Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach
Well, I’m at the International Conference on Climate Change in Chicago, where I’m one of the speakers. Since I’m a cartoonist, rather than liveblogging the conferenceI figured I’d livetoon it instead … these are my summaries of the main points that each scientist made in their presentation:
Discover more from Watts Up With That?
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
I’m jealous; Willis has so many ways of having fun.
====================
HILARIOUS…..
Looks like you are working on a Skeptics Trading Card collection…
Great stuff, Willis! Thanks!
Excellent, Willis!
You should list powers and bonuses on the side and we can make a Pokemon style card game out of them.
Willis,
thank you for bringing some reality to a virtual Climate Science!!
Anthony – That was funny . Kudos to Willis , I’m drinking a toast to you all .
joshua corning says:
May 17, 2010 at 4:31 pm
You should list powers and bonuses on the side and we can make a Pokemon style card game out of them.
Now THAT would get my teenage son interested in the AGW discussion…
“…Because in Big-time science, if you don’t have acronyms…you’re FUBAR…”
Okay, that wins.
Most highly excellent Willis!
I commend you.
And you can play the piano too? Wow!
Mr. Eschenbach,
You are a man of many talents…You give “Josh” a run for his money…Great job and thanks! Hope everyone there is having “fun”. 😉
What’s the difference between climate alarmists and sceptics?
The sceptics have a sense of humor.
Using your proxy evidence and applying principal component analysis, I find for PC 1 that everyone but Gary Sharp wore ties.
What cartoon font are you using?
OT, perhaps, but someone need to take a look at the insanity surrounding the BP oil spill. Insanity like Climatewire needs a swift kick in the backside.
Take a look at http://tinyurl.com/2a5sagy. See any mention of the effect of hurricanes on BP’s attempt to contain the spill? That seems like something more important to worry about. Anybody bother to mention that if the spill were near land when a hurricane hit, it would spread that limited amount of oil that is near the coast over a huge area, making it far less evil and burying a great deal of it under tons of mud? We know from experience that hurricanes tend to clean up the beaches, not make things worse. To be fair, they do mention that a hurricane might mix surface oil into the water column.
As for the “plume” that is the panic de jour, nobody even knows the concentration of oil within the plume or its extent, much less do they remember that the reason the plume exists is because the powers that be decided to use dispersants so the residue would be less likely to float and wash on shore. Dispersing and diluting it through the Gulf stream should give bacteria more time and more oxygen to help digest the oil.
Bottom line is that these people always seem to be trying to find the worst case scenario in situations where that scenario is absurd. Worse, they seldom look at mitigating factors. About the only important statement in this entire article is that the marshes will recover. Provided, of course, that some hastily created models with very poor initial data don’t tell us this spill will cause a tipping point in climate change.
The economic damage being caused so far is entirely due to the response of authorities and people in panic modes fueled by the press. There is absolutely no reason for people to cancel their vacations on the Gulf coast. The fishing bans are probably causing more problems than they solve. Boats out looking for the oil slick report that it’s mostly clear water between distant occurrences of oil. What ever happened to common sense?
Willis: If your cartoons are any indication of the mood of the conference, I’d say that we’re all missing out on a good thing by not being there. Somehow, I can’t quite picture (insert your own list of climate hucksters here) taking themselves so ‘un-seriously’ while being completely serious. It’s a good sign.
/dr.bill
I find it scary that I actually understood the Watts cartoon…
Quality stuff. Well done.
a couple of bad jokes to go with willis’ funnies…
17 May: CalgaryHerald,Canada: Reuters: Europe’s top polluters earn billions from passing carbon costs to consumers
Europe’s most polluting industries have reaped billions of euros from carbon markets by passing on to consumers the cost of carbon permits they were given for free, consultancy CE Delft said on Monday…
It (the report) was commissioned by environment group the European Climate Foundation…
“Substantial windfall profits have been made by energy intensive companies that obtained allowances for free, but calculated their market value in the prices of the products,” it added…
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Europe+polluters+earn+billions+from+passing+carbon+costs+consumers/3037547/story.html
17 May: WSJ: UPDATE: EU Climate Chief: Need A Higher Price On Carbon
“We need a higher carbon price in order really to get things going,” Hedegaard said during a press conference, after meeting business leaders in Brussels.
The EU has a market, the Emission Trading System, which puts a price on CO2 allowances by capping their amount. Companies that need to emit more greenhouse gases have to buy permits on the market, or sell them if they emit less. But the recent economic downturn has disrupted the EU’s economy and consequently lowered companies’ need to emit CO2, as production has slowed down…
One way to increase the price of allowances could be to increase the EU’s 2020 target of cutting CO2 emissions by 20% from 1990 levels to 30%..
A tax on CO2 could also be an instrument to push up the CO2 price, said Jose Manuel Entrecanales, chairman of Spanish energy and infrastructure company Acciona SA (ANA.MC), who participated in the meeting and the press conference with Hedegaard.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100517-710510.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
Mike McMillan says:
May 17, 2010 at 5:11 pm (Edit)
Yeah, Gary wore a great orange patterned shirt.
The font I use is called “Bradley”. I do the cartoon and hand-letter the whole thing when I’m making it, then I replace the hand-lettering later. Usually I scan them, but I don’t have a scanner here so I used my iPhone and an app called “Turboscan” to get the soft version.
My thanks to all for the comments,
w.
Willis –
Most excellent!
Thank you for sharing.
dr.bill says:
May 17, 2010 at 5:13 pm (Edit)
Actually, the science presentations have been serious science, fascinating. Lots of interesting folks, it is a privilege to be here. For me, I feel like a starry-eyed kid at a rock star convention, I’ve gotten to meet a lot of folks who are my scientific heroes.
w.
humor + the science = pleasant feeling 🙂
Watch it Willis that could be turned into a warmers deck of cards.,And you might final yourself as a Royal.
Willis comes blazing through again! Willis, that’s worth at least 8000 words.