With Al Gore’s recent re-emergence from the dead with An Inconvenient Truth, Version 2.0, I find myself noting his website, The Climate Reality Project (formerly The Alliance for Climate Protection) countdown clock has a familiar look to it.
It has a simple 3 step plan, for those that have trouble with the more complex steps of choosing reality. I wonder though, if the folks at choose-reality.org are going to file a copyright lawsuit? But reality aside, compare Al’s new web page to these great moments in failure prediction :
The “Doomsday Clock”by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists – hasn’t been right yet.
End of the world, May 21st, 2011, now scheduled for Oct 21st due to “technical difficulties”
Not the end of the world, but just as relevant as Al Gore’s countdown
Get the app, just in case you can’t keep track:
No wonder we are starting to see stories like this one:
Warmers Go Harold Camping On Us
I gotta wonder about his ability to carry a tune though, when Al puts up stuff like this in the “About Us” page of his new project.
If it isn’t our fault, but our problem, then who’s fault is it? Oh, and that “And with your help” is code for “donate”.
And when you visit the donate page you get an address:
Want to donate by mail?
Write a check to “The Climate Reality Project” and send it to:
The Climate Reality Project
901 E Street NW, Suite 610
Washington, DC 20004, USA
Guess who else shares this address:
http://www.pewenvironment.org/about-us/contact-us/
Al Gore 2.0 – just as credible as any other pollster donations solicitor doomsayer.
Or how the clock during the 1970’s across the street from the newly formed Department of Energy that was busy counting down the number of days until the country ran out of gas. There estimate was 7 years, but the clock disappeared before it finished its countdown and so maybe that’s the answer to these problems (just quit worrying). Or it could have been President Reagan’s dismantling of price controls on natural gas and then developers went out and found a whole bunch more. I can never figure it out.
netdr says:
July 13, 2011 at 12:43 pm
I’ll bet it isn’t measurable.
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It looks even sillier when you write it this way…..
The CO2 increase, since the Little Ice Age, is 0.01
When he or some other person shows me rising atmospheric infra-red after these past scores of years’ telling me the G.H.G. Effect was gonna snuff out civilization,
When he shows me the unending, screaming-bloody-murder- complaits of the infra-red telescopy field over the past scores of years as they’ve told me the G.H.G. Effect was gonna snuff out my future,
When he shows me the never ending saga of the optical telescopy field complaining about the MANDATORY RISE in MOTION – distortion – through their lenses as rising HEAT – everyone knows the definition of heat on gas is MOTION hence distortion – the name of that effect as everyone knows is Atmospheric Scintillation –
the STARS twinkling over Gore’s and all our heads –
When they show me these MANDATORY ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNATURES in the past several score years as manmade gases have raged ever upward,
Then they’ll have a Greenhouse Gas Effect.
When they establish that atmospheric heat specifically in the infra-red spectrum has risen in the atmosphere
in the face of recent study releases showing atmospheric infra-red FALLING
then they will have that Magic Greenhouse Gas Effect they promise me there but my background in atmospheric electromagnetic transmission capture and analysis shows me in perfect clarity
isn’t there
THEN – when they do ALL THAT
they can convince me this magically missing effect
is going to terminate civilization through yet more magical means.
Until then they have a hypothesis that’s been proven wrong by the fact not one of the instruments we devised will admit to there being any effect at all relevent to their claims.
I’m an atmospheric radiation man. Al Gore’s the nation’s most notoriously out of touch politician whose own wife got so sick of his constant scamming she left him and threatened a tell-all book to shut down his intimidation tactics, which as we see has worked very, very well.
I get so sick of people whose background isn’t atmospheric radiation telling me I don’t understand, it’s quite annoying. There are a half-dozen ways to check whether this magically un-registerable-on-any-instrument-whatever ‘effect’ even exists.
They all: to the last photon – say ‘Nope, nice try, Epic Phale’ to those who purport this illucid magical gas voodoo/crank theory.
The entire Gore movement is nightly mocked by the stars twinkling over their heads.
Again, science kids, what is the definition
of heat
on gas?
M.o.t.i.o.n.
