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Nice try Gary. Those changes from the Japan quake were tiny, eeny weeny, negligible. You like picking nits out of a herd of wooly mammoths.
That pretty much describes the increase in temperatures we're supposed to believe is causing alleged climate change.
Also, while Bob wasn't aware of the changed to the earth's axis and rotation, now we have progressed to your trying to defend the degree of the change. Nothing to back up your contentions, but there it is.
Because in either case, we are talking about the die-off of 90% + of humanity. That is the crux of the situation.
Over the course of my lifetime we have gone from dying off due to global cooling to dying off as a result of global warming and now that they haven't been able to generate sufficiently unambiguous data that doesn't disappear into a shredder, when the questions backed by FOIA get too uncomfortable, we will be dying off due to climate change. All the while the population keeps rising and the people pushing the doomsday scenarios keep flying their private jets around while telling us that we have to make sacrifices which curiously involve giving their schemes and boondoggles and "investments" billions of taxpayers money without changing one bit of the behaviour that they claim to be concerned with. Its all about the money and nothing else. The scare tactics are just ways to persuade the easily deluded to fork over their money so that the chicken littles of the world can make piles of it while shoveling the same manure at us decade after decade.
Mr Kitich would easily fit into the Harper regime of climate denialists. Join the delusional cabal of climate denying people that are not in command of their faculties and logic.
The science is sound according to scientists. 98% of them. Surely you know this, if not then you know absolutely nothing on the issue and should stick to posting about chess.
Ever hear of a little thing called group think. You are a prime candidate for that. You think whatever the group thinks since you are not capable or courageous enough to have any independent thoughts. Scientists have also often fallen into this trap. The road of science is littered with theories that 98% of scientists agreed were completely correct. Remember the killer bees that were going to get us all, remember the SARS epidemic? Remember a whole bunch of theories. Heck remember Y2K and the disaster that was supposed to be that never materialized?
It's often the courageous 2% that are found after many years to have been right all along. Not that the 98% don't make them suffer in the meantime.
Can you also explain how a degree in ceramic engineering makes you a physicist? And since getting your degree in 1987 how many years exactly have you worked in a technical field. Meaning not being in sales and such?
At best you are what Sheldon Cooper would call an 'oompa-loompa of science'. Excuse me if I don't have complete faith in engineers. The infamous blue pages of the the APEO journal make complete faith in engineers hard to maintain. As does the engineers who certified the mall in Elliot Lake shortly before it collapsed. Get off the scientists are perfect poppycock and get back to what the science actually says.
And exactly when have I denied climate change? I simply dont think it is as certain as you make it out to be. You may have drank the cool aid but for me the jury is still out.
Last edited by Zeljko Kitich; Tuesday, 17th July, 2012, 12:47 PM.
Greek heat wave closes Acropolis early, temperature hits 42 C.
Sorry, but I think climate change is changing our weather forever. Records for all types of " weather " are being broken year after year - extremes are becoming the norm. Hard not to search for a common cause - and I don't think it is the devil!
Bob A
The thing is and I don't want to put too fine a point on this or be unscientific about it at all of course. But you do realize that Greece is (how to put this delicately) a friggin hot, hot country and has been for centuries? They grow citrus fruit in the streets of Athens! There is air conditioning everywhere in every apartment on the balcony and the Greeks have either wooden outside shutters or canvas awnings on their balconies that entirely block the sun out, they go from the top of the balcony to the railing, or more likely both. They sell 1.5l bottles of water everywhere for the low price of 1 euro as a public service. They grow olives everywhere. Do you know who else grows these things. Why yes the middle east. And yes the middle east is a friggin hot area too... The Greeks did not invent the toga just because they liked to party...
I hope I did not offend anyone with my indelicacey. I urge you to come to Greece asap to find out for yourself... The Acropolis is a minimum 20 minute walk up and they no doubt closed it to spare any issues with the pasty white tourist types that often climb up at the hottest time of day - mad dogs and Englishmen...
