Dr. James Hansen, now no longer on a leash under NASA policy, has started what I expect will be the first of many ugly comments and actions in his new role as activist.
Niall from Canada writes in asking for help from WUWT and the readership:
This Saturday morning Canada’s state broadcaster (the CBC) aired, on their weekly politics & current affairs show “the House”, a 15 min. ‘interview’ with James Hansen, in which he denigrated our Government as “neanderthal” in it’s approach to AGW, and that climate change science is “crystal clear”.
He also angled for a carbon tax (presumably to support his desired global wealth re-distribution scheme). I know you’re a very busy guy, but if you could formally respond in writing to the CBC, and indicate the gross errors Hansen voiced, and also post to your own site, many of us Canadian climate ‘realists’ would be very grateful for your help in exposing this grotesque charlatan.
Att’d is the link for the show, and the address to respond to.
Yours very truly,
Niall from Winnipeg
the Story:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/04/26/pol-hansen-oliver.html
Wasn’t it in 1980 that Hansen solemnly predicted (no doubt with one of his little smiles thrown in and the head in full tilt) that Manhattan’s perimeter highway would be submerged by 2010?
There has been no measureable increase in sea level there since 1980.
And I think 2010 was the year the IPCC predicted there would be 50 million “climate refugees” on the move.
Seriously, this guy needs to get help.
I don’t know about you but I certainly wouldn’t want to be one of his grandchildren…
“he denigrated our Government as “neanderthal” in it’s approach to AGW, and that climate change science is “crystal clear”.”
It seems that Hansen isn’t aware of just how much the Canadian gpovernment actually supports AGW and the IPCC. I suspect not many Canadians do either, they have been fooled by the apparent “scepticism” of Canada by pulling out of a new Kyoto:
December 2011, at Durban: http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=714D9AAE-1&news=B37E3BE6-5D04-4566-B674-677A20213456
“Environment Minister Peter Kent announced that the Government of Canada is contributing $1.2 billion to support international efforts to help developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate.
“Canada came to Durban to make a real contribution toward a global solution to this global issue; this signals that,” said Minister Kent. “We are hoping for an agreement that covers all emitters and providing supports for developing countries that can most use the help.”
“Canada wants to see real reductions in emissions and real results.”
Canada supports the 2009 Copenhagen Accord, which is a significant breakthrough in the global effort to address climate change. Our contribution of $1.2 billion in fast-start financing is an important way in which Canada is meeting its commitments.”
http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=5F50D3E9-1
“As part of our commitment to provide our fair share of fast-start financing, Canada is contributing $1.2 billion in new and additional climate change financing for the fiscal years 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/2013. This is Canada’s largest ever contribution to support international efforts to address climate change. It is focused on three priority areas – adaptation, clean energy, and forests and agriculture.”
You say Hansen is now unleased, I would add that he has been unhinged for a very long time.
The science is clear? Kerry is well informed?
As we say. that’s total bolleaux
@ur momisugly Ric Werme says:
April 27, 2013 at 3:38 pm
I’m sure the Warmed – Fevered Mind will not handle this at all well. Anger, attack, followed by paralysis, then general numbness until they are either dead or can find another package of certainty.
Sceptics may have had to handle a lot, but people who are at home with questions and therefore possibility are much more resilient. How, in the contemporary world, could a sane person otherwise exist?
“BC is the number 1 reason Canadians use the internet so heavily..”
Exactly. I used to watch CBC programming regularly. The morning after Mit Romney was defeated, CBC News World was openly gloating about it and making fun of Romney. It went on all morning, they could not regain their composure, they were so happy for Romney’s defeat. I doubt even MSNBC gloated as much as the CBC. I have never seen a news service openly do such a thing ever.
I have never watched any CBC programming since of any kind, including Hockey Night.
Gene Selkov says:
April 27, 2013 at 4:57 pm
OK. On the scale of stupid analogies Hansen proposes, he himself looks like a prehominid. Neanderthals, rock on!
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Pre-hominid he is! In this one “instinct” he displays he has got something right.
There is a clear demarcation between his “type” and humanity. But he puts himself on the wrong evolutionary rung. His impulses are generated by his vestigal reptilian brain. A primitive thing. Enemy of humanity. Observably.
If Hansen believes himself in everything he preaches, then what would you expect him to say or do? He is being fully consistent with his concerns.
Jimbo says:
April 27, 2013 at 5:14 pm
Dr. James Hansen opened windows night before his testimony to congress in 1988 so the ACs would not work properly next day……………
…and more
Question: Can I trust Dr. James Hansen when it comes to the climate????
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That is exactly the question and these are some of the reasons to ask it.
If you are dealing with someone either apparently deranged and/or untrustworthy, you don’t bother with the details of their claims to an authority to make pronouncements. That at any time is asking for trouble; here it is suicidal.
Who should believe such a man about anything?
I can see why they retired him. Now he is digging his own grave.
