Comments for Climate Etc.

Petebonk,

You might be right! I got that from Wikipedia quoting Spielberg: “it opened a lot of doors for me”.

Ring me up (virtually) and lets talk. JC can facilitate.

When the evidence of climate change resembles a dental handpiece with an extra long drill bit … Pre-TSD is surely an understandable condition:

Perhaps it would be useful for one of the climate scientists to explain why what appears to be a majority actually buy in to CAGW.

We keep getting told that 97% of scientists believe in CAGW.

Perhaps if a true believer in the climate field can explain why the pause and other contradicting evidence hasn’t shaken his/her faith or made them at least a “moderate to slight” warmer.

Is Jim D talking about the conspiracy theory that skeptical scientists are paid by oil companies? Is that it? No? Oh.

RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!

Peter Lang -- If what I am saying to Matthew Marler is so obvious, why didn't you speak up here at CE when Steve Postrel (and Others) said: "Solar and wind have a deleterious effect on grid stability unless supplemented by even more expensive and wasteful investments in backups, etc." Why did you basically repeat this Steve Postrel claim, where Justin Wonder gave you high praise and you accepted his kudos? Why didn't you present one bit of evidence to refute my numerous citations from German sources that: 1. Germany has actually increased their System Reliability (the highest or one of the highest in Europe), where 2. Germany is clearly not following Mr. Postrel's paradigm/model. You are clearly saying or inferring that the German Government is lying to millions of people. As you try and wiggle out of this, the problem is not that there are valid and serious concerns (that Planning Engineer discussed) -- the problem is the black/white absolutism statements that you and your CE Ideological Wolfpack are making (that people like Justin Wonder and PA take as fact). Why are you doing this? A whole bunch of Whys here. And you're talking credibility?????????

@petebonk
Don’t remember, however Aldous Huxley saw his vision as differently oriented than Orwell’s

http://publicintelligence.net/aldous-huxley-1962-u-c-berkeley-speech-on-the-ultimate-revolution/

Speaking of depression, I hope Tony B. is OK.
From the article:
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Europe could be plunged into an energy crisis this winter if last-ditch talks on Wednesday fail to see Russia resume gas flows to Ukraine.

Russia severed gas supplies to Ukraine in June in a payment dispute that was aggravated by Moscow’s incursions into the east Ukraine this year. Months of Europe-mediated negotiations between the two countries have failed to break the deadlock, piquing concerns of energy shortages if flows through Ukraine to the rest of Europe do not resume.
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http://www.cnbc.com/id/102132134

Turn up those speakers, Josh!

The pause fails to pass statistical tests. Is that a good enough reason to maintain my perspective? The pause evidence is rather weak.

It is still as warm as 1998 when it should be cooling without the effect of CO2.

The radiative properties of CO2 are what they are.

And in my opinion 0% of climate scientists believe in CAGW, for various reasons.

Perhaps you could guess a few.

Climate scientists can only dream about eliciting as much fear as dentists do without effort.

The WMO making fantasy forecasts. Scientists warning about the anxiety of an imagined but uncertain future. Real Rapture science has arrived.

That should have been:

DocM, I bet most folks in your line of work indeed have a way of “putting things in perspective” as JC’s hardiness school claims. But that is a particularly harrowing game of inches you are engaged in.