It’s no secret that climate alarmists have been trying to scare us for decades.
They seem to truly believe that the world is at risk from climate change, and make up “scary scenarios” to prod people into action, lifestyle changes, and idiotic self-taxation. Because as we all know taxes solve everything. /sarc
The late Dr. Steven Schneider said it best:
On the one hand, as scientists we are ethically bound to the scientific method, in effect promising to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but — which means that we must include all the doubts, the caveats, the ifs, ands, and buts. On the other hand, we are not just scientists but human beings as well. And like most people we’d like to see the world a better place, which in this context translates into our working to reduce the risk of potentially disastrous climatic change. To do that we need to get some broadbased support, to capture the public’s imagination. That, of course, entails getting loads of media coverage. So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have. – (Quoted in Discover, pp. 45–48, October 1989.)
This morning, Dr. Gavin Schmidt was true to form, even though a couple of weeks ago he called me “stupid” for suggesting climate scientists do this.
I replied, showing how the GISS temperature data looks when you put it in normal range. It’s hardly noticeable.
And then there’s Greta Thunberg, who “tries” to be scary, but comes off as laughable most of the time. I asked cartoonist Rick McKee if he would do a special for me for Halloween, and he obliged:
He was recently let go from his position at The Augusta Chronicle, because (this is my opinion only) his cartoons hit too close to home for some liberals and they complained.
So, help him out, buy him a beer (use link below), and please spread this cartoon far and wide on social media.
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/rmckeeart
I noticed recently that Greta Thunberg has had an insect named after her, Nelloptodes Gretae. It has no eyes or wings, so is unable to see CO2 and must travel everywhere on a yacht.
Gavin’s graph differs greatly from the UAH satellite record. link
Not only is he being selective about the scale of the graph, it looks like the data is being cooked.
Here is the problem.
Gavin was chosen by Hansen for a reason.
https://notrickszone.com/2019/03/31/fabricating-a-warming-nasa-now-altering-unadjusted-data-to-create-new-warmer-unadjusted-data/
Do these people not realise that once this stuff is published on the web it is there forever. So it is very easy to go back and look at the data…errrmm I mean fabrication.
Well spotted but is anyone surprised? I’m not.
Why on earth would you show variation in temperature on a scale from -40 to +120°C – what is special about those temperatures
If you are going to chose a real scale it should be on a scale that includes max and min temperatures :
0K to plank temperature – 1.416833(85) x 10^32 K.
On that scale the temperatures over the last billion or so years shows visually insignificant changes!!!!
The hubble telescope mirror was supposed polished 10 nanometers over a 2.4 metre diameter. unfortunately it was 2.2 micrometres in error of shape that’s only 1ppm. but this wrecked the instrument. if you had plotted the required shape and the actual shape nothing would have been seen. if you had plotted the error with a 2.4metre scale nothing would have been seen. Change the scale and the error is obvious. Which scale should nasa have used?
If ocean temperatures rose by a few tenths of K would you consider this insignificant. should you consider how much MORE energy is stored. Can you say that this energy will have no effect??
Temperature scales are chosen to best show changes and are not done to scare ignorant sheep.
“Temperature scales are chosen to best show changes and are not done to scare ignorant sheep.”
Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren’t.
Temperatures should be calculated in Kelvin because 2 degrees Celsius is not twice as hot as 1 degree Celsius.
Why on earth would you show variation in temperature on a scale from -40 to +120°C – what is special about those temperatures
Perhaps because that’s the temperature range that humans on this planet live in.
John Endicott November 1, 2019 at 5:15 am
Perhaps because that’s the temperature range that humans on this planet live in.
——————-
You cannot be serious
I wonder how many people live in temperatures of 120°C . Seems a trifle warm to me.!!!!
Max temp on earth is in 50s Celsius
I’d say you can’t be this seriously ignorant, ghalfrunt, but based on your posting history it’s clear that you certainly work at looking like you are.
First, the chart temp range is in °F not °C and even you must be aware of the range of temperature that humanity endures. For example, on June 1994 Lake Havasu City Arizona posted a record high temperature of 128°F (which is actually *ABOVE* the upper range of the posted chart by 8 degrees). at the other end, parts of Alaska have, on numerous occasions reached lows of -70°F (considerably below the charts -40°F). That you feign unawareness of the extremes of temperatures in places the human live only shows why you aren’t taken seriously by most who post here.
