Re: [Paddlewise] Winter in a time of Climate Change

Here's where I sit on this: Al Gore notwithstanding, the overwhelming
majority
of real, working scientists involved in the issue agree that it's
very likely
that mankind is not helping. And, in general, they don't seem to
have a stake
in the matter.
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I'd like to
know which promotors have no stake, since they all draw a paycheck (note quote
below)

Consensus of people paid to come to a conclusion is hardly meaningful.
Scandal surrounds the list of consensus scientist who have had to sue to get
their names off the list
 
Government money buys the results it wants, same as
industry money buys what it wants. Your lake may be frozen a month late, but
Louisiana has a cold snap earliest in reliable recorded history, since 1850,
so what do you make of that? I won't even mention the northern states being
colder.
 
Try this
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecor
d_id=2158072e-802a-23ad-45f0-274616db87e6
 
UN Blowback: More Than 650
International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims 
Study:
Half of warming due to Sun! Sea Levels Fail to Rise? - Warming Fears in
'Dustbin of History'   
 
 
excerpted:
Since I am no longer affiliated with
any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly.As a
scientist I remain skeptical. -  Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Joanne Simpson,
the first woman in the world to receive a PhD in meteorology  and formerly of
NASA who has authored more than 190 studies and has been called among the
most preeminent scientists of the last 100 years.   
 
But the High Profit Al
Gore said this past weekend that in 5 years the ice will be gone. We can wait
it out and find out if this is all true. His 'carbon footprint' and his desire
to sell 'carbon offsets' is proof enough to me what he really believes in: his
fame and personal fortune. Note he did not win a Pulitzer in science.
 
In the
mean time, I am in favor of cleaning up our messes, but I am not in favor of
ruining the economy for a pie-in-the-sky idea that lacks merit on the face of
it. This idea is all ready costing California a bundle. With the new Prez, we
can expect more consequences. 
 
for your amusement"Southern California may
see 
sub-freezing temperatures  
Los Angeles Times, by Andrew Blankstein
 
from a denier, making some interesting points that need to be answered by the
promotors:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/12/the_real_climate_deniers.html
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