious question. |
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Climate change, not global warming. actually it is warming but what happens
is that the extremes get more extreme as the added energy in the system has to do more work as it were, its all down to Entropy. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? -- (\_/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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On 22/03/13 08:28, Brian Gaff wrote:
Climate change, not global warming. actually it is warming but what happens is that the extremes get more extreme as the added energy in the system has to do more work as it were, its all down to Entropy. Brian actually it did warm, for some reason as yet unknown, but its stopped, and this weather is the excess heat 'boiling off' as the climate cools again. It's very similar as far as can be told to the sequence of events that preceded the 'little ice age' of the 17th-20th century -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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On Mar 22, 11:02*am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote: On 22/03/13 08:28, Brian Gaff wrote: Climate change, not global warming. actually it is warming but what happens is that the extremes get more extreme as the added energy in the system has to do more work *as it were, *its all down to Entropy. * Brian actually it did warm, for some reason as yet unknown, but its stopped, and this weather is the excess heat 'boiling off' as the climate cools again. It's very similar as far as can be told to the sequence of events that preceded the 'little ice age' of the 17th-20th century So you mean the 1970s predictions of an imminent ice age may be correct after all :-) MBQ |
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On 22/03/13 15:50, Man at B&Q wrote:
On Mar 22, 11:02 am, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 22/03/13 08:28, Brian Gaff wrote: Climate change, not global warming. actually it is warming but what happens is that the extremes get more extreme as the added energy in the system has to do more work as it were, its all down to Entropy. Brian actually it did warm, for some reason as yet unknown, but its stopped, and this weather is the excess heat 'boiling off' as the climate cools again. It's very similar as far as can be told to the sequence of events that preceded the 'little ice age' of the 17th-20th century So you mean the 1970s predictions of an imminent ice age may be correct after all :-) of course - almost anything *could* be correct, including that everything will come to an abrupt end in 15 nanoseconds. Now there is one piece of social science research that really needs doing. The frequency of occurrence of the words 'could' and 'might' in articles about climate change compared with their average frequency in other media articles. I wonder if I could get a grant... MBQ -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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On 22/03/2013 16:01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
of course - almost anything *could* be correct, including that everything will come to an abrupt end in 15 nanoseconds. Now there is one piece of social science research that really needs doing. The frequency of occurrence of the words 'could' and 'might' in articles about climate change compared with their average frequency in other media articles. I wonder if I could get a grant... I suppose you might! Quite a nice software project. |
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Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Is the UK the 'globe'? -- *I'm planning to be spontaneous tomorrow * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 22/03/13 11:11, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Is the UK the 'globe'? well it is part of it, at least. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 22/03/13 11:11, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Is the UK the 'globe'? well it is part of it, at least. Not disputing that. Last summer, which sort of escaped the UK, was unusually hot in other parts of Europe. -- *Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 22/03/13 14:40, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 22/03/13 11:11, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Is the UK the 'globe'? well it is part of it, at least. Not disputing that. Last summer, which sort of escaped the UK, was unusually hot in other parts of Europe. This winter, Europe is catching it worse than wot we are.. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 22/03/13 14:40, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 22/03/13 11:11, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? Is the UK the 'globe'? well it is part of it, at least. Not disputing that. Last summer, which sort of escaped the UK, was unusually hot in other parts of Europe. This winter, Europe is catching it worse than wot we are.. Indeed. All that shows is 'Global Warming' was a term coined by the meja. Climate change covers it better. -- *Modulation in all things * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:40:59 +0000 (GMT) Dave Plowman (News) wrote :
Last summer, which sort of escaped the UK, was unusually hot in other parts of Europe. Earlier this month we had nine consecutive 32C+ days, the first time this has ever been recorded. -- Tony Bryer, Greentram: 'Software to build on', Melbourne, Australia www.greentram.com |
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On 23/03/13 12:12, Tony Bryer wrote:
On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:40:59 +0000 (GMT) Dave Plowman (News) wrote : Last summer, which sort of escaped the UK, was unusually hot in other parts of Europe. Earlier this month we had nine consecutive 32C+ days, the first time this has ever been recorded. who is 'we'? the Australian aborigines? -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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On 23/03/2013 12:12, Tony Bryer wrote:
On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:40:59 +0000 (GMT) Dave Plowman (News) wrote : Last summer, which sort of escaped the UK, was unusually hot in other parts of Europe. Earlier this month we had nine consecutive 32C+ days, the first time this has ever been recorded. So what? Just how long have the records been kept? Its amusing when they say "recorded" when the records have been kept for a whole decade or two. |
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On 22/03/13 01:45, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? those who are curious may find the jetstream forecast site of interest. March it seems will be going out like a lion.. http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?a...etstream;sess= -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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Mike Tomlinson writes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? They've been suggesting that the rise in temperatures will cause weather to be more extreme. Certainly the melting of all that Arctic ice (which they could hardly be mistaken about) is going to dump huge volumes of very cold, nearly fresh water into the Atlantic. Difficult to predict the result, but it could well cause weather extremes. -- Windmill, Use t m i l l @ O n e t e l . c o m |
