I think it’s all the Koch brothers fault. I mean everything. Every single thing.
Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by John Carpenter
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Comment on Role of Atlantic warming(?) in recent climate shifts by Ulric Lyons
steven | August 7, 2014 at 2:44 pm |
“If you were right then ocean heat transport should be going up with the recent weak solar cycle. Instead it has dropped.”
It did go up, and it has dropped temporarily around this sunspot maximum, and will rise again from late 2015 to 2024, out of phase with the sunspot cycle, as is typical during the warm mode of the AMO:
http://www.woodfortrees.org/plot/esrl-amo/every:13/normalise/plot/sidc-ssn/from:1850/normalise
“Yes, I connect solar cycle strength with TSI. Is there a reason I shouldn’t?”
It does not have the short term effects on polar air pressure and the condition of the NAO&AO that the solar wind forcing does.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117713005802
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by A fan of *MORE* discourse
LOL … why Dave and Charlie Koch … is that you?
Hey, ain’t you fellers got sum bidness to clear-up in Kansas?
Seriously Jim2 how do you add up the numbers?
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by AK
and you’d be amazed at the things they say until they find out otherwise.
Why don’t you write a book?
Seriously, I’ve been mistaken for everything from a Commie to a fanatic Fundamentalist (Christian), depending on the context, and which “god given certainties” I was trying to deconstruct.
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by gbaikie
–GaryM | August 7, 2014 at 5:01 pm |
“Actually, AFAIK the ‘founding fathers’ were as politically divided as the US is today.”
Indeed they were. Some were elitists who wanted not to just govern, but to own those they deemed their inferiors. And then there were those who favored equality and liberty.–
I think most were trying to avoid the possibility of “being hanged separately”.
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by kim
Beth, the collective noun we were looking for to describe a herd of GCMs, ‘A Malarky of Models’.
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by jim2
You make really nice Cherry Pie, FOMBS. You and (probably not new to CE) TheDenialistOstricheParadeTowardsExtinction.
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Comment on Kardashian Index by AK
@Alistair Riddoch…
Thanks. Not that it’s anything any perceptive person couldn’t figure out from my general comments here, or my blog. My opinion, that is, and how I use what time I can shoehorn free from work and social commitments. According to that opinion.
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by jim2
A phalanx of flaccidity?
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by jim2
Note how they don’t mention all the failed predictions – all of which were predicted years ago.
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by willard (@nevaudit)
That explains why Mischievous Koch Brothers Trick Beautiful Woman Into Thinking There’s Only One Of Them:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/mischievous-koch-brothers-trick-beautiful-woman-in,35581/
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by NW
Stephen, over the last 15 months there has been monkey business over the portion of the fuel mandate that must be “advanced biofuel.” Corn ethanol does not fit under this rubric, while cane ethanol does. The domestic industry has successfully lobbied for the advanced biofuel portion of the mandate to be reduced, I believe, which reduces Brazilian market share and so makes them a less effective price influence. At least, this is what I think has happened. If you search around with Google you will find discussions of this monkey biz from 2013.
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by AK
<blockquote>In one case, an entire batch of modules from one brand-name manufacturer listed on the New York Stock Exchange proved defective, Mr. Lemoine said. He declined to identify the manufacturer, citing confidentiality agreements.</blockquote>Well, there's a pretty simple solution: financing agreements have to include a prohibition on <i>"confidentiality agreements"</i> in cases of fraud, or other things like <i>"substituting cheaper, untested materials."</i> Same for subsidies. The key buzzword is "transparency".
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by jim2
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Durability, which Fraunhofer focuses on instead of bankability, depends on a lifetime assessment of a panel’s performance, Meakin said, and the data on that is inadequate. “The best we could do is a probability because we don’t have enough technical information — nobody does — to make lifetime predictions yet.”
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http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Focusing-on-Solar-Panel-Durability-not-Bankability
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by nottawa rafter
Tie in the explosion of development which increases probability that human will be the cause of fires from irresponsible behavior. As usual fallacious logic and incomplete rationale. Look at the totality of situation rather than using inductive reasoning
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by jim2
SS – livin’ the fantasy.
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by mosomoso
“But there is no necessity for the French style of public technocratic commitment in order to get mass deployment of nuclear power.”
You’re right there, Steve. But in a nuclear-poor world where billions are still burning the twigs and dung, I’d even settle for a French-style solution. Desperate, I know.
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by AK
I have a <a href="http://judithcurry.com/2014/08/06/importance-of-intellectual-and-political-diversity-in-science/#comment-615939" rel="nofollow">comment</a> in moderation, and no idea why. But when it shows up, it'll be right above here.
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by jim2
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Not all companies disclose or reveal fully the extent they have had to spend on honoring warranties and replacing faulty panels. At least one company has replaced faulty solar panels, but not without securing non-disclosure agreements from its customers. So the extent of the warranty problem wasn’t made public. First Solar’s acknowledgement of large warranty payments this year therefore surprised many in the industry.
What does all this mean to developer and bankers? At the conference, Matthay talked about negotiating stringent warranties because investors are counting on a power project to produce a steady stream of electricity for over 20 years.
Meydbray said some investors don’t put much stock in warranties these days given dozens of companies have filed for bankruptcies and a few hundred more are expected to go out of business or get bought in the next few years. Manufacturers are aware that they may have more to prove these days, so they are seeking more reliability verifications from PV Evolution Labs and other similar service providers.
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http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/11/solar-struggle-a-rise-of-poorly-made-pv-modules
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Comment on Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science by TheDenialistOstrichParadeTowardsExtinction
NWT and Tundra fires are due to an explosion of development?
Go back 2 sleep.
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