What is the definition of increasing motion in the atmosphere?
Atmospheric Scintillation or the stars twinkling over our heads.
If there is more heat in the atmosphere there must by definition of heat on gas
be more motion hence more distortion, to optical telescopic instruments magnifying atmospheric distortion hundreds of times.
If, that effect hasn’t been growing, then the lie that heat is building in the atmosphere is nothing more or less than that, and the reason, in all these years,
not ONE professor
not ONE student
looking for that BLOCKBUSTER PAPER that PROVES the G.H.G. Effect is real finally
has gone and simply collected 90 or 100 years’ photographs of sections of the sky at similar times of year and compared them to modern photographs through the same or similar instruments
and trotted out the undeniable evidence that since heat on gas is motion
the ‘more heat’ claim mandatory to G.H.G. Hypothesis it isn’t even a theory –
is happening,
is that every time someone tries to do that, the answer comes up “Phale.”
Because there is no climbing heat in the atmosphere.
And the reason the people who maintain the assemblies that flex telescope mirrors to ADJUST FOR that Atmospheric Scintillation aren’t coming forward saying “Yea, 35 years ago we had to flex the mirrors X amount, but now, it’s more, Y amount,
is because there IS no need for more and more flex to adjust for more and more distortion,
because there IS no more heat up there.
Now if one of you has revoked the laws of light and heat then you explain how in all these years’ RAGING upward trajectory of manmade gases,
these fields have either come right out and SAID they find no “climbing atmospheric infra-red” like in the 14 year study most recently in the news finding atmospheric i.r. levels having FALLEN over time
or their utter silence tells a damning, final tale about this magical ‘effect’ being hypothetically alluded to and of course proven not to exist time after time by every instrument faiing to register the proper signatures mandatory to the magic effect’s existence.
It is enough, this pretense there’s no way to check on this hillbilly pseudo-science.
Enough.
We checked,
for YEARS.
It’s not there.
Period.
So Gore can ‘Count Down’ all he wants: Count down to explain why his Carbon Credits are worth effectively nothing
‘Count Down’ to when his wife finally puts out that tell-all book that’s going to have him “finding his spiritual roots” somewhere there’s not so much media freedom like Morocco or Paris, or ANYWHERE except where we know just what to say to him to make him want to throw up at the thought of his now utterly bankrupted legacy,
he can ‘Count Down’ all he WANTS
But he’s not going to intimidate those stars twinkling over his, and his gushing followers’ ill-educated heads into twinkling harder and harder till the Magic Gas Effect shuts down Optical and Infra-Red Telescopy a third or half the time.
That’s not going to be happening.
Not once, not ever. Which is why like I said, the entire field of infra-red and optical telescopy’s deafening silence, is a whole lot louder than those sky-is-falling Bush-like climate ‘terror’ alerts and ‘countdowns’.
Oh Lord this video was cringeworthy. I had hoped for some thought provoking material, but it was really awful. As some one who is a skeptic who believes the climate is warming this was a desperately disappointing film. It’s also going to be so embarrassing when nothing, or very little happens on the day.
When it comes to Doomsday clocks there is one that reflects a very real “reality” and a doom that dwarfs anything the global climate can possibly inflict.
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
We had best hope that “reality” never does break through the world’s gladly shared delusion that dollars, euros, and most of the other fiat currencies out there actually have any intrinsic value. The only difference between those currencies and Zimbabwe dollars is a matter of public perception, or more accurately misperception. The reality is that we are one “Emperor has no clothes” moment away from complete meltdown. All it will take is for one small clear voice to ring out from those watching the passing parade to say ” Wake up people these clowns are asking us to lend them money to pay us back the vig on the money we lent them last month.” Fortunately the human capacity for self delusion is very strong because those voices have already spoken, but the world has, so far, succeeded in ignoring them. Reality is far to grim to intrude.