Let’s see, Skeptics/Climate Realists want mankind to flourish, with energy that’s affordable and available 24/7. They want to see man expand his knowledge, and to raise living standards. Hansen, and his fellow travelers, on the other hand, want the exact opposite. So, which one is the troglodyte?
@ur momisugly davidmhoffer says:
April 27, 2013 at 9:01 pm
A very good point.
It is hard (for me anyway, even now) to remember sometimes that that this is not a case of dispassionate researchers getting about their business out of the everyday public eye, and responding when something of general interest arises and the media come to know somehow. In that situation, any coverage comes across as a genuine interest in something of significance.
Hansen and ilk will be relentlessly making representations to ALL the media in Canada about Keystone (or anything else they can think of).
So the NON – APPEARANCE elsewhere is very telling. More so, to me, than appearance on a channel more or less obliged to propaganda.
So I think your comment about “going quiet” is dead right.
Hansen’s just jealous that neanderthals have a bigger cranium – and can use tools effectively..
@ur momisugly DMarshall says:
April 27, 2013 at 11:26 pm
There’s a difference. Comments about Hansen on this site are generally accurate, and if stated in what seems uncompromising language, still have an observable basis in reality.
jc says:
April 28, 2013 at 5:33 am
jc, comments like that are few and far between
@ur momisugly atarsinc says:
April 28, 2013 at 1:05 am and previous mock intelligences.
it is difficult for supporters – such as you – of advocates of mass slaughter of humans to strike any sort of pose mimicing dignity.
As you prove.
Even an imitation requires some familiarity with humanity. You fail.
atarsinc:
At April 28, 2013 at 1:01 am you say
Not “revealing” at all. It is common knowledge that I like to see justice.
If you were ignorant of that – as you are of most things – then you only had to ask me.
Sadly, true justice is not likely to be applied to Hansen or you.
Richard
@ur momisugly richardscourtney says:
April 28, 2013 at 5:52 am
I don’t know what manner of behavior this organism atarsinc has displayed: from “at -argh -sink”, it’s possible there are fears of going down the gurgler, probably for good reason, but as for Hansen, there is every reason to believe, depending entirely on the will of humanity, that justice will be served.
The only thing “crystal clear” is how overstated climate sensitivity to CO2 is…
I didn’t wanna write anything about Hansen, I really, really didn’t. But my sister, my older sister sent me a text message this morning; Sunday morning, which I religiously observe by sleeping late. Which, of course, is no different then any other morning. And she sent the damn thing at 6 o’clock. She wanted me to come over, NOW, and help her pick out a necklace. Get that? At 6 o’clock Sunday morning this has to be done.
And you know why? She’s miserable. And do you know why she’s miserable? Because my niece is miserable. And why is my niece miserable? Because she’s getting married and she wants everything to be absolutely positively perfect at the wedding. And she knows, that just like everything else in life, there isn’t a chance in hell that its going to be absolutely positively perfect. So she’s miserable. And she thinks, if she can make her ma miserable, she’ll be less miserable. And she’s cleverly doing this by nitpicking what kind of necklace will go with the bride’s maid dresses. So, my sister has decided to recruit me in this orgy of miserableness.
Does it make sense now? Does it appear that maybe this is what Hansen’s doing?
@ur momisugly Tom J says:
April 28, 2013 at 6:17 am
Maybe a bit different. At least there is the prospect of a wedding. Rather than a funeral.
Although, I suppose, for the grandkids of the Select, though the road may not be clear yet, Nirvana must be possible if only the rest of them can be cleared away.
James Hansen is bright, articulate, and correct. Except when he’s not.
He says some things that are very right – that we should use more nuclear and that we should only do things that we would do even if CAGW were not real. Like limiting soot and particulate matter. But then half of his prescriptions contradict his other prescriptions. So I would say he’s a bit confused.
When Jimmy Hansen dies, will his grandchillin’ cremate him, causing more global warming?
He is now a politician. “Denigrating” is a politician’s main weapon of choice. It also replaces and thus destroys his scientific credibility. Let him bloviate. His own words will do the trick. Not one of us can come up with something better to convict him on. Hansen, your seat in the expert section (has “beans” under pressure), awaits you. Denigrate to your heart’s content. And say hi to Al.
addendum: I hearby apologize to Canada for misplacing our village idiot. Alas it is our duty to be the country where he lays his head down at night, so pin his home address on his little coat sleeve and send him back.
leftturnandre says:
April 27, 2013 at 3:52 pm
“The reason why moral enterpreneurs are often successful may be explained by the Milgram experiment, in which people were prepared to administer lethal electrical shocks just by the power of authority.”
The wikipedia page says: ” If the teacher asked whether the learner might suffer permanent physical harm, the experimenter replied, “Although the shocks may be painful, there is no permanent tissue damage, so please go on.” ”
This sounds like the “teacher” did not know that a 450V shock would be lethal; but believed it to be harmless. Indeed the voltage alone does not kill if the current is limited to small values – microamperes.
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Any jolt to the nervous system can cause a heart attack. The Milgram experiment made sure that the “teacher” knew that the “student” had a heart condition.