Stingray has some interesting ideas…
His prose is much better than mine, so I will trash my post and link to his instead.
What he said.
In spades.
He is more restrained than I, (I am much more homicidal in my reations to things) but I can agree with him on principal.
Self control is indeed an underrated life skill.
I am very tempted to try this…
But then again, enough people are apalled by my sense of humor…
But who knows WTF this was?
So where is the “consensus”?
And where is the “settled” science?
Read the letter below:
Ask yourself: Where is the MSM on this??
Posted under fair use guidelines:
His Excellency Ban Ki Moon
Secretary-General, United Nations
New York, NY
United States of America
8 December 2009
Dear Secretary-General,
Climate change science is in a period of ‘negative discovery’ – the more we learn about this exceptionally complex and rapidly evolving field the more we realize how little we know. Truly, the science is NOT settled.
Therefore, there is no sound reason to impose expensive and restrictive public policy decisions on the peoples of the Earth without first providing convincing evidence that human activities are causing dangerous climate change beyond that resulting from natural causes. Before any precipitate action is taken, we must have solid observational data demonstrating that recent changes in climate differ substantially from changes observed in the past and are well in excess of normal variations caused by solar cycles, ocean currents, changes in the Earth’s orbital parameters and other natural phenomena.
We the undersigned, being qualified in climate-related scientific disciplines, challenge the UNFCCC and supporters of the United Nations Climate Change Conference to produce convincing OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE for their claims of dangerous human-caused global warming and other changes in climate. Projections of possible future scenarios from unproven computer models of climate are not acceptable substitutes for real world data obtained through unbiased and rigorous scientific investigation.
Specifically, we challenge supporters of the hypothesis of dangerous human-caused climate change to demonstrate that:
1.Variations in global climate in the last hundred years are significantly outside the natural range experienced in previous centuries;
2.Humanity’s emissions of carbon dioxide and other ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHG) are having a dangerous impact on global climate;
3.Computer-based models can meaningfully replicate the impact of all of the natural factors that may significantly influence climate;
4.Sea levels are rising dangerously at a rate that has accelerated with increasing human GHG emissions, thereby threatening small islands and coastal communities;
5.The incidence of malaria is increasing due to recent climate changes;
6.Human society and natural ecosystems cannot adapt to foreseeable climate change as they have done in the past;
7.Worldwide glacier retreat, and sea ice melting in Polar Regions , is unusual and related to increases in human GHG emissions;
8.Polar bears and other Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are unable to adapt to anticipated local climate change effects, independent of the causes of those changes;
9.Hurricanes, other tropical cyclones and associated extreme weather events are increasing in severity and frequency;
10.Data recorded by ground-based stations are a reliable indicator of surface temperature trends.
It is not the responsibility of ‘climate realist’ scientists to prove that dangerous human-caused climate change is not happening. Rather, it is those who propose that it is, and promote the allocation of massive investments to solve the supposed ‘problem’, who have the obligation to convincingly demonstrate that recent climate change is not of mostly natural origin and, if we do nothing, catastrophic change will ensue. To date, this they have utterly failed to do so.
Seems that those who investigate such things have found that not only are the weather data stations that are used for climate data cherry-picked to show a trend of warming, but actually some of the “data” is actually a lie.
Told ya.
ETA: Bore Patch has much much more…..Huge amounts in fact.
Take the time to read THIS POST and follow his links..
As I have been saying…. It is all lies. Lies designed to let someone else control the economies of the major industrialized nations….
And so many of you thought that my tinfoil hat was on a bit too tightly….
So in light of all the private planes, limos, etc used by the so called Climate Specialists (or world domination asshole flunkies….take your choice), one might wonder how they justify their behavior…
I mean, how many attendees plane-pooled (like carpooling, only faster and at a higher altitude), Limo Pooled (like plane pooling, only at a slower speed and a lower altitude but with more and more convenient stops), or made any attempt to lower their massive contribution to the Global Warming causing carbon emissions.
Really, if they actually believe that, then they would live the word….walk the talk….
But they don’t.
When the Global warming folks pledge to never attend a conference like this again…..But rather use videoconferencing….When they stop flying in private aircraft…..When they carpool….when they stop heating their houses with carbon based fuels (or use electricity generated using carbon based fuels)….When they begin to bicycle to work and only buy food grown locally…..
Until then, I will be a sceptic. Until then, I will not believe the dire warnings….I will not believe in any global warming caused by man, nor the so called danger we and the world are in because of it.
When these people live as they suggest we do, then I will begin to think about deciding to believe….
But I always figured these sorts of gatherings are for them to preen in the light of their “Peer reviewed” reports, congratulate each other in a circle jerk of adulation….and, of course, eat free hor’dourves and caviar and (because it is Copenhagen) aquavit by the glass….All on someone else’s dime…
But I think they are just plain everyday hypocrites
Or, actually, a not too terribly small country.
The carbon output of MOROCCO for an entire year (2006)….Now, I know that Morocco is not the most industrialized, nor the largest, nor the most populated country in the world, but still….
40,584 tons of carbon generated for this one month of “conferences”.
If they really believed that mankind was a part of the problem, then, like Bali before, they’d not fly in, but would rather watch the presentations via videoconferencing at major cities around the world.
But they act like either:
Reducing emissions is for the little people, not them,
or
They really don’t believe that AGW is an issue.
Set an example, and all that.
No one is ever satisfied, especially the Congressional Black Caucus.
Seems that they expected Mr. Obama to give yet more goodies and freebies and handouts to the nations poor downtrodden and ignored African-Americans. Like they don’t get enough already. Seems that the CBC wants even more.
Hey, don’t look at me like that….Where’s MY free cheese?
KThnxBye
Seems that Al the Gore has CANCELLED his appearance at Copenhagen…
Perhaps his busy social schedule leaves no room for such an important meeting as this? I mean, discussion of how to limit CO2 to save the planet from suddenly overheating and all that…?
Perhaps he doesn’t want to face a mob waving Hockey Sticks….
Or perhaps he does not want to face an “Inconvenient Truth”….