The New York Times reports that cooler temperatures are getting in the way of international agreements required to forstall climate change.
The world leaders who met at the United Nations to discuss climate change on Tuesday are faced with an intricate challenge: building momentum for an international climate treaty at a time when global temperatures have been relatively stable for a decade and may even drop in the next few years.
The plateau in temperatures has been seized upon by skeptics as evidence that the threat of global warming is overblown. And some climate experts worry that it could hamper treaty negotiations and slow the progress of legislation to curb carbon dioxide emissions in the United States.
The Times goes on (hilariously) to explain that recent cooler temperatures are just an irrelevant phenomenon that proves nothing, but that “scientists” (the plural proves to be one particular scientist) know better.
Current cooler weather, the Times gravely advises is just a “normal variation.” Long term global warming is still firmly underway. Of course, all this ignores the fact that the Global Warming hypothesis came into existence after the Impending Ice Age hypothesis collapsed due to several years of warming weather.
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A Missing Person Report
Statistician William M. Briggs takes us to a police precinct in Manhattan.
“Hey, Sarge. Got a lady here who wants to file a missing person report…Sarge?†Officer Hannigan stood in front of Sergeant Fitzgerald’s desk and rustled a sheaf of paper just loud enough so that it didn’t sound intentional, but with enough force to still be heard.
Sergeant Fitzgerald was dozing and he started at the noise, but long experience enabled him to remain mostly still. He did not want his junior to know he had been asleep, so he counted to three then slowly made the sign of the cross and said, “Amen.†He then let his watery eyes find Hannigan’s.
“Uh, sorry, Sarge.†Hannigan was new enough not to have seen this act before. “But I got this strange call and I didn’t know what to do.†Fitzgerald raised both eyebrows a millimeter. “This lady wants to report a missing person, only…â€
Enough consciousness had seeped into Fitzgerald’s limbs that he was able to slap the table. “Now, young Hannigan. Nothing could be easier, sure. You have the right forms?†A nod. “You’ve asked the right questions?â€
“I have.â€
“Then there is no problem.†He shifted his weight and turned his attention inward.
“But Sarge, the answers made no sense!â€
Fitzgerald sighed and knew that sleep was banished. “Well, then. Let’s have it. Who’s missing?â€
“Global Warming.â€
“And what’s that, then?†A shrug was his answer. He sighed. “How long has it been missing?â€
“Lady said about eight years, maybe nine.â€
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Klem
The trick in these media reports is that the earth’s climate changes, so what? Alarmists scream about climate change but this has been going on since before humans arrived. What they never present is the conclusive evidence that humans are responsible. Images of melting glaciers are evidence of climate change, not evidence that CO2 is the cause. But most people don’t recognize this huge difference. So as a result of this non-recognition, we’re going to create this new carbon trading industry to fight a non-existant threat, a few people will become mind boglingly wealthy (eg Al Gore), and governments can use the excuse of carbon emissions to place tariffs on imported goods. Everybody wins, right?
And in the future, if CO2 is proved to be innocent beyond any doubt, Cap&Trade will still remain, it will never be dismantled. Once we have this thing we will never be rid of it.
Come election time, I’m voting for whomever is against Cap&Trade, I don’t care what party they represent. I know I’m not alone. I’m pissed off!
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