Hockey Cock To Global Warming As Ice Toursits Exhale
YOU SAY GLOBAL warming. They say global cooling. Cooling. Warming. Warming. Cooling. Let’s have a heated debate.
Tim Ball, a onetime professor of climatology, wonders how much more the global warming prophets can get wrong before their credibility melts (Via):
Proponents of human induced warming and climate change told us that an increase in CO2 precedes and causes temperature increases. They were wrong. They told us the late 20th century was the warmest on record. They were wrong. They told us, using the infamous “hockey stick” graph, the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) did not exist. They were wrong.
They say right:
They told us global temperatures would increase through 2008 as CO2 increased. They were wrong. They told us Arctic ice would continue to decrease in area through 2008. They were wrong. They told us October 2008 was the second warmest on record. They were wrong. They told us 1998 was the warmest year on record in the US. They were wrong it was 1934. They told us current atmospheric levels of CO2 are the highest on record. They are wrong. They told us pre-industrial atmospheric levels of CO2 were approximately 100 parts per million (ppm) lower than the present 385 ppm. They are wrong. This last is critical because the claim is basic to the argument that humans are causing warming and climate change by increasing the levels of atmospheric CO2 and have throughout the Industrial era. In fact, pre-industrial CO2 levels were about the same as today, but how did they conclude they were lower?
As the Sun puts it:
“On your left is the Antarctic … but not for long”
Tourists are flocking to see summertime in the deep south. Says one ice tourist:
“The region is changing faster and faster. Along the peninsular, temperatures have risen five degrees since 1945.”
Which means… whatever you want it to…
Posted: 11th, December 2008 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
