Note: This letter to WUWT from Sherri Quammen was received today at at 1:47 PM PST and titled as: A “do it yourself” home global warming test. I present it in entirety, unedited, with appropriate citations for spelling and the original story. See follow up here. – Anthony
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When I suggested (WUWT May 22nd, 2007) that Mr. Watts park his gas guzzler in the garage, close all the doors and leave his engine running, it was a humourous [sic] yet effective attempt to make a point to all the ney [sic] sayers that man has drastically affected this planet’s climate as well as it’s [sic] very fragile, life supporting eco-systems.
I merely suggested that he try a little experiment at home comparing the effects from the exaust [sic] of just one running vehicle on his health as well as the probable increase of temperature in his garage. He obviously knows that many folks have commited [sic] suicide doing this or he wouldn’t have avoided the real issue and instead call me a vitral [sic] filled leftist or what ever he said at the time. If one car in an enclosed area ( like the Earth’s atmosphere) can kill someone, then imagine what six billion running cars can do.
In just the short time that the government insued [sic] a no fly rule after 9-11 where no planes were allowed in US skies, there was over a one degree cooling of the atmosphere’s temperature or something like that. Can you see where I’m going with this, or am I just another tree hugging earth lover with my head in the polluted clouds? I’m pretty sure this won’t be printed. We can expect as much from a man paid by the corporations to be a weapon of mass deception.
Sherri Quammen
Concow, CA
Shortage of Tinfoil ?
But no shortage of recreational chemicals…
Concow, CA from wiki:
Industry
Historically the Concow region supported dairy farming, ranching, and forestry. The region is zoned (2010 map) for timber production, 5 to 10ac foothill residential, a small area for 1ac foothill residential, and a couple small areas for commercial[33].
In the late 1990’s the CDP became known regionally for a significant domestic product consisting of informal market production and commerce [5].
The region contains marijuana agricultural production, large irrigated plantations were discovered during the 2008 fire. The 2000 domestic product from legitimate income sources is approximately $17.5 million, during and after the 2008 fires an estimated $50 million worth of marijuana was removed [6][7], indicating that the region’s per-capita income is under-reported. The region’s marijuana production is 2% to 3% of California’s total production [8] [9]. The 2008 fire changed the regional micro-climate with the result that crop yields dropped.
10/04/2001 marijuana grow, father of four out squirrel hunting found dead[34]
07/04/2008 9,459 marijuana plants, value $37,800,000[35]
07/10/2008 25 marijuana plants[36]
02/23/2009 32 pounds processed marijuana[37]
03/18/2009 246 pounds processed marijuana + 55 plants[38]
06/18/2009 3 pounds processed marijuana[39]
06/19/2010 Man poses as federal agent and brandished a firearm to seize marijuana in Concow[40][41]
09/09/2010 56 marijuana plants + 200 marijuana clones[42]
08/11/2011 3 pounds processed marijuana, value $27,000[43]
08/14/2011 54 + 369 marijuana plants, value $1,110 to $3,200 per pound[44]
12/1/2011 the difference between informal market industry and formal market are sufficiently blurred at this point that adding to this list seizures less than several thousand plants is not prudent[45]
The region is stereotypically thought of as a place for the manufacture and abuse of the US Schedule II controlled substance stimulant Methamphetamine. It is rumored that there are frequent unpublicized raids by the Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force (BINTF) overseen by the Butte County District Attorney’s Office – but there is no citable evidence to validate these rumors.
08/11/2011 53.31 grams methamphetamine, value $8,000[46]
With the destruction of most unpermitted structures [10] during the 2008 fire, the prefire patterns of residences, commercial land use, informal and formal market industries, and recreational use has changed.
Ouch! I do some dumb things myself but I’m blushing on her behalf.
The spelling mistakes and the poor grasp of the issues are nothing compared to the fact it took her 5 years to lob the ball back into your court! However it does prove that there’s room for an idiots guide to being an AGW sceptic. She is not alone.
Oh Sherri, please come forth, defend thy honor, thy coherence and thy name.
DJ, aren’t you afraid the beer will go up your nose?
“In just the short time that the government insued [sic] a no fly rule after 9-11 where no planes were allowed in US skies, there was over a one degree cooling of the atmosphere’s temperature or something like that.”
