Remember this eye roller from Brown where he claimed LAX was at risk from sea level rise, only to have to walkback the claim the next day after it was pointed out on WUWT that LAX is well above sea level?
He’s at it again. Eric Worrall writes:
California Governor Jerry Brown has declared senator Ted Cruz is “unfit for office”, because Cruz doesn’t believe that global warming is the cause of the extreme cold in America’s North East.
According to CNN;
“What he said is absolutely false,” Brown said. “Over 90% of the scientists who deal with climate are absolutely convinced that the humans’ activity, industrial activity … are building up in the atmosphere, they’re heat trapping, and they’re causing not just one drought in California but severe storms and cold on the East Coast.”
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/22/politics/ted-cruz-2016-election-global-warming-jerry-brown/
What can I say – without experts like Jerry to explain the science to us, some of us might have wondered whether extreme cold in the North East, even after 30 years of “dangerous” global warming, and 18 years of no rise in global temperature, and record busting growth of Antarctic sea ice, might mean that someone made a mistake.
The Internet never forgets, even before the Internet. Late 1970s drought in California, it was catastrophic manmade global cooling causing the problem. Steven Goddard’s WordPress and comments documented the situation then. The clipping with Gov. Brown’s memorable quotes was dated March 7, 1977, 38 years ago and two years into the unprecedented drought that ended shortly thereafter with spectacular rainfall, snowfall, and flooding.
https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/edmund-browns-1977-global-cooling-bs-recycled-as-jerry-browns-2014-global-warming-bs/
Ahhhhhh, we’ve found the recipient of ‘Big Oil’ funding: Jerry ‘Can’ Brown.
Brown Blasts Republicans on Climate–but Silent on His Oil Fortune
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2015/03/23/brown-blasts-republicans-on-climate-but-silent-on-his-oil-fortune/
And takes you to PEARCE: Jerry Brown, oil baron
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/16/jerry-brown-oil-baron/#ixzz3VAA5RPR4
excerpt from PEARCE:
Sacramento Bee political columnist Dan Walters spent months researching the source of the Brown family wealth 30 years ago and recently shared the story with me in his small office crowded with family pictures, catty-cornered from the Capitol.
In a nutshell: After Jerry’s father, Pat, left the governorship in 1967, he was introduced to the Indonesian generals who had just overthrown the country’s post-colonial dictator, Sukarno, and set up a military junta. The former governor was able to cobble together a consortium of banks that lent $12 billion to the junta – “a lot of money in the late ‘60s,” Mr. Walters said. The banks were interested in the immense Royal Dutch Shell petroleum holdings in Indonesia, which Sukarno had nationalized and the junta controlled.
The grateful generals then set up two trading firms – one in Hong Kong and one in California – that handled the oil-exporting paperwork and were rewarded with a fee for each barrel, “a little taste, as they might say in the Mafia,” Mr. Walters said with a grin. Pat Brown was given 100 percent ownership of the California brokerage and half-ownership of the Hong Kong office. The deal was a very lucrative one because California’s early clean-air standards set a sulfur limit for the fuel burned in power plants – a limit only the clean, low-sulfur oil from Indonesia could meet.
Read the rest for yourself. There’s an interesting ‘twist’ in the sordid tale, just for ol’ Jerry Cans Brown.
Even the high-priests of the climate cult don’t agree with Jerry Brown…
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“It’s a fascinating paradox: global warming as the culprit for bone-chilling cold.
But more and more scientists are expressing reservations about this hypothesis, first proposed by Rutgers climate scientist Jennifer Francis and collaborators.
“It’s an interesting idea, but alternative observational analyses and simulations with climate models have not confirmed the hypothesis, and we do not view the theoretical arguments underlying it as compelling,” write five preeminent climate scientists (John Wallace, Isaac Held, David Thompson, Kevin Trenberth, and John Walsh) in a recent letter published in Science Magazine.
[…]
Despite this pushback, numerous mainstream press outlets have written about the Francis theory uncritically, failing to present countervailing views.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/02/20/scientists-dont-make-extreme-cold-centerpiece-of-global-warming-discussions/
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It’s also a popular theory with consensus-driven trolls. But it’s not part of “the consensus.”
@icouldnthelpit
I loved the Image that this person posted showing that the lowest negative was -.5 degrees Celsius and now we are at .7 degrees Celsius. So how much is natural variation and how much is Human induced?