The Left has for many years now been extolling the virtues of “speaking truth to power” but what we have really needed are political leaders who are willing to speak truth to the people. Sadly any pol who has ventured anywhere near that concept has had a career half life approximately equal to the lifespan of a mayfly. The world is overflowing with organizations dedicated to hectoring us about how unsustainable our lifestyles are, all focused on aspects of our habits which could actually be easily sustained by fairly typical human adaptations, all the while completely ignoring the one aspect of our lives that has proven itself repeatedly to be absolutely unsustainable. That is the notion of a society which provides cradle to grave coddling for those unwilling act on their own behalf on the backs of those who are.
Almost everyone in the world admits that government entitlement programs are completely unsustainable. Such admissions are immediately followed by declarations that, of course, we can’t possibly do anything to change them. Thomas Sowell had a column recently where he suggested the government’s deficit could be seriously reduced if we just quit sending checks to millionaires and billionaires. Social Security and Medicare are the most regressive systems it would be possible to design. Despite all the hype about old folks on fixed incomes, of which I happen to be one, the age demographic of recipients is among the wealthiest in the country. Because the payroll tax is capped, the rich end up paying it at a much smaller rate than all those burger flippers out there who pay the full rate on every nickel they earn. Despite these fairly obvious facts Democrat politicians treat every suggestion that these programs need immediate reform with voluminous declarations that every old crock in the country will end up starving to death under a bridge when they lose the strength to open their last can of dog food, if such a thing is even contemplated
Virtually every other one of the government’s nearly uncountable subsidy programs functions in the same regressive manner. Despite being touted as great benefits for the common man when they were enacted, the real money always ends up flowing to the richest individuals and corporations.
If you go to the Debt Clock site I linked above and do some simple arithmetic, you’ll find that government at all levels will spend $22,000+ for each and every person in the country this year. Is their anyone out there who believes that you and your family derive $22,000 of benefits from government for each of you. And as to the rich not paying their fair share, if you multiple that $22K times the number of members in your household and you’re not paying that amount in taxes, you’re not paying your share and someone else is picking up your tab.
James Evans says:
July 13, 2011 at 9:38 am
Please stop quoting the village idiot 🙂
I wonder how many errors there might be in Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project web site. I just glanced at the page on French Polynesia and learned that “Black pearl exports are responsible for 62 percent of the country’s GDP.” Wikipedia (on a page not yet edited by William Connolley) suggests that the real number is about 4 percent (US$ 0.2 billion in pearl exports from a country with a GDP of about US$ 5.6). Could it be that “climate reality” is an alternative reality?
With Al Gores luck, this will be a PR disaster. I can’t wait!
Sometimes I can’t help but feel a little sorry for the poor bastard. But in a few seconds the feeling passes.
You forgot Andrew Simms, who does a monthly report in the Guardian:
The funny thing is that he is backing away in recent months from the countdown. Funny that. ;>)
We are dealing with a bunch of public opinion manipulating scam artists. FAIL!
Religion, Global Warming and Doomsday go together like straberries, cream and a light sprinkling of sugar.
The ignorance of the average alarmist is amazing to me.
They don’t know that:
1) The amount of warming from a doubling of CO2 is only .4 ° C according to the British Royal society.
“29)
Application of established physical principles shows that, even in the absence of
processes that amplify or reduce climate change (see paragraphs 12 & 13), the climate
sensitivity would be around 1° C, for a doubling of CO2 concentrations. A climate forcing
of 1.6 Wm-2 (see previous paragraph) would, in this hypothetical case, lead to a globally averaged surface warming of about 0.4oC.”
2) Any additional warming theoretically would be caused by increased water vapor but since 1950 water vapor has gone down. So where is the Catastophyegoing to come from
http://climate4you.com/ [greenhouse gasses]
Moreover many peer reviewed studies show the feedback may be negative.
3) The warming of CO2 is logarithmic so each molecule of CO2 causes less warming.
The less people know about science the easier it is for the alarmists to fool them.
