Comment on Update on the Spencer & Braswell paper by Bryan
Joel Shore Ive just been reading some early history of thermodynamics. The belief in the caloric theory was almost universal , even Carnot subscribed to it. It wasn’t a stupid theory. It explained a...
View ArticleComment on Uncertainty Monster paper in press by curryja
Hi Roger, I was surprised to receive a comment so quickly, with the anticipation of a speedy publication. I asked the BAMS editors about this, and they confirmed this was their policy. This is a good...
View ArticleComment on Extreme measures by Bruce
I think the coming La Nina will drop temperatures more than .2C.
View ArticleComment on Extreme measures by Willis Eschenbach
Eli, Willis is sure everyone appreciates your vaudeville act of referring to yourself in the third person, but it’s soooo last century … which may be why when, after Eli being asked repeatedly times...
View ArticleComment on Global portrait of greenhouse gases by Bruce
Edim, I appreciate you attempts to ensure China burns 10% more coal year in and year out. But I personally would still prefer Natural Gas no matter how many idiots are allowed to publish fictional...
View ArticleComment on Global portrait of greenhouse gases by Bruce
GOSAT shows 30ppm differences. CO2 measured in Antarctica shows daily 2.3ppm fluctuations. No agricultural fields nearby.
View ArticleComment on Uncertainty Monster paper in press by David L. Hagen
Congratulations Judy The poor evaluation of uncertainty in AR4 was one of my biggest objections any what I take it with such a big "grain of salt". Hopefully IPCC authors will read and act on it. Often...
View ArticleComment on Uncertainty Monster paper in press by curryja
Hi David, your suggested topic is a good one, but unfortunately I am probably not the best person to write such a paper. I will think about it tho.
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WebHubTelescope | September 10, 2011 at 1:11 pm I LMAO at you, not this subject but at you, because you are ridiculous and all I can do is laugh at you. You try every logical fallacy in the book to...
View ArticleComment on Uncertainty Monster paper in press by tempterrain
Cutting greenhouse emissions is rather a goal than an act I’d say this was a dangerous line of argument. If generally accepted where would it end? No-one would ever act to do anything. Instead there...
View ArticleComment on Extreme measures by Bart R
Chief Completeness is optional. It’s the internet. Doom is useless to me. You’re barking up the wrong tree. Indeed, you’re barking enough for a forest. Carbon taxes also, useless. They devalue the...
View ArticleComment on Uncertainty Monster paper in press by Pekka Pirilä
Any argument can be dangerous when misused. It may be dangerous to not react. It may be more dangerous to react, but do that in a wrong way. The problem with climate policies is that no effective...
View ArticleComment on Uncertainty Monster paper in press by Chief Hydrologist
I see the thread is degenerating into a justification for carbon taxes. I am not in favour of carbon taxes. For me – a global carbon tax translates into higher energy and food costs for those who can...
View ArticleComment on Extreme measures by Chief Hydrologist
I see you are stalking me – and the descent into incoherence continues. Just random sniping from the sidelines – no rhyme or reason – no rational argument. Heat and no light – utterly bizarre.
View ArticleComment on Uncertainty Monster paper in press by Pekka Pirilä
Alex, I really like the presentation, perhaps that's because I agree fully on the approach and it supports the claims that I have made on the impossibility of having anything genuinely better than the...
View ArticleComment on Uncertainty Monster paper in press by Pekka Pirilä
Rob, You are right that any fixed dollar value payment becomes easily a problem for the poor. That applies also to international market prices of commodities and food commodities in particular. The...
View ArticleComment on Uncertainty Monster paper in press by curryja
Alex, thanks a ton for this link, i love it. I will do a future post on the expert judgment piece of this.
View ArticleComment on Uncertainty Monster paper in press by Robert
On the other hand, we have had extensive experience with central planning of economies on a national scale, all of which have ended dismally, though some take longer than others to disintegrate. 1....
View ArticleComment on Uncertainty Monster paper in press by Chief Hydrologist
Hi Pekka, We need better models for action than has been achieved in the past 15 years. One of the problems seems to be that the people most wanting action are the ones resisting an alternative...
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