FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/29/12
WUWT-TV to debut on November 14th to counter Al Gore’s “Dirty Weather Telethon” on November 14th and 15th starting at 8PM EST (5PM PST)
Al Gore is forming another 24 hour media event on November 14th, focusing on “dirty weather”, which you can read about here. It is yet another example of what has been called “Tabloid Climatology”.
Gore’s program is another transparent attempt to link climate and weather, and to make people fearful of common weather events that we’ve seen all throughout history. WUWT hosted a 24 hour event last year, thanks to the talents of our contributing cartoonist, Josh. You can review that here.
Last year during his “24 Hours of Climate Reality”, Mr. Gore created a video called “Climate 101” in which he purported to show a laboratory experiment showing the warming effects of CO2. Unfortunately it was discovered that Mr. Gore fabricated the experimental results using video post production techniques. You can read about it and see the evidence here:
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Due to Mr. Gore broadcasting fabricated and impossible science experiments, and then failing to correct the video even when glaringly obvious falsifications were pointed out, and partly due to WUWT’s founder Anthony Watts recent interview (and backlash) on PBS Newshour, a donor has stepped forward and offered to equip WUWT for professional Live TV over the Internet and has purchased a complete web enabled TV studio setup for use this year, seen here:
http://www.newtek.com/products/tricaster-40.html
It includes two cameras, live video over net input, and live graphics/slideshow input.
It has been tested and has succeeded a 24 hour live web broadcast burn in period. When in production, the WUWT-TV web channel will have all of the elements of a professional TV production.
During the event, WUWT-TV will be able to conduct live video interviews via Skype online video, plus will feature simultaneous PowerPoint presentations run in high quality HD to go with the live interview, while the guest narrates. These can be full screen or split screen depending on the setting.
PowerPoint presentations will be pre-loaded into the system, and to facilitate remote control, WUWT has engineered a remote ‘clicker’ that allows guest presenters to control the presentation from their end, using a web page with a forward and back button on it.
WUWT-TV has invited a number of individuals to give presentations, here is the list so far.
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR:
Andrew Montford (Author of The Hockey Stick Illusion)
Richard Lindzen (Alfred P. Sloan professor of Meteorology, MIT)
Marc Morano (Climate Depot)
John Coleman (Founder of the Weather Channel, now at KUSI-TV)
Chris Horner (Senior Fellow, Center for Energy and Environment, CEI)
Steve McIntyre (editor of ClimateAudit.org)
Dr. Ross McKitrick (University of Guelph)
John Christy (Alabama State climatologist, co author of UAH dataset)
Joe D’Aleo (WeatherBell)
Joe Bastardi (Weatherbell)
Senator Jim Inhofe
Bob Tisdale (author of Who Turned on The Heat?)
Dr. Ryan Maue (Weatherbell)
Burt Rutan, (Engineer and Aviation Pioneer)
Dr. Sebastian Lüning (co-author of Die kalte Sonne)
Harold Ambler (Author of Don’t Sell Your Coat)
Donna LaFramboise (Author of The Delinquent Teenager)
Pat Michaels (former State climatologist of Virgina, fellow of the Cato institute)
Pete Garcia (Producer of the movie The Boy Who Cried Warming)
Christopher Monckton (SPPI)
Invited but still undecided or have not returned RSVP:
Judith Curry (may appear by pre-recorded presentation she offered)
Burt Rutan (no reply)
John Kehr (no reply)
David Stockwell (no reply)
Jo Nova (undecided)
Dr. David Evans (no reply)
Zeke Hausfather, BEST (undecided)
Invited but declined:
Dr. Walt Meir, NSIDC (declined)
Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. (conflicting commitments prevent appearance)
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. (declined but offered supplemental materials)
Bill McKibben (declined due to other commitments)
There are still a few slots open. For those on the opposite side of the debate, as well as those on the skeptic side we invite you to participate, and welcome slide and narrative presentations from 15 minutes to 1 hour in length.
For questions or to request a time slot, please use the contact form if you will be able to participate. Given that Mr. Gore wants to sell the American public on ‘dirty weather’, which we know is an act of desperation, unsupported by the current state of the science (see this Nature editorial on the lack of linkage between climate and extreme weather) your voice will be particularly important.
If you cannot participate live during that time, we can arrange to pre-record the segment and play it at the appropriate time on November 14th or 15th. All that is required is a functional webcam (with headset preferred for best audio quality) A Skype account, and a short PowerPoint presentation or video clip.
