Category Archives: Quote of the Week

Quote of the week – always happy to help

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

At WUWT, one thing we pride ourselves in is helping visitors learn about the issues and the science, even if those visitors should already know what these things mean. Take for example, Michael Tobis proprietor of “Only In it for … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week – Dr. James Hansen of NASA GISS, unhinged

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

“The Oceans will begin to boil…” – yes he actually said that, along with some other silly things. Watch this video:

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Quote of the Week – Grist thinks spontaneous human combustion might be a convincing bit of evidence for AGW

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

There’s been some wild claims out there the past few days since BEST released their results in a media blitzkrieg on October 20th prior to peer review.  But this one from Grist writer Jess Zimmerman has to rank up there … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week – on being part of the problem

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

There’s an old saying, “be part of the solution rather than the problem”.  Team science is now quantified thanks to Andrew Montford.

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Quote of the Week – Wuebbles Weather World

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Serially warm reporter Dan Vergano of USA today wrote an article on the “Current Extreme Weather and Climate Change” report, released this week that says it’s all our fault. With a peer review team like this one, what other conclusion … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week – hype and hurricane force winds

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Should Irene have been downgraded sooner? Cliff Mass, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington and a popular blogger asks, “When Did Irene Stop Being a Hurricane?”

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Quote of the week – hump day hilarity

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

I busted out laughing when I saw this from the Pajamas Media Tattler.

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Quote of the week – CRU is now a candidate for publication in the Journal of Irreproducible Results

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

From Andrew Orlowski, the Register UK: In Parliament’s enquiries into the Climategate Affair, Graham Stringer MP was surprised to learn that the CRU team couldn’t produce the same result twice.

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Quote of the week – still “wirthless” after all these years edition

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Readers will recall that I launched a volley against former Senator Tim Wirth regarding his recent statement where he wants to “come after” skeptics. I also made him a standing offer to attend the upcoming ICCC6 conference, offering up  my … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week – a climate sanity plea from the Daily Kos

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

Some surprising sanity from one of the most insane places on the web. This could be a Nike ad, all it needs is a swoosh to go with the slogan. Joe Romm and Bill McKibben, this message is for you … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week – where the hockey pucks go

Posted on June 8, 2011 by

Dr. Bradley (of MBH98 hockey stick fame) really outdoes himself this time.

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Quote of the week – climate as Voldemort

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

This is quite something. It is sort of a reverse “he who must not be named” meme, and we have a prominent meteorology dean dissing climate colleagues:

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Quote of the week – climate catastrophe deja vu all over again

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

With apologies to the late great Yogi Berra, who surely would have something to say about this climate inanity, and via Bishop Hill, we have this reminder of the ghost of alarmism past: Sir John Houghton once famously said: Unless we … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week – note to the media, this 23 year old English teacher from Japan gets it, so stop the hype

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

From my town newspaper, in the story covering a young English teacher who was just now able to return home after being in Japan during the earthquake. She gets it, why can’t the media?

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Quote of the Week – channeling George Carlin

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

Todd Wynn writes on his Facebook page:

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Quote of the Week: BBC’s ugliest moment yet?

Posted on February 12, 2011 by

Paging Roger Harrabin… Bishop Hill writes: Hat tip to several readers who have pointed out Michael Buerk’s comments on the BBC Radio 4 show, the Moral Maze:

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Quote of the week: Genghis Khan should have driven a Prius

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Ok that headline is not exactly what was said, but it is the flavor of the absurdity. The quote itself from the Carnegie Institution, distributed via  AAAS’s Eurekalert news service, is actually even more absurd. Here’s the quote:

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Quote of the Week

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

I somehow missed this in December, but WUWT reader Jimbo thankfully reminds us in comments on the Nature-”global warming isn’t killing penguins” thread

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Quote of the Week – Total Ecplise of the Moonbat

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

Dr. Richard North of the EU Referendum has few words for George Monbiot regarding his recent claim that cold snowy winters are the result of “global warming”. North writes:

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Quote of the Week – “weather is not climate”, flaming edition

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

Over at The Air Vent, Jeff reviewed the book “Warnings” by CCM Mike Smith.  This is a book about weather, weather forecasting, severe weather events, and the people and technology that save lives and help people in their daily lives … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week – delineating Nature

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

Usually, I take a cue from some newspaper or web article citing someone or other with some profound or ridiculous comment, but it turns out we have our own profound QOTW right here at WUWT. In the thread: What really … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week – 20/20 hindsight

Posted on November 15, 2010 by

Dr. Roger Pielke Jr writes in the “$82 billion prediction” post Katrina: The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has an revealing article today about the creation in 2006 of a “short-term” hurricane risk prediction from a company called Risk Management Solutions.  The Herald-Tribune … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week – unbelievable hubris from CARB’s Mary Nichols

Posted on November 3, 2010 by

Now that California’s Prop 23 to suspend the AB32 global warming law has failed, you get some real clarity from the players. If you ever doubted that our current crop of “save the planet” bureaucrats think they are above answering … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week – Judith Curry asks warmists: “How are Things Going for You Lately”?

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

Dr. Judith Curry was recently called a heretic by  Scientific American due to her views on climate science and public policy. Here, in a post at he new blog,  she shows her resolve to maintain her independence from consensus thinking … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week – David Suzuki, a farce of nature

Posted on September 29, 2010 by

Tagging this one was a tough choice between “Quote of the Week” and “Climate Craziness of the Week”. Quote won. September 27, 2010: Dr. David Suzuki, co-founder of the environmental activist group, The David Suzuki Foundation, is now touring Canada … Continue reading →

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