Last edited by Zeljko Kitich; Tuesday, 17th July, 2012, 01:43 PM.
There are some of us who have been labeled "deniers" by Mr. Beckwith, but who are not necessarily standing against this argument (which I must say, Bob, you very eloquently summarized).
Instead of denying it, what we (I) have been asking is: what are the solutions that can prevent this, and would the human cost of those solutions outweigh the cost of allowing global climate change to simply run its course?
Because in either case, we are talking about the die-off of 90% + of humanity. That is the crux of the situation.
What is your feeling on this, Bob?
Hi Paul,
It was pointed out to me some time ago in conversation with friends that the term “climate change denier” was being used far too liberally against people who would be better described as “climate change skeptics”. A “denier” being a derogatory term reserved for somebody, who knows something is true, yet denies it anyway (perhaps for personal gain). Whereas; a “skeptic” is someone who is simply not convinced of the validity of the science. Fair enough, I stopped using the term denier months ago.
The sooner we begin to take decisive action to combat climate change, the lesser will be the impact. I do believe your dire prediction of a 90%+ die off of the human race is way too pessimistic, but we need to change our ways in order to prevent a catastrophic outcome.
What to do, what to do? One idea that is gaining acceptance is a Carbon Tax.
Zelkjo Kitich. A modest man with much to be modest about.
As Socrates said I know only one thing and that is that I know nothing. You would do well to heed those words Paul. I live by them. So should scientists who are supposed to keep an open mind. Have you never read the Greeks in your scientific education? Megalomania is a terrible disease and scientists tend to be some of the worst sufferers. You still prefer personal attacks to talking about the actual science I see. One of the hallmarks of group think and lack of original thought is the mocking and putting down of others who do not agree with your group; in order to curry favour with what you perceive as the authority figures of your group.
Here's a little example, spot what is wrong with the following sentence fragment... (it's a fragment to make it easier for you)
Just the other day I heard the Dalai Lama bragging and boasting about...
Last edited by Zeljko Kitich; Tuesday, 17th July, 2012, 02:23 PM.
The science is sound according to whom? You are not personally qualifed to make a pronouncement like that. At best you can say that you believe the science is sound although you don't actually understand it beyond a basic lay person's level. If you have in fact looked into it even at that level and not just reporting hear say evidence. How much have you actually done to research this besides Youtube videos?
I've seen programs and scientists report that the world was doomed due to killer bees, an AIDS pandemic, SARS etc. Somehow we have managed to easily survive all those threats. I don't take science at face value.
Yes, true, I am not a climate scientist. Just a guy who has done some reading on the topic (including Youtube videos). IMHO, beyond a reasonable doubt, I have concluded that climate change caused by human activity is real.
So then, what are the experts telling us? Exactly! :D:D:D
Yes, true, I am not a climate scientist. Just a guy who has done some reading on the topic (including Youtube videos). IMHO, beyond a reasonable doubt, I have concluded that climate change caused by human activity is real.
So then, what are the experts telling us? Exactly! :D:D:D
Fair enough, you don't understand climate change at a technical level but you are willing to believe what you are told. It's like taking your car to the mechanic. You don't know what's wrong with your car but you trust your mechanic when he tells you what is wrong even if you just went in for a routine oil change and a check shows a problem. A little closer to home it's like doing someone's tax return or preparing someone's financial statements. They don't know the details of what you did but they are willing to believe that you are not Enroning or Bernie Madoffing them. When 4 out of 5 dentists recommend Bob Gillanders says fine by me. If they told you the Challanger shuttle was completely safe you would say where do I sign on.
You will excuse the rest of us who are perhaps a little more sceptical and open minded and not entirely satisfied by Professor Youtube.
By the way I've posted this before but would you consider these people to be experts? Or did they lose their expertise by virute of disagreeing with you and Paul? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1418017.html
Last edited by Zeljko Kitich; Tuesday, 17th July, 2012, 02:44 PM.
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