Key phrase: “Basic problem is that all models are wrong,” writes Phil Jones, bluntly, “not got enough middle and low level clouds. - Phil Jones”
All the models are wrong? say it isn't so, where's Al Gore? Amazing!
“The science is being manipulated to put a political spin on it which for all our sakes might not be too clever in the long run,” laments one scientist, Peter Thorne.
Al is that you??
Isn't the science "settled"?
“What if climate change appears to be just mainly a multidecadal natural fluctuation?” muses one scientist. “They’ll kill us probably.”
The Goracle is not pleased! You don't want to anger the Goracle!
Steve Goddard over at Whats Up With That has a nice article about how the arctic sea ice has recovered to where it was about 10 years ago. It's well worth a look.
Former Vice President Al Gore on Thursday abruptly canceled a Dec. 16 personal appearance that was to be staged during the United Nations' Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, which begins next week.
As described in The Washington Times' Inside the Beltway column Tuesday, the multimedia public event to promote Mr. Gore's new book, "Our Choice," included $1,209 VIP tickets that granted the holder a photo opportunity with Mr. Gore and a "light snack."
Berlingkse Media, a Danish group coordinating ticket sales and publicity for the event, said that "great annoyance" was a factor in the cancellation, along with unforeseen changes in Mr. Gore's program for the climate summit. The decision affected 3,000 ticket holders.
"We have had a clear-cut agreement, and it is unusual with great disappointment that we have to announce that Al Gore cancels. We had a huge expectation for the event. . . . We do not yet know the detailed reasons for the cancellation," said Lisbeth Knudsen, CEO of Berlingske Media, in a statement posted by the company.
No content with selling carbon indulgences he actually wanted $1,209.00 for his fanbase to get a photo op?
What a maroon!
Conan: Now, what about … you talk in the book about geothermal energy …
Al: Yeah, yeah.
Conan: and that is, as I understand it, using the heat that's generated from the core of the earth …
Al: Yeah.
Conan: … to create energy, and it sounds to me like an evil plan by Lex Luthor to defeat Superman. Can you, can you tell me, is this a viable solution, geothermal energy?
Al: It definitely is, and it's a relatively new one. People think about geothermal energy — when they think about it at all — in terms of the hot water bubbling up in some places, but two kilometers or so down in most places there are these incredibly hot rocks, 'cause the interior of the earth is extremely hot, several million degrees, and the crust of the earth is hot …
several million degrees? WTF? This is the guy who is busy telling us how all that satanic CO2 is going to destroy the planet and he can't tell the difference between our temperate planet and the center of the frigging sun!
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves. -
William Pitt 1783
Political tags — such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth — are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort. - Robert Heinlein
Young Fish
If anyone knows what type of plane I was in please let me know!
I like beer, NO I LOVE BEER! I like wine too, and cranberry juice, and girls, and guitars and playing the blues. I'll stop before the list gets too long.
When I find a beer I like I'm going to review it here.
Now despite the fact that I LOVE BEER and the fact that I LOVE microbrews that are brewed in the wonderful State of Maine, not one of the Maine microbreweries has offered to pay me, or even send me a free six pack of beer to get a review. It approaches certainty that they don't know I and this blog exist.
Anyone who reads a review of beer posted here can be assured that I actually drank that beer, and if I liked it my review will say so; conversely if I didn't care for the beer, my review will also state that. I might even elaborate on either theme, as appropriate.
In closing I'd like to say to the FTC, go regulate someone else. My only compensation in reviewing beer is that I got to drink and it then pontificate about it to my heart's content.
Oh and one more thing, if I start talking about a guitar I like, all the above applies to that as well. In fact no one is paying me to say anything at this time. Should that change I'll update this notice.