Joe publishes an essay in the State College newspaper which Mann reads looking for anything that might question his hockey stick theory. – Anthony
Can America Last? Only If We Use the Lessons of the Past
by Joe Bastardi
If you knew about the climate and nation’s weather the way I have to, you would see the links between what happened from 1925 to 1950 and what is going on now. During that time, we were in a warm version of the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic turned warm, and the weather went haywire. And there were other challenges as great as the weather facing the nation.
I get a kick out of those blaming carbon dioxide for the weather problems. Why? Because it has happened before and will happen again. The Earth has been going through 30 years of a warm Pacific Ocean; that reversed in 2007 and, lo and behold, weather similar to the last time it happened showed up. Tornado deaths in this nation were greatest in the 1950s, for instance. And there have been far worse tornado disasters worldwide spread out evenly over the centuries.
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My suggestion as to the answer comes from the book of Ecclesiastes: There is nothing new under the sun. Of course, that would not sit well with anyone wishing to save the planet from man-made demons in the air – and getting paid to do so.
And by the way, while proponents of global warming claim that all this wild weather is consistent with their models – which unknown to many are starting to forecast global cooling, though they won’t tell you that yet – it is also consistent with what happens in the weather when any given pattern changes.
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read the full article here
—> clarification of one phrase describing “the physics” above: “which thus acts to reduce [the effect of or the net] atmospheric CO2 concentration after the atmospheric temp. has stopped rising…”
Absolutely correct. Los Angeles, Malibu, Miami, etc.
It is very effective to call their bluff when arguing face to face. Just tell them to move to Canada, Greenland or Siberia and then you can spout off about Global Warming. Until then you are a meaningless little nitwit trying to tell others to enjoy the cold and tundra.
They can sell their cars and limos and beach houses, 5-star restaurants and red carpet treatment and make a real difference to the planet (or so they think). But it has always been easier for phonies to simply wear some ribbon for a cause than to actually roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty. We all knew people like that in school, the slacker who skipped classes, copied other people’s work, took credit for stuff they were not involved in, etc. Such phonies are the heart of the leftist population base.
In the USA they (liberals) number from 25% to 30% of the population. I suspect from what I hear that in Europe they are twice that percentage. Numerically it is many millions of people, perhaps even 50% of all people everywhere.
Such numbers mean one simple thing, they *have* the power to change the world in a very simple way without affecting us normal people: all they need to do is voluntarily go Amish and it’s done! If half the population of the planet, the malcontents, simply went Amish and completely swore off technology *plus* all their well-publicized pet peeves like meat, tobacco, oil, coal, nuke, war, etc., a huge change would be effected. Note that this change would be far larger than any change that they could ever achieve involuntarily through legislation and coercion.
Begin holding breath … now.
Caleb says:
June 28, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Wait a second. Coffee prices may be going up 2%, due to frost in Brazil. (For tips and notes)
http://www.weatherbell.com/weather-news/frost-reports-in-brazil-cause-increase-in-coffee-prices/
Well that was interesting Brazil is having to move it’s coffee growing regions nearer the equator because of frost problems.
Though that due to global warming the opposite would be happening.
[trimmed by request, Robt]
Dont know where that rubbish at the end of my blog came from?
Bob Tisdale says:
June 28, 2011 at 9:24 am
Joe Bastardi wrote: “The Earth has been going through 30 years of a warm Pacific Ocean; that reversed in 2007 and, lo and behold, weather similar to the last time it happened showed up.”
What reversed in 2007?
This is just an uneducated guess, but if you look at the graph up until about 2006, there seems to be an overall rising trend. Since that point, as near as I can tell given the limited amount of data, there appears to be an overall falling trend (if you account for the recent La Niña / El Niño / La Niña cycle via a mental fudge-factor). I’m guessing this is what he was talking about?
Again, just an uneducated guess.
I live in Britain where we have the same trouble finding the sudden change of weather conditions. First it had been thought that our industry, car use aerosol, etc. is the reason for this. It is only part of the story. I watch The TV programm: “The Universe” almost daily and have learnt a lot how climates are changing. Its the movements of planets around the sun and great explosions on the sun, the moon slightly losing his magnatism. Our planet is very slightly moving towards the sun, but don’t panic it takes millions of years to actually happen. By then, if life is getting too uncomfortable to live on our planet, we will be so advanced in technology to move to another planet. The only quick result of tragedy could be that the sun would be blocked, and an Ice-Age could follow, if the earth is hit by a huge Metorite and is turned so that the warm aereas are finding themselfs on the Nordpole. Of course our self-made fumes, don’t help. It is unhealthy too. I remember the London Smog, when wood and coal was used to keep the home fiers burning. It was a thick yellow Fog. People had to wear masks over nose and mouth not to get ill with bronchitis or even tuberculoses. Such fires were banned years ago. People use gas or electrucity since.
I would reccomment to watch “The Universe” program, to see and learn for your self. I am only an amateur, and I am relating this in my own way. One of the main trouble spots are where trees are felled. When it is neccessary to chop trees down, the double amount should be planted somewhere else. I have watched in wonder, how in America a 1000 year old tree had been transplanted. Very hard work and with a lot of expence the tree had been replanted nearby. I felt really good about it. Yesterday I read about the shut down of a power station by the Northsea. Because of the warming, Jelly fish had blocked the cooling system. They had been sucked in. I expect everyone has read about the huge Jelly fish, which started to crowd the Chinese waters and made their way into the European waters. In Cornwell, on the far South-West of Britain, a diver found himself facing one of thos huge yelly fish. They are over 6 foot tall. Also sharks have been seen here. All this because of the increasing warm weather conditions. I think our scientists are working hard to work out ways to preserve our wonderful planet. We can take part in it too, being careful what we use and how, to preserve nature.
Gisella, dont believe what you see on TV, I went to Cornwall every year in the late 50s to the mid 60s, there were real sharks then, most fishing villages had a shark boat, the fancy USA sort white with a flying bridge, it was a big business, look at Portscacho on googlemaps, there was one there for several years and every year we saw a black fin in Gerrans bay, also heaps of jellyfish, rarely portugese men o war and we were not allowed in the sea then, so nothing has changed!! also check the names of the so called scientists in the 70s, who shouted, chicken little like, that the new ice age is coming (despite the winter of 63 being still in our minds) there was a list and 1/3 of them are agw warmist mafia now! Yes cutting down broad leaf trees, espescialy hard wood ones is bad for us all, there was a scheme to adopt a tree in south america, that made sense, probably why it died out! In london they still used coal by and large but in the UK you had to use smokeless fuel in cities, that was back when the politicians applied some thought, research and common sense to the laws and not a greenpeace made magic 8 ball!