You have to wonder how these people deal with the changing of the seasons. What do they think happens to the temperatures across the US from mid to late September?
Anthony, you do have to at least give her credit for helping to inspire you with the surfacestations project. This is from 2007, pre WUWT: http://www.norcalblogs.com/watts/local_issues/
“You may remember a couple of weeks ago I got sideswiped by Ms, Sherri Quammen, who in a letter to the editor called me a “weapon of mass destruction” because I’m actively involved in climate change issues locally. While funny, it did give me the impetus (aka kick in the pants) I needed to get very busy and serious about a project I had been contemplating for some time:
A national repository of weather station site surveys.”
She would probably be horrified to hear that she “helped” you to expose the poor quality of temperature stations.
Here is a picture of her at a rally: http://www.pbase.com/alansheckter/image/134211302
Our cat knows more about science than this person. The video-photo shot that Ron found is very illuminating. Our cat has a better brain/body weight ratio, This letter shows why it is so hard talking to these Warmists. They only have out put mode, no input mode for facts from the real World.
I was not aware that anybody was that moronic.
Perhaps she was paid by Big Oil to deceive others?
“boston12gs says:
Surely this is satire.
Surely.”
That’s Sherri, NOT Surely. Please don’t call me Surely.
Watching her at the open mic…my first thought “…keep your day job…”
Is that a Takamine? Those are all made from renewables…string, tuners, and all..then they’re shipped here in sailboats, right?
Was thinking at first she was tapping her foot, then realized that she must be running the pedal generator that powers the sound system. O’Shay’s is likely solar/wind powered….Sherri would never waste fossil fuel energy on something as patently wasteful of resources as entertainment…would she?
/sarc off
But really. The planet cools 1 degree with domestic, inbound and outbound U.S. air traffic halted for a day??? Great news then, now we know that we can reverse warming by shutting down air traffic for a few days….and Voila!! All better. (if we don’t send ourselves into an ice age, that is)
Not a big point but humourous is indeed spelled humourous or humorous. IIRC the former is more common on the other side of “the pond”, he latter here where we obstinately write colour color, humour humor, and so on. For whatever reason, firefox seems to favor English spelling instead of American, although there may be an add-on dictionary that — ahem — corrects for this:-).
Not that the message or writing is improved by one accidentally correct word (accidental because California is not London).
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Yesterday Anthony spent the day with Lord Monckton. Today he gets a letter from Sherri. The contrast must be making his head hurt.
Has anybody checked if Gleick’s undergone sex-change surgery by any chance.
This letter was peer-reviewed, right? Or something like that.
I suspect you could run that electric car of yours quite a while without ill effects. I wonder if the same could be said of Sherri’s car.
Was this written in green ink, by any chance?
I’m sure the Pacific Institute or IPCC could use someone of Sherri’s calibre in ‘there Pee Ur departmunt’ (sick) !!!!
I have always thought that CAGW Believers were verging on mentally defective, and completely unable to reason for themselves.
Now demonstrated by this superb example.
The CAGW Priests must be very proud of her. They need more like her.
They already have lots like her, you say?
Oh dear…..
David in Cal says:
March 22, 2012 at 2:47 pm
ISTM a tree-hugger ought to favor more CO2 emissions.
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As a genuine tree-hugger, I can assure you that this is true… in some cases, at least. I think some of you guys would be surprised to learn how many sceptical old hippies there are out there!
Love, Peace, and Happiness,
Frank
Actually there was a 1.1C increase but don’t let reality interfere with your religious views.
Poll
“Can you see where I’m going with this, 69 votes
or am I just another tree hugging earth lover with my head in the polluted clouds?” 3643 votes
‘ya know if you put yourself in an airtight space with a horse, the end result will be much the same as with a car. May take a bit longer, is all. Now imagine 6 billion horses spewing CO2 and methane, among other things. 😉
Just recovering from snorting my cup of tea whist reading this, I had’t realised that WUWT was dangerous as well as addictive.
QED, or something like that.
Wow…….
Just, ehhh…….wow
This is a college student/graduate? Correct all the spelling and punctuation errors and you’re still left with a steaming stream of compositional diarrhea. Her teachers should hang their heads in embarrassment.
With modern catalysed exhausts, is it even possible to get monoxide poisoning that way?