From the UK Express
PRINCE CHARLES ON CLIMATE CHANGE: GLOBAL WARMING SCEPTICS ARE ALL LIARS
Charles, who has campaigned on global warming for more than 20 years, said: “I have watched with growing dismay and alarm the glee with which the sceptics have leapt upon the recent news stories that question the science that climate change is man-made and suggesting it is nothing more than a myth.
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| Prince Charles: ‘I’m not willing to play Russian Roulette over climate change’ |
“Well, if it is but a myth, and the global scientific community is involved in some sort of conspiracy, why is it then that around the globe sea levels are more than six inches higher than they were 100 years ago?
“This isn’t an opinion – it is a fact.”
He added: “And, ladies and gentlemen please be in no doubt that the evidence of long-term and potentially irreversible changes to our world is utterly overwhelming.”
Charles spoke after arriving in Manchester by Royal Train pulled by a coal-fired steam locomotive, named the Tornado, which was rebuilt from a 1948 design.
Read the entire article at the UK Express
First let me say that I like trains. But Charles apparently has no clue about how such a pronouncement might be viewed by commoners when he’s apparently doing nothing to curb his own carbon footprint. Will Jim Hansen denounce him for riding on a coal powered “death train”?
Charles also seems to think that sea level is a static feature of our dynamic Earth. Here’s a few reminders about sea level change the prince probably hasn’t discussed in polite conversations. He might also benefit from a visit to Israel, where sea level has been variable for the last 2500 years.
Here’s the last 9000 years which appear almost flat in the graph above due to scale used:
In our current era, while sea level has in fact been rising, continuing the trend started thousands of years ago, it recently appears to have slowed a bit:
Clearly we live in the golden age of relative stability, but Earth is very seldom that way. The rise of man just happened to get lucky…thanks to a warming world.
But who to believe, a coal powered prince or your own lying eyes?
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In related news, Prince Charles declares war on the Enlightenment:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7013764.ece
Enjoy.
What is amazing is how few people know the story of climate change.
All climate scientists know this story. And yet the media who report on the work of climate scientists, the environmental activist groups, and 95% of the population don’t know it.
You would think they would be up in arms about such basic ignorance. The IPCC should be giving press conferences, Greenpeace should be holding information awareness days to counteract such ignorance..
But silence.
During the Eemian interglacial 120,000 years ago the sea level was maybe 5m higher than today. And temperatures were perhaps a few degrees warmer.
But the only time I have seen a reference to the Eemian interglacial in the mainstream media it was a story about how dangerous the current situation was because it showed how quickly sea level could rise.
No comment like:
It’s important to understand that just because climate has changed a lot with no people, doesn’t mean we can’t influence the climate. I’m sure we can.
But I’m against Climate Ignorance.
Find out about CO2 – An insignificant trace gas?
And if you’ve visited before, Part Three and Part Four are now on-line
Potential Climategate leaker named, UAE internal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/04/climate-change-email-hacking-leaks
Charles was there 2 weeks ago saying how well they were doing.
MaldiveGate is next:
http://www.climatechangefacts.info/ClimateChangeDocuments/NilsAxelMornerinterview.pdf
Prince Charles says “Sea levels have risen 6 inches in the past 100 years, and that is a fact”. A fact check on the Web shows that Earth’s population has risen from 1,6 billion in year 1900 to 6 billion in year 2000. An increase of 375% in that same century. And, unlike sea level rise, that one is exponential. Oh! Come on Charles! Are we headed towards being swamped by water or by people? Why can’t we just enjoy our remaining time down here, and have the happiness of knowing you are gaining pleasure from your rides behind carbon-spewing steam locomotives.
Geoff Alder
“He will never succeed to the throne, he’s not popular enough in the eyes of the British public. His son, William, will.”
You do not get to choose who is monarch. It’s not an elective post.
If you over-ride primogeniture to remove Charles, Why stop there? I would suggest removing the next 50 Million or so in order until you arrive at me. More relevantly, Queenie would never have survived against her prettier, cleverer and much more popular sister.