Which is why the upper range of that graph is 120°F
Pretty close to your 50°C max temp on earth!
Greta is now complaining about twitter and Facebook comments that are not what she expected. I guess if you choose to (Meaning if your parents force you to) be thrust upon the political stage you are going to get some unfavourable comments.
Welcome to the real world Greta. I suspected you were not prepared for this public and political exposure. Get used to it, deal with it or go away.
Although 1C or 2C of warming/cooling per century may seem insignificant when compared with seasonal and diurnal cycles, these sustained long term trends do have significant impacts as for example in the warming and cooling cycles of the Holocene.
https://tambonthongchai.com/2019/06/11/chaoticholocene/
https://tambonthongchai.com/2019/04/17/abs-temp/
Why is everyone scared of a 16 year old that requires them to hit out at her looks, her views, her aspergers?
Its weird and not very productive in my view
If you want to criticise anyone, criticise her parents.
“Its weird and not very productive in my view”
Totally agree.
Why is everyone scared of a 16 year old
Why do you assume people are scared? project much?
“There are some thing that we should be scared of every day.”
Yes, there are – such as what would happen if we acted on the findings of Gavin’s junk climate “science.”
Gavin Schmidt wrote on twitter: “There are some things we should be scared of every day”. And then he posted a picture of his bogus, bastardized Hockey Stick chart below his text, insinuating that his bastarized chart represents reality and that should make us scared because his bogus Hockey Stick chart shows the temperatures to be getting “hotter and hotter and hotter” and he claims we are experiencing the hottest temperatures in human history today because of the CO2 humans have added to the Earth’s atmosphere.
What we should really be scared of is Gavin Schmidt has fooled many people in the Western world with his bastardizations of the surface temperature chart, to the point that some of those people have decided it is necessary to turn society upside down and completely destroy our economy in an effort to reduce CO2.
But the real world doesn’t look like Gavin Schmidt portrays it. In the real world it was just as warm in the 1930’s as it is today. In the real world, the Earth is *not* experiencing unprecedented warming. Unbastardized regional surface temperature charts from around the world all show the period of the 1930’s as being as warm as it is today. This means that CO2 is a minor factor in the Earth’s climate and there is no need to reduce CO2 output. Of course, this is completely contrary to the alarmist narrative, so Gavin Schmidt and many other alarmist data manipulators decided to bastardize the temperature records of the world and turn them into a global “hotter and hotter” Hockey Stick chart.
Below is an unmodified US surface temperature chart along with a Gavin Schmidt bastardized version where they try to turn the US surface temperature chart into a Hockey Stick. As you can see, the original chart shows that the 1930’s were just as warm as the temperatures today, but the modified chart shows it is hotter today than then. The Data Manipulators are bastardizing the US surface temperature chart!!! Right in front of our eyes!!! And they have done the very same thing to temperature charts all over the world. Their only problem is they have not been able to erase the unmodified temperature records, for the most part, so we can see the changes they made, and it is obvious why they made these changes: For political purposes.
I think President Trump should order Gavin Schmidt to explain why he modified the US surface temperature chart in the way he did. These data manipulators have gone far too long without them being pinned down on these changes, which make the difference between whether we fear CO2 or not.
Gavin needs to explain himself. What new information did you get Gavin, to cause you to change the look of the US surface temperture chart? Why wasn’t it good enough before you modified it? Concerned people want to know. You are a government employee. You should be giving us these answers.
Here are the two charts, the unmodified one, and the bastardized one:
Raw
Bastardized
Great point on the temperature graph perspective.
You can greatly exaggerate the impression of small temperature changes to the user by plotting with coordinates on the vertical axis(temperatures) which cause the lines to start at the bottom and end at the top vs using an honest depiction.
If a 1.5 deg. C change meant the difference between life and death for many creatures and life on the planet, then this would be justified.
Since much of that warming is occurring in the coldest places during the coldest time of year(and at night) that is a ludicrous idea.
Last night, while Trick or Treating with the grand kids we saw many hundreds of geese flying south.
They know…………that cold kills.
This is why, in the Winter, some creatures migrate south, some hibernate to survive and plants go dormant or die.
Cold kills.
Modest warming with more beneficial CO2 does the opposite.