4) The oceans are rising at less than 3 MM per year or 1 cigarette length in 30 years.
http://sealevel.colorado.edu/
Since about 2008 the rise has decreased markedly.
nihilism, thy name is Gore…
the world is wonderful…
Interactive: The Night Sky As You Have Never Seen It Before (Must See To Believe)
http://www.norcalblogs.com/gate/2011/07/the-night-sky-as-you-have-never-seen-it-before.php
Dave Wendt says:
July 13, 2011 at 2:22 pm
I assume you are aware of Obama’s latest threat regarding SS payments, but do you know he also implied the same fate for Veterans benefits and military retirement, and implied even military payroll may not be met unless he gets his way? I wonder if he’s been in touch with the BATF lately and been informed of who owns the biggest and most guns in this country? You guessed it – old guys(and gals ) military retiree’s, and active duty military.
What they meant to say (I guess) was, “62 percent of the country’s exports.”
It’s a typo… should have read: Al Gore – Chews Reality.
Andrew Harding says:
As well as Doomsday predictions we have been subjected to the following “predictions”
Upto 60,000 deaths from Swine Flu last winter in UK
AIDS will kill millions
Mad Cow Disease will kill thousands
Well, there were “up to” that many deaths. People grossly underestimate the flu. In 1919 and 1920 the “Spanish flu” killed more than WWI did. We have to take it seriously every time, because eventually a bad strain will re-emerge.
AIDS has killed millions. Or have you not noticed?
Mad Cow has a long incubation time. We have not seen all the deaths yet. In any case if the authorities had not cracked down it would have killed many more. Are you suggesting that they should have just laughed it off?
The international medical community are not alarmists, and should not be connected to the AGW zealots. They are dealing with things that do kill, and that left to their own devices will kill millions. Mocking them is a very foolish thing to do, because it encourages people to get sloppy about public health. Yes, they tend to see danger. But their reaction is not to panic and suggest radical changes in our economies on the “precaution principle”, like the AGW zealots. Instead they suggest firm but limited action and, most important, prepardness (i.e. mitigation).
Al Gore if he does write anything should use an alias. He is so annoying and hypocritical i cant stand it. One day he might realize he is doing more harm than good for his “cause”
IAmdigitap;
Gore’s got his few hundred million$ buffer skimmed from suckers here and abroad; he can duck and cover in comfort when the feces hits the fan. If his ego lets him. As Ms. F. noted, “Al has some problems with blabber control.”
here’s a word for willis-
climate chiliasts!
Armageddon outa here!
Not if we keep encouraging him.
Nuclear doomsday clock: Scientists invent atom bomb then give us stern looks because they think we might use it. Hypocrites.
AGW Doomsday clock: Scientists invent the engine then give us stern looks because we have been using it. Hypocrites.
Scientists: only too happy to take the accolades of success whilst blaming the consequences of misuse on everybody but themselves.
Is it really a valid or even mature way of prosecuting the debate on climate disingenuously to present – even if in jest – Gore’s clock as counting down to some kind of doomsday (a la Camping or 2012) when it’s a countdown to an event ABOUT global warming? Come on. Really.
RockyRoad says:
mrdarcy_pemberley says:
“Many scientists are now warning that we are moving closer to several ‘tipping points’ that could – within as little as 10 years – make it impossible for us to avoid irretrievable damage to the planet’s habitability for human civilization.” –
As a geologist, one thing I’m absolutely sure is that Earth will experience another Ice Age in the not so distant future–and it will happen with devastating consequences–a true “tipping point” if ever there was one. To counter the above AlGorian pronouncement, it is likely that abundant anthropogenic CO2 is forestalling the next Ice Age, so their “irretrievable damage” meme is unjustifiable; indeed, it is possible that they’re trying to destroy the one thing that will delay, nay, might even save the world from the next 100,000-yr deep freeze.
RockyRoad – they’re already hedging their bets on that one.
Earlier this week, I saw a program on History International called “Mega Disasters”, episode title “Mega Freeze”. They started off the program discussing Ice Ages, LIA, MWP, and such, and the societal devastation the LIA caused.
They then proceeded, about halfway through the program, to clearly and explicitly claim that “Global Warming” (They actually used those words) was likely to cause a new Ice Age.
This is a good story and be sure to read the comments.
http://dailybail.com/home/chart-energy-costs-and-recessions-1973-2009.html#comments
Also if you like R&B this gem is priceless. Even moreso the research material contained in the comments…
http://dailybail.com/home/song-green-energy-blues.html