Now that Dr. Rajenda Pachauri has blown all his (and the IPCC’s) credibility with denouncing complaints about the flawed glaciers melt date as “voodoo science”, the pundits, both serious and silly, are getting to work. On the serious side we have Geoffry Lean, the father of environmental reporting (40 years) in the UK calling for Pachauri’s resignation.
On the silly side, Pachauri may be selling insurance soon. With Mr Pachauri’s penchant for hyperbole and sensationalism, I could easily see him selling catastrophic health insurance as a natural career path at this point. Good luck sir.
From “I hate the media” Pachauri may be the new mascot for Geico Insurance, screencap below.
For our readers outside the USA, this video video below might help you understand why most American readers are ROTFL about right now. We’ve been saturation bombed in the USA with these commercials over the last several years.
Geico now has a new mascot, with a British (or maybe Australian, I can’t tell) accent no less:
While the science is far more important than the satire, Pachauri is now becoming a serious public relations liability to the IPCC, as the Telegraph’s Geoffrey Lean points out.
h/t to Joe
Gary Hladik (17:10:47) : pots and kettles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_calling_the_kettle_black
This is worth a look. An alternative idea and a 8 line poem.
janama (10:22:19) :
“There is no need to get personal in this matter.”
Someone lies to and about me, tries to steal my money and restrict my freedom so he can be my master and I his slave. That’s as personal as it gets.
And, although mockery is by itself a “logical fallacy,” it is perfectly justified:
a) once it’s established that someone is a charlatan, and…
b) when, after having been exposed, they persist in their ruse.
Those criminals deserve a lot worse than mockery, as in never being allowed in those professions again, and/or incarceration.
yonason (20:26:01) : I agree completely. Great post.
April E. Coggins (19:59:07) :
“Of course I tease him and remind him that we won”
Did we…..really?
Hallo Anthony,
Thanks for replying to my post.
>I understand your point, but I didn’t make the comparison, another blog call “I hate the media” did and I pointed it out.
— I *personally* think that repeating such things on a high profile blog is also not on, but OK, it’s your blog.
>Tell you what though, if you get Dr. Pachauri to apologize …
–That’s a good idea. I’ll send him an Email today and let you know what reply I get.
>To paraphrase, ‘if you can’t see that comparing the international body of skeptics to “holocaust deniers” is not a gross insult, then I don’t know what to think. ‘
— I agree with you. I’m not actually a supporter of Dr Pachauri and I hope that he does in fact resign over this Glaciergate thing.
>Besides, I’ve defended many times in comments against ad homs on Dr. Pachauri, snipping them, however satire (and that is what this is) is fair game.
— If the guys at realclimate posted a picture of Steve McIntyre (just as an example) next to a picture of a caveman, would you also accept that as satire? And would you expect no criticisms to be made at realclimate about the comparison?
Hallo Anthony,
well I put my money where my mouth is:
“Dear Dr Pachauri,
(…) Furthermore the use of terminology such as “denier” (used by yourself in this article in the Guardian newspaper: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2010/jan/04/climate-change-delay-denial) to describe scientists who are following the well known procedures and ethics of their profession, is to be abhorred. I would appreciate your statement about whether you intend to continue using such a term of abuse,
With best regards,”
Let’s see if I get a reply … I’m not holding my breath in anticipation, though
The accent of the lizard is definitely suvvern Inglish, not quite sarf Lahndahn.
Comment from an English satirist. http://saxontimes.blogspot.com/2010/01/adopt-pachauri.html
Whatever it takes to stop economy destroying NGOs from implementing their political schemes.
I loved the gekko the cavemen and all the others Milk and cookies had me rolling round, I have sent the link all over.
I reckon Pachauri deserves some flack , his holier than thou attitude, as well as Goracles has given me the irrits for ages.
his canard is.. smoked:-) I hope he enjoys the Carbon.
Absolutely hilarious.
None of those pics have been altered in any way and are commonly seen on the internet/television. So being “offended” by simply putting them side-by-side (originally by another blog) seems to indicate personal issues rather than a problem w/WUWT.
Lighten up.
The Geko is speaking with an Pommy accent…
Jeez mate, this is embarrassing…. Aussie’s being confused with Poms…. Look, here is a phonetic example of Australian’s speaking.
‘strine….. that is how the word “Australian” is pronounced in Australia……. ‘strine.
eggnishnor…. Air conditioner.
Iconardlywait….. I can hardly wait.
Eichenardlybleevit….. He can hardly believe it.
Eediddit withoutretrine…. He did it without really trying.
YagunnagodaMairlbenfreester?….. You going to go to Melbourne for Easter?
To form a picture in you mind of an Australian speaker…. Think of a baritone chipmunk, on caffeine, speaking English…. Only quicker 🙂