Posted on January 20th, 2009 by admin
I had to laugh at this!
A businessman in Alaska has commissioned an ice sculpture of Al Gore, the former Vice President and “leader” of the global warming prognosticators. I am going to copy the photos here just to reduce the load on the web server of the newspaper (the response time is pretty slow as this story flies around the Internet) but please click through and read about Craig Compeau and why he is doing this.
If you click on these images, you will be taken to the full-size image on their server.
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Posted on January 13th, 2009 by admin
When I first saw this article, I almost laughed. How could mushrooms be significant. But then I remembered that the northern forests are an extremely important part of the carbon cycle of the globe. I also remembered that the computer models need to accurately understand the roles of the northern forests in order to make predictions of doom due to global warming. Therefore, if mushrooms affect this contribution and if we don’t understand the mushrooms then we obviously have some issues with the models.
There is an old saying, “Garbage in = garbage out.” Whose turn is it to take out the garbage? Read more... (276 words, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)
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Dried Mushrooms Slow Climate Warming In Northern Forests
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Filed under: Greenhouse gas, Weather science
Posted on January 5th, 2009 by admin
CNN – December 16, 2008
This story about the rapid melting of ice in the major cold areas of the world (Greenland, Antarctica, and Alaska) needs to cause everyone concern. While the story doesn’t convincingly discuss the causality of the situation, it does point out that increased melting accelerates the planets warming due to loss of reflectivity of the “white” ice.
The article goes on to point out the increase of pine beetles which is theorized to be attributed to a warmer environment. It even goes so far as to predict the increase in sea level (ala Al Gore) by the end of the century based on this loss of ice. Read more... (304 words, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)
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Ice melting across globe at accelerating rate, NASA says
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Posted on May 15th, 2008 by admin
The US has just listed the Polar Bear as a Threatened Species. It is claimed by some that this is the first species that has been declared threatened by global warming.
I really don’t know if this is good or bad. The arguments from both sides seem quite convincing, in different ways. The pro-endanger side says that since global warming is going to melt the ice that polar bears hunt on, they will start to rapidly decline in numbers and need our protection. The con-endanger group says that there is no evidence to date that polar bears are dying due to ice loss so we are rushing the effort and the polar bear population has increased since the elimination of controlled hunting of the bears. A great discussion of this can be found at The War Over the Polar Bear. Read more... (587 words, 1 image, estimated 2:21 mins reading time)
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Posted on February 29th, 2008 by admin
Portland Business Journal – February 27, 2008
I need to file this one under Ridiculous. How can a town in Alaska sue over global warming? To make matters worse, they are suing oil companies and utilities! If they want to sue someone, they should sue you and me. Filing suit against the providers of a product that is bought by consumers, is like filing suit against the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association for the high rate of heart attacks.
For those that live in other countries than the USA, I must explain. The US is a very litigious society. I can’t find accurate statistics on the number of suits filed in a given year but it is shameful. We have crazy stories of lawsuits for hot coffee and lost laptops. Just to give you an example, there is even a site that is dedicated to tracking stupid lawsuits! Read more... (431 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)
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Posted on November 26th, 2007 by admin
International Herald Tribune – October 16, 2007
My first reaction when reading this article was “but aren’t we doing this already?” Obviously not but that is a shame. I repeat my often heard message that if we are going to spend trillions of dollars to reverse human induced global warming then we need to fully understand the true causes and effects of the phenomenon. Something as simple as mapping the ice on Greenland and in the Arctic seems like a good first step.
I give credit to Pen Hadow and his three-member team in conducting this research. I wonder what would happen if the poor guy had enough funds to launch a couple dozen three-member teams. Read more... (462 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)
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UK explorer to measure effect of global warming on Arctic ice
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Posted on June 22nd, 2007 by admin
Forbes.com – July 2, 2007
First of all, I am not making up this date above. I know that it is not July 2 yet but that is the date on the article. I believe the date is representative of the issue of the printed magazine (and we all know that these dates are wrong).
This article by Jerry Flint, a man that has been covering the automobile industry for decades, points out that the only way to aggressively solve the carbon dioxide problem with changes to autos is a dramatic and painful tax. He explains that in many cases the cure may actually be worse than the sickness. This is similar to my personal feelings except that I temper his statements by stating that if the science was rock solid, it would probably be worth the investment but if the science is not rock solid, the risk of catastrophe from the cure is almost surely 100% and therefore is probably not justified. Read more... (518 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)
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Posted on April 1st, 2007 by admin
CBS News – February 28, 2007
I have nothing but respect for the ancient ways of indigenous people on North America. This article is quite moving and very inspirational. The story of how Mr. Nattaq lost both of his feet to frostbite after a snowmobile accident should touch everyone that reads it.
I am not surprised that the warming trend of the recent couple decades has caused a change in the ice formation of the Arctic. I am not as easily convinced that this warming trend is the cause of mankind as this article portrays. The article gives no scientific evidence of mankind’s interference but does detail how the warming climate has affected the Inuit. Read more... (432 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)
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Posted on March 28th, 2007 by admin
House Science and Technology Committee – March 21, 2007
I will not make comments on this testimony. Former Vice President Al Gore deserves more respect than to have me make comments on his opinions and testimony.
Testimony of the Honorable Al Gore
before the
U. S. House of Representatives
Energy & Commerce Committee
Subcommittee on Energy & Air Quality
and the
Science & Technology Committee
Subcommittee on Energy & Environment
March 21,2007
Chairman Dingell, Chairman Gordon, Congressman Barton, Congressman Hall, and members of the Subcommittees. I want to thank you for the gracious invitation to be with you today, giving me an opportunity to return to the House to talk about the climate crisis. Read more... (998 words, estimated 4:0 mins reading time)
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Posted on March 19th, 2007 by admin
Anchorage Daily News – March 16, 2007
This is a series of 2 posts that will be posted today. The two posts are polar opposites (sorry – couldn’t resist the pun). The one article will discuss how cold it is in one municipality and the other article will discuss how hot it is in another. I am doing this to prove a point – there is no conclusion to be made by looking at the local weather! A common argument by both sides is to point out these extremes. This argument is pointless. If global warming is upon us we will still have record lows. If, instead, we are in an ice age, we would still record record highs in parts of the world. Climate is bigger than the local weather of a city or state. It is longer than a day, week, or even a season. Don’t be confused by these pointless anecdotes. Read more... (379 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)
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