In any case, putting William on the throne is hardly going to raise the bar, intellectually speaking. He’s better looking because he has his mother’s genes. Sadly he got her brains as well.
I feel I really must appologise for our Charles, it’s hereditory you know on his fathers side, ocassionally he does get away from his advisors and then anything can happen. Please don’t be offended he will be ok once he’s back in his normal surroundings, thank you for your patience.
Glenn Rowe (22:25:08) :
‘but the dullness of mind can be traced back through all the earlier generations. [George III (as in The Madness of King George), after all, is a direct ancestor of Charles (grandfather of Queen Victoria, and great-great-great-great grandfather of Charles), and things don’t seem to have improved much since his time.]
Oh Please. Don’t play amateur geneticist on the Royal Family. There are many blood lines and other factors that come into play. Victoria and Albert were both very intelligent and well educated for starters.
The present British Government exhibits much less intelligence and acumen than even poor Charles seems to display and they have real power. Focus there. As I say leave the royals out – they are irrelevant.
Latest picture of Charles has just come in…….
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Quote of the Week is settled? 🙂
Leigh (20:48:16)
He is also ‘Lord of the Isles’ (Scotland). You must have noticed the kilts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Isles
All that has happened here is that Charles has been used by the Greens and his vanity has got him into trouble.
The Queen’s speech 2009 mentioned a lot about the environment but didn’t talk about AGW at all (even though she had just been to a AGW Commonwealth meeting).
Me thinks that HRH is a bit smarter than we give her credit for.
As for Chazza, he’s a dropkick…
Of course, humans have made an irreversible impact on the planet…so have termites, trees, bacteria and every other living thing. As long as there is life on the planet, the environment will be irreversible. The world was never exactly like it is now, nor will it ever be exactly the same again. Stasis is a myth and sustainability is a form of double-speak. Change is not just a good idea. It’s the law. Get use to it, Chuck!
The whole modern eco-movement is based on a serious of false premises derived from ignorance. Thank you Rachel Carson.
I wish people would take the same attitude about ad hominem attacks to those made against Prince Charles as to those affecting Christopher Monckton. Both are equally repugnant and demean the attackers.
Glenn Rowe (22:25:08)
George III suffered from Porphyria, he may have lose America but did beat the French so not all bad.
His son was a bit hopeless which led to the transfer of the Crown Estate to us (the subjects). It currently makes us a profit after allowing for the cost of maintaining the family.
Charles does have the Prince’s Trust which does excellent work with young people who are often failed by our bizarre welfare system.
http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/
Tornado (the locomotive) is brand new not ‘rebuilt’.
Guys
Almost no one in Britain takes Charles seriously.
His intellect, or rather lack of, shows clearly that he comes from the shallow end of the gene pool.
However, for someone who is on record that he wants to be reincarnated as a tampon, he sure brings in a lot of tourism dollars – so he has a use.
This is all about in-breeding – you can’t get smart, even with a terrific education, if you’re the spawn of a highly restricted gene pool. The Royals have bred themselves into dimwittery – it seems appropriate for the age
Capn Jack (21:08:21) :
The only thing he ever done right was get kissed by shielas on Bondi beach in bikinis freeing women to wear as little as they like on the beaches of Australia.
I think it was a beach in Perth Western Australia and it was a lady called Jane Preist.
The UK is getting more like the Duchy of Grand Fenwick every day.
Charles who? Prince of tides?
And some people have dreams:
http://www.republicanparty.org.uk/
Prince Charles believes in Homeopathy – need I say more?
What’s the difference between Charles and Miss America?
He’s ugly.
Similarities?
Durng her reign, Miss America receives a stipend (scholarship) to not work. Her every move is scripted and all she really does is make appearances with the aid of her handlers. For the most part she’s useless.
This is the first time I have seen such a detailed graph of the historic sea level rise. But should there not be blip corresponding to the Loch Lomond Re-advance ? And another question for geologists, are the raised beaches on Jura (Scotland) and on the east coast indicative of a higher sea levels, or are they result of glacial re-bound (or a bit of both)? Just curious, as have never studied geology, but would like to know.