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Contact WUWT here: http://wattsupwiththat.com/about-wuwt/contact-2/
apachewhoknows says:
October 29, 2012 at 2:59 pm
“See if there is any one who understands what the old people of Chaco Canyon of New Mexico were doing trying to track the sun and moon cycles. Some chance they too needed long term knowledge of the weather as they lived out in it for 10,000′s of years.”
That would be an amazing additional perspective. It would be terrific to see apachewhoknows take a spot.
Keith Briffa would be cool.
No one have mentioned Hernrik Svensmark, shame on you all.
Just remember: no one wants to dazzled and bored to death by experts and academics. All that is necessary is to keep it real, genuine, and done for good reasons – not a vanity fair.
Perhaps one or two of the 49 former NASA scientists and astronauts who wrote to Charles Bolden could speak, such as Apollo 7 lunar module pilot Walter Cunningham. Their opinion has great credibility around the world.
No James Delingpole?
This is terrific news! I am a bit concerned that you have chosen to launch with such a high profile, but hey, ya gotta start somewhere! Just be ready to be ridiculed for any errors that are sure to occur. There will likely be many. I used to work in live video production millions of years ago and even when we had time to edit there was always some glitch that snuck by. If I had one bit of advice to give it is to have 3 separate guests lined up for each time slot and juggle them as you go. Nothing worse than dead air. That’s what green rooms are for!
Best of luck!
Another vote for Willis and the thermostat.
It would be nice to see a memorial and retrospective of John Daly’s work, if anyone has the time to create one.
Oh, and if you are looking to spread wider, you could do a piece on Roger Bacon. He seems to have been the first person to propose that experiment and facts should trump authority – quite a feat for the 1200s, since authority (of the Bible or the Classical authors) was then seen as the only way to acquire wisdom. He effectively invented the concept of science as we know it today, and he fought for all of his life against the ‘science is settled’ approach of our current establishment.
He has his 800th anniversary coming up in 2013, and I believe that no one in world is planning to celebrate it…
Congratulations, Anthony. You are (and have been from the beginning) at the forefront of “alternative institutions”, “alternative media”, and investigative journalism. “Alternative” means with integrity and honoring the scientific method. May this endeavor thrive and give you (and us) hours of pleasure. Back to the Enlightenment! Best wishes.
Another vote for Tallbloke’s recommendation of Bryce Johnson.
http://climateclash.com/the-limits-of-carbon-dioxides-influence-on-world-temperature/
I hope I’ll be able to watch…might be travelling at the time. It sounds great.
I also was thinking of James Delingpole.
Really impressive. Could this be the first step towards an independent quality science TV channel ?
Will there be any structure or overall theme?
It would be really interesting to see the various areas of contention discussed, sea ice, global average temperature, ocean heat content etc. These could then be made into separate programmes post production and posted to Youtube etc for future reference and interest and for those that don’t have twenty four hours to watch it all!
it would also be great to have interviews done in the UK with David Rose (Daily Mail) and Peter Sissons (formerly BBC).
Boy, with a cast like that it’s a wonder commercial interests have jumped in.
A great step forward Anthony –
Here is an idea for some content at some time.
This 1990 documentary “The Greenhouse conspiracy” was way ahead of its time in 1990.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10383971?selectedversion=NBD10248532
Youtube has it here –
but I can not get it to play.
Dr Richard North should be extended an invitation…
REQUEST:
Can all interviews be cut into individual parts and uploaded to YouTube?
p.s.
Here’s hoping Burt Rutan is a show.
Rog Tattersall would be good on sea surface temps, etc..
Fred Singer
Roy Spencer
Really impressive list. Really.
Just wondrin:
Roy Spencer? Chrisopher Booker? Freeman Dyson? James Delingpole? Mark Steyn? William Happer? Dennis Miller (yes, that Dennis Miller)
Much as I admire James Delingpole, I feel that the broadcast should focus on the science rather than the politics. James is great at exposing the thinking surrounding the environmental politics that we suffer from in the UK but, at this stage, I feel we need to debunk the science and leave the green movement no room to say you are using hyperbole to make your points.
Once the ‘science’ is undermined and the concept of a consensus is proven to be false, the rest of the ideology can be tackled in due course.
Good luck and, as others have said, please ensure there is some kind of archive that those of us in Europe can access after the events.
Dr. Vincent Courtillot could discuss the regional temps as compared to the supposed “global” temps, for North America and Europe.
Could I suggest contacting Paul Homewood at
Not A Lot Of People Know That
http://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/
He’s done some sterling work on data manipulation in places such as GISS and the UK Met Office.
Others are recommending Bob Carter and I recommend him too if its possible.
BTW This is a great idea and I wish you all the best!!