Its a marvellous night for a moondream..la la la la – la la la la
A fantabulous night to drink moonjuice ‘neath the smog in those brown LA skies
The problem with Gov. Brown’s comments is that he seems to know nothing about what is happening to the climate in the rest of the country Yes there is warming in California but it is the only place in US. Regional warming in one state does not constitute” global “warming induced climate change
Seasonal trend of US Annual temperature anomalies since 1998 according to NOAA
3 out of 4 seasons and the annual temperature anomaly show a cooling trend.
• WINTER (-1.44 F/DECADE) COOLING
• FALL (-0.50 F/DECADE) COOLING
• SPRING (-0.06 F/DECADE) COOLING
• SUMMER (+0.23 F/DECADE) WARMING
ANNUAL (-0.48 F/DECADE) COOLING
Regional trend of US Annual temperature anomalies since 1998
8 out of 9 climate regions show a cooling trend
• OHIO VALLEY -0.9 F
• UPPER MIDWEST -1.5 F
• NORTH EAST -0.1F
• NORTHWEST -0.1 F
• SOUTH -0.5 F
• SOUTHEAST -.03 F
• SOUTHWEST -0.1 F
• WEST +0.7 F
• NORTHERN ROCKIES & PLAINS -0.1 F
Reblogged this on The Next Grand Minimum and commented:
Look folks, it our governor and we elected him. We are as much to blame for this stupidity and he is. I would be interested in how a pause in global warming for 18 years produces sever cold. I think that Governor Brown must have been protesting during science class.
A Freudian slip, by Moonbeam:
A direct “falsification of existing scientific data” is shocking. Moonbeam, backed into the truth, for once. Although he is confusing, model output for “existing scientific data”.
Unless he was referring to the manipulations of the existing scientific data, in an effort to “correct” it. Or the growing discrepancy between the satellite data, and the Land Sea Surface, data sets.
Jerry Brown’s accusation that Cruz falsified scientific data (ignoring the hypocrisy for a moment) sure sounds like a libel lawsuit. I hope so!
Turned the polar vortex over North America.
This is very bad news for Canada.
Sir Harry Flashman @ur momisugly March 25, 2015 at 7:04 am
“However, when multiple authorities across multiple lines of enquiry …”
No. No “however”. No exceptions. The history of science is replete with examples where the prevailing opinion of “multiple authorities across multiple lines of enquiry” was wrong.
Again, this isn’t about probability. You can make your argument that such-and-such authority is, in your opinion, probably correct. However, others’ assessment of your authority figure’s probity and reliability may differ from your own.
“What a low opinion you have of the field, and a high opinion you have of yourself for being able to discern the truth being covered up by these snivelling dishonest idiots.”
It’s a curse. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is a raving lunatic, claiming he can “see”, whatever that means.
But, you err in assuming that all in the field share the alamist viewpoint. You have been taken in by the massive PR campaign.
“…try the North American far north for starters …”
I do not need convincing that the climate changes. It always has. It always will. But, it is abundantly clear that it is dominated by natural processes.
For over 100 years, globally averaged temperatures have displayed a long term trend of about 0.75 degC/century, with a ~60 year oscillation of about 0.4 degC peak-to-peak superimposed. This pattern was laid in well before human inputs could have had any effect.
It is, moreover, quite clear that we have little influence on global atmospheric CO2 levels anyway. It is abundantly clear from the temperature correlation that human inputs are essentially superfluous.
And, even were those items untrue, warm is better than cold. I wish we did have control over the weather, and were making it warmer. Unfortunately, we are just a bunch of fleas on the elephant’s back with delusions of grandeur.
“And the PR campaign run by the fossil fuel companies and their political and media shills…”
You’re probably too young to remember The Kinks Destroyer. Paranoia, the destroyer.
“…to deny the science and the evidence of their senses and go along with it.”
So, in the end, you rely on anecdotal evidence to form your opinions. You must be very young, indeed. When you become as antiquated as I, you will have lost count of all the alarms that came and went, with the only net result being the enrichment of those who can always rely on a fresh batch of ingenues and naifs to line their pockets. With the climate, and it’s ~30 year half cycle, we have a resonance condition, as generational turnover roughly matches this period. So, every 30 years, we are treated to a new Global Warming/Cooling scam. And, each time, the reaction builds, as the latest crop of patsies imagines itself so far advanced beyond the last crop.
I am hopeful that the long institutional memory conferred by the internet will help arrest the cycle. In 2030 to 2040, when the cycle has reached its most recent nadir and the new panic is over Global Cooling again, we will be able to reach into the archives of this time to say definitively, yes, you said it was cataclysmic warming last time, and yes, you really were serious about it.
