We have a double feature today. Josh and The One.
Josh writes: This is a tribute to Graham Stringer MP who is I hope going to be
very famous for this paragraph …
| “There are proposals to increase worldwide taxation by up to a trillion dollars on the basis of climate science predictions. This is an area where strong and opposing views are held. The release of the e-mails from CRU at the University of East Anglia and the accusations that followed demanded independent and objective scrutiny by independent panels. This has not happened. The composition of the two panels has been criticised for having members who were over identified with the views of CRU. Lord Oxburgh as President of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association and Chairman of Falck Renewable appeared to have a conflict of interest. Lord Oxburgh himself was aware that this might lead to criticism. Similarly Professor Boulton as an ex colleague of CRU seemed wholly inappropriate to be a member of the Russell panel. No reputable scientist who was critical of CRU’s work was on the panel, and prominent and distinguished critics were not interviewed. The Oxburgh panel did not do as our predecessor committee had been promised, investigate the science, but only looked at the integrity of the researchers. With the exception of Professor Kelly’s notes other notes taken by members of the panel have not been published. This leaves a question mark against whether CRU science is reliable. The Oxburgh panel also did not look at CRU’s controversial work on the IPPC which is what has attracted most [serious] allegations. Russell did not investigate the deletion of e-mails. We are now left after three investigations without a clear understanding of whether or not the CRU science is compromised.” |
…which he put forward as an amendment to the SciTech Report – see page 39,
for the UK Parliamentary SciTech review of the Climategate inquiries.
Brilliant.
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And this political cartoon was submitted in response to last night’s State of the Union speech by president Obama. Will the AGW proponents start using the “D” word for O?
As distasteful as that word is, many skeptics have been branded “deniers” for not taking climate as seriously as some people want. Will the greens now throw Obama under the bus in 2012 for not even mentioning climate in his speech?
Grumpy,
you’re right about the ease of hiding big issue and large sums of money but it is still a switch of major proportion for O not to mention the “climate crusade”.
I hope this is the light at the end of the tunnel.
Just cleaned 2 feet of man made global warming evidence from my driveway. Fourth big storm of the winter here in Connecticut. Seems like the snow this season and winter 09-10 are a great deal like the snow I used to see when I lived in New Hampshire. Looks like it is almost time to adapt again by moving south. More evidence of global warming and man made climate change is expected next week. This is not the mild winter that we like in Connecticut with just enough snow to say we live in New England. The question is where to put the next snow falls.
Would just like to add that Graham Stringer is, unusally for a UK MP, a graduate scientist. He has a BSc with honours in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield, where the Chemistry Faculty has had an excellent reputation for quality science for many years.
Paul, thanks…good point. Will change pronto
Global cooling is another threat but I’m afraid the solution is the same. Save all the fossil carbons and stop burning them now. When cooling threatens touch them all off to get that CO2 level up.
As a Kiwi of UK extraction who grew up as a proud Briton before the Brits decided they needed to be part of the Common Market more than they needed Kiwis, Aussies, Canuks, etc back in the 1960s, I have been quite dismayed by the lack of honesty of UK politicians I have observed since my temporary relocation to London almost a decade ago. I never thought I would see members of the House of Commons or the House of Lords jailed for crimes of dishonesty against those institutions, but even that has occured very recently.
Mr Stringer is the courageous exception – his proposed ammendment quoted above will ensure he goes down in history as a shining example of a truly honest and intelligent politician. The shame is that three other politicians voted that honest amendment into what they obviously hoped would be oblivion.
If a curious mind seeks to understand what the SOTU speech implied, the online Washington Examiner this week has run a multi-segment ‘follow the money trail’ of the Democratic party. The CEO of GE as jobs czar replaced the energy czar; look at GE’s investments, and political donations. Nothing has changed; it’s just semantics for reelection. Green crony capitalism with taxpayer (oops – I mean borrowed money) subsidies.
“There are proposals to increase worldwide taxation by up to a trillion dollars . . . ”
That’s all fine and dandy . . . but, will that taxation be apportioned? Or will it be “without apportionment” which means they can “give” it to themselves (if they wish)!
Google hits for “Denier in Chief” start rolling in… an example.
http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/denier-in-chief/
The plutocrat-controlled NGO’s are warming up.
don’t forget that Browner just quit the WH as well … the warmers are in full retreat … run them down now, its our best chance ever to end this nonsense …
I wouldn’t hold your breath for the current uk pm to move away from climate taxes… doesn’t his dad own a company that specialises in building wind farms?
Green energy is not going to work, an obvious observation I know, as without federal subsidies no solar panels or windmills.These systems never generate power when its dark(except in Spain) and freezingly still( like minus 30)As this magical thinking is going to cost us taxpayers way too much, we shall have to get the concept of retributive justice into the public debate. If persons in control of tax dollars spend foolishly,[ example clean green energy] and as a result we find ourselves freezing in the dark. Let it be known now that the fools will pay back the waste by their own physical effort by running on a human hampster wheel until they generate the missing kilowatts, every time the clean green machines fail to deliver. I envisage teams of ex politicians, acedemics and UN staffers running for their lives.This is social justice right?
Perhaps its not too surprising that Obama is not raising the issue.
One of his promises upon election was to stop the seas from rising and to reverse the warming of the planet. This appears to have been accomplished.
You’d think that he would be taking credit for it though.