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On 22/03/13 20:54, Windmill wrote:
Mike Tomlinson writes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? They've been suggesting that the rise in temperatures will cause weather to be more extreme. Certainly the melting of all that Arctic ice (which they could hardly be mistaken about) is going to dump huge volumes of very cold, nearly fresh water into the Atlantic. the only problem is the arctic has in fact frozen right back up to approximately normal and looks like it may well be MORE ice than last year. Difficult to predict the result, but it could well cause weather extremes. Anything could cause anything when you know feck all about it. And that's not personal: that's a reflections on the climate change camp in general. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:08:58 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
the only problem is the arctic has in fact frozen right back up to approximately normal and looks like it may well be MORE ice than last year. Just ice area or area *and* thickness? It's ice volume that is important not simple ice area. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 23/03/13 10:26, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:08:58 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: the only problem is the arctic has in fact frozen right back up to approximately normal and looks like it may well be MORE ice than last year. Just ice area or area *and* thickness? It's ice volume that is important not simple ice area. Oh no, you must be wrong, because all the scare stories were not about THICKNES, just AREA. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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"Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? -- (\_/) (='.'=) (")_(") What global warming ... ? ;-) Arfa |
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En el artículo , Arfa Daily
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On 23/03/2013 01:02, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Arfa Daily escribió: What global warming ... ? ;-) Exactly :-) Glad someone 'got it'. I thought that the present cold snap is precisely the sort of thing forecast by the climate change camp? It's global warming, but that does not mean this country will be warmer. |
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On 23/03/13 07:52, GB wrote:
On 23/03/2013 01:02, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el artÃ*culo , Arfa Daily escribió: What global warming ... ? ;-) Exactly :-) Glad someone 'got it'. I thought that the present cold snap is precisely the sort of thing forecast by the climate change camp? It's global warming, but that does not mean this country will be warmer. Since the climate change camp have on occasion forecasted almost everything possible, that's no great surprise. Saying 'God is fickle, anything could happen' is not science. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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On 23/03/2013 09:00, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I thought that the present cold snap is precisely the sort of thing forecast by the climate change camp? It's global warming, but that does not mean this country will be warmer. Since the climate change camp have on occasion forecasted almost everything possible, that's no great surprise. Saying 'God is fickle, anything could happen' is not science. It's a situation we haven't been in, so forecasting is hard. That doesn't mean that it's okay to stumble blindly on towards a calamity for our children and grandchildren. |
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GB wrote: On 23/03/2013 01:02, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el artículo , Arfa Daily escribió: What global warming ... ? ;-) Exactly :-) Glad someone 'got it'. I thought that the present cold snap is precisely the sort of thing forecast by the climate change camp? It's global warming, but that does not mean this country will be warmer. But the UK - or rather just certain parts of it - is the centre of the universe for some. It probably passed them by that some parts of the UK didn't have the same high rainfall last year as most. -- *You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 23/03/13 10:35, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , GB wrote: On 23/03/2013 01:02, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el artÃ*culo , Arfa Daily escribió: What global warming ... ? ;-) Exactly :-) Glad someone 'got it'. I thought that the present cold snap is precisely the sort of thing forecast by the climate change camp? It's global warming, but that does not mean this country will be warmer. But the UK - or rather just certain parts of it - is the centre of the universe for some. It probably passed them by that some parts of the UK didn't have the same high rainfall last year as most. tell me which part did not. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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"GB" wrote in message ... On 23/03/2013 01:02, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el artículo , Arfa Daily escribió: What global warming ... ? ;-) Exactly :-) Glad someone 'got it'. I thought that the present cold snap is precisely the sort of thing forecast by the climate change camp? It's global warming, but that does not mean this country will be warmer. "It's LOGIC Jim, but not as we know it" ... ;-) Arfa |
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So what happened to this ****ing global warming then?
There's forest fires in Australia. What happened to this ****ing global cooling then? JGH |
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oups.com, jgharston escribió: There's forest fires in Australia. What happened to this ****ing global cooling then? Tsk. Try and keep up. Fires followed by extensive flooding. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/vide...ng-evacuation- new-south-wales-video Dunno what they're moaning about, they wanted the fires put out, didn't they? [:-) for the humour-impaired in this thread] -- (\_/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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On 22/03/2013 2:45 p.m., Mike Tomlinson wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? If it makes you feel any better, we've been having a fantastic summer in NZ. Almost three months of uninterrupted sun. Not good for the farmers though. |
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"Gib Bogle" wrote in message ...
On 22/03/2013 2:45 p.m., Mike Tomlinson wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817 So what happened to this ****ing global warming then? If it makes you feel any better, we've been having a fantastic summer in NZ. Almost three months of uninterrupted sun. Not good for the farmers though. If you want to feel really smug, you can have our drought from last year. |
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