From LiveScience, another reason for NASA to fire Jame Hansen now:
Here’s the basis for his actions in a nutshell:
If carbon dioxide emissions aren’t reduced in time, the Earth will pass a tipping point with irreversible, catastrophic consequences, including the disintegration of ice sheets and large-scale extinction of species, according to the scientific analysis Hansen provided to the lawsuit.
I think Dr. Hansen has lost it. Earth has had higher CO2 concentrations several times in its history and it didn’t head to runaway roasting. So far, this all hinges on positive feedbacks, and there doesn’t seem to be much conclusive evidence for it. Here’s what Pielke Sr. has to say about CO2 as a control knob for Earth’s climate system.
Read Dr. Hansen’s latest non peer reviewed paper where he justifies to himself the use of kids as legal pawns here:
The Case for Young People and Nature: A Path to a Healthy, Natural, Prosperous Future
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CS is well-indoctrinated and it will take a smart comment to make her stop in her tracks and dig a bit deeper for the real truth. She will also risk alienating herself from friends and family whose respect she’s earned by showing “the courage of her convictions” to stand up to us “loonies”. Considering she might be wrong on many counts will not be a very appealing option. Unless she really cares about truth come rain come shine.
However, you can post here if you want to stand more chance of this group hearing you.
He is just another NASA grant worker – I debated one of his fellow scientist PHD and all. Claimed that the global warming issue was “SETTLED SCIENCE”; I asked what settled science was and did he have a proof of the hypothesis that C02 is a evil gas? he got all angry and lost it. They produced white papers that were based on flawed computer models so they could continue receiving grants and pay checks. Whore science at best.
Every time I think about the “big-oil funding” argument, I have to think about all of the schools and universities that may have had some of their departments built on trust funds, provided by those that had ties to oil or coal money.
Several universities are in gas, oil and coal-rich areas, and may have had their geology departments enriched by funds from “big-oil”.
This is what made me start taking a closer look at AGW. Then I turned from a Warmist into a sceptic.
Is there no depth … ??
Check out this knee slapper from the iMatter blog (http://imatterblogger.wordpress.com/):
As you may already know, throughout the country starting on May 7th there will be youth led iMatter marches to voice the urgency of the need for climate change to our government.
Yes, indeed, we do need climate change. Because change is the only constant!
It’s a setup… the “defendants” such as Lisa Jackson will botch the defense (because they consider it indefensible) thus “proving” the plaintiffs case.
Hansen is doing a lecture tour in New Zealand at the moment.
He’s complaining about NZ’s use of coal. He doesn’t know enough to know that NZ exports high quality coal for use in making steel.
Is the world going to stop using steel now?
Hansen was interviewed on National TV1’s Closeup. I have a copy of the video, which I will make a transcript of if anyone is interested. It has the usual Hansen claims – the Arctic is melting, many animals are going to die, the sea level will rise 70 feet etc. The interviewer Mark Sainsbury let him get away with those claims. There was no balance.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10725266
Scientist: Leave coal in the ground
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4997738/Use-of-coal-bad-for-NZs-image
Use of coal ‘bad for NZ’s image’
KIRAN CHUG
Last updated 05:00 13/05/2011
Coal is civilisation’s greatest threat, says a top American climate scientist, who has hit out at New Zealand’s green brand and energy programmes on the first day of his tour of the country.