Nah, I’m pretty old.. FWIW I actually enjoy some of these conversations. I still don’t land on the “skeptic” side but some of my apocalypticism has diminished somewhat.
Good to hear it, or rather, read it. This whole brouhaha is a travesty of science. There is some truth at the foundation, but the structure built on top of it is cardboard. Yes, “greenhouse” gases absorb IR energy. Yes, all things being equal, additional impedance of egress of IR energy from the surface would act to heat it. It’s the “all things being equal” that is the rub.
The Earth’s climate is a fantastically complex and interconnected system, and to every action, there is a reaction. Increase the IR impedance, and among other things, you stir up the winds, which convect heat upwards to the layers from which it can be dissipated. You affect cloud formation, which modulates the incoming solar energy. You stir up biological activity, which has its own impacts. There is no valid scientific principle that states that, in the aggregate response, the surface ineluctably must heat, much less must heat significantly.
The AGW panic is based on what are taken to be three fundamental axioms:
1) Increasing atmospheric IR impedance must heat the surface
2) Atmospheric CO2 concentration has risen due to our release of latent CO2 from the combustion of fossil fuels, and will continue to do so if we do not stop burning them
3) Increased surface temperatures would be bad for living creatures, humans among them
Every evidence is interpreted in manner most consistent with this axiomatic basis. The house of cards comes tumbling down when you remove any one of them, because A) the evidences are then open to many interpretations, not all, or even most, of which support the hypothesis, and/or B) it becomes a moot question. And, not one of these putative axioms has been verified and/or is fundamentally true.
Weather events being reported as caused by global warming due to anthropogenic CO2 causing increased water vapor thus increased air temperatures flies in the face of atmospheric conditions that bring about weather events. For example, our weather forecast for NE Oregon indicates the possibility of record high temperatures. Is it because of anthropogenic warming? Hardly. It’s because of atmospheric conditions that set up to create above average warmth.
Here is our forecast:
SHORT TERM…TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY…AN UPPER RIDGE WILL PERSIST
OVER THE REGION TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH A WARM SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT OVER THE CWA. THIS WILL BRING MILD AIR ALONG WITH INCREASING
INSTABILITY. THE MOST UNSTABLE DAY WILL BE ON FRIDAY WITH NEGATIVE
LI VALUES AND SOME CAPE. AS A RESULT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. TODAY IT WILL BE TOO DRY
AND STABLE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING WITH COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT
ALONG WITH INCREASING WINDS FOR SATURDAY. EXPECT NEAR RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOWER
ELEVATION MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S TODAY AND
THEN MOSTLY IN THE 70S IN FRIDAY. THEN ON SATURDAY MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL DOWN TO THE 60S WITH 40S AND 50S IN THE
MOUNTAINS…WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS…ESPECIALLY IN THE
MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE QUITE HIGH THROUGH THE PERIOD SO WINTER
WEATHER WILL NOT BE A CONCERN DURING THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. WINDS ON
SATURDAY WILL INCREASE TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH THE STRONGEST
WINDS IN THE OPEN TERRAIN OF THE OREGON SIDE OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA
BASIN. AT THIS TIME WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY SPEEDS
ON SATURDAY.
LONG TERM…SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WESTERLY FLOW WILL BE
OVER THE REGION ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST ON
SUNDAY AS A WEAK RIDGE MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE RIDGE
WILL BE MOVING EAST ON MONDAY AS A TROUGH MOVES TO THE WEST COAST.
THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER
SYSTEM SHORTWAVE FOLLOWING IT INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THESE
SYSTEMS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SOME COLDER AIR WITH SNOW
LEVELS LOWERING TO ABOUT 4000 FEET AS WELL AS BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MONDAY AND THEN COOL TO NEAR SEASONAL LEVELS BY
WEDNESDAY.
As you can see, not one mention of human caused warming. However, anyone wanna bet that if record warmth occurs, it will be blamed on humans in spite of the reasonably deduced natural causes explained in the forecast above? It is this disconnect between obvious natural causes and the more sexy human connection that grinds. And Moonbeam is as disconnected as anyone could ever be.
Jerry Brown is doing his best to pollute science in the process of causing negative environmental impacts to the state of California to further the political and financial goals of fascist globalists.
moonbeam came from his book. I believe his name was taken moon-bat. Where he wrote about taking acid at night looking at the moon there were bats that flew by they though they where birds.