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    Default Shady/Scum websites strike again

    http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ow/2957986.cms

    News agencies (including reputed ones like ABC, Yahoo News) originally picked this story from a shady/scum website and was all over the place. Now all the links to the original story are dead returning 'Page not found'

    Looks like news agencies picked a story from a Shady/Scum website perpetuating
    i) a higher probability of doom & gloom than it actually is
    ii) Americans are stupid and Europeans are smart

    Now, where have we seen this played out before?

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    Default Re: Shady/Scum websites strike again

    well I can think of a couple of occasions ...

    - when the official NASA line was that Morton Thiokol's solid fuel space shuttle boosters were 'safe'




    - when the official NASA line was that Dr. James Hansen's global warming climate models were 'accurate' when confronted with a differing conclusion by a 15 year old



    (snip)"Marvelously, she was just getting warmed up:

    James Hansen is a scientist who admittedly uses scare tactics to convince the public that global warming will be “potentially disastrous”. Consider this statement from Hansen in his own document called “Can We Defuse the Global Warming Time Bomb?” [published in the journal Natural Science] in August of 2003.

    Emphasis on extreme scenarios may have been appropriate at one time, when the public and decision-makers were relatively unaware of the global warming issue, and energy sources such as "synfuels," shale oil and tar sands were receiving strong consideration. Now, however, the need is for demonstrably objective climate forcing scenarios consistent with what is realistic under current conditions. Scenarios that accurately fit recent and near-future observations have the best chance of bringing all of the important players into the discussion, and they also are what is needed for the purpose of providing policy-makers the most effective and efficient options to stop global warming.


    Fascinating, wouldn't you agree? What Hansen wrote in 2003 was that he used to advocate lying to the public and policy makers to get them to act. Yet, we should believe his prognostications now because he’s decided it’s suddenly important to be truthful.

    Right.

    To demonstrate how Hansen clearly is still operating from his prior modus operandi regarding the need to exaggerate to impact the debate, Byrnes pointed out the following deliciously inconvenient truth:

    It is important to understand that global warming has been measured in tenths of degrees, .77 degrees Celsius in the past 100 years. There has been a great deal of controversy about the accuracy of the temperature data, mainly the bias of temperature data due to urban heat island effect. This controversy has lead many to focus on rural temperature stations. Rural stations are intended to represent the cool breezy countryside, small towns, farms, trees and grass.

    In recent weeks, researchers have been visiting these temperature stations. What they noticed was that there are serious problems with the quality of these temperature stations. They noticed that many of these temperature stations were located next to concrete buildings, near hot exhausts of air conditioning units, attached to metal towers and poles, surrounded by driveways and above gravel.


    How delicious. And, here’s the excruciatingly painful punch line:

    The photos of these temperature stations are not just a few of many; they are the first few dozen that have been visited. About 80% of the temperature stations that have been visited and photographed have serious quality problems. This brings up some more questions: How many tenths of a degree will temperatures rise when the thermometer is near the hot exhaust of an AC unit? Or how about when it is located above gravel or near a paved road or driveway? How many tenths of a degree will the temperature rise when the thermometer is above pavement and surrounded by buildings (no wind)? And in one case, as documented by the photograph below, how many tenths of a degree will the temperature rise when the caretaker of the facility burns trash in a metal barrel just 5 feet away from the temperature station? "(snip)


    ... in other words, based on NASA's past track record of putting science second when political conditions warrant, I wouldn't write off the German Schoolboy's hypothesis so quickly !!!

    (putting on moderator hat) ... since this thread does not contain ANY subject matter relating to economics / financials, I am going to move it to the Member's Area.

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