Anti-global warming theorist allegedly has faulty info
His claim that “global temperatures peaked in 1998 and have declined since about 2003” is found on Web sites run by organizations whose mantra is that of unfettered trade and deregulation, such as Fox News and the Heartland Institute, or on right-wing blogs.Power outage at Obama's compound in Hawaii
The theory can be traced to a single paper written by Vincent Gray, a retired New Zealand coal chemist, whose main hobby is calling for the abolition of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Gray touts himself as an “expert reviewer for the IPCC.” He asked to review their reports; he was not invited to be a member of the panel and has no training or experience in climatology.
Oahu was without power overnight, possibly from a lightning strike, and Hawaiian Electric Co. officials said to expect it to last until morning.
The outages, which began hitting various parts of the island at about 6:30 p.m., also affected the Kailua neighborhood where President-elect Barack Obama is staying.
Mayor Mufi Hannemann said at about 10:10 p.m. that Honolulu police had talked to Obama. “He said he is fine and he and his family are going to bed,” the mayor said on KSSK.
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Lingle also said that Heco workers were bringing a generator to Obama’s Kailua compound.
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"Gray touts himself as an “expert reviewer for the IPCC.”"
That makes sense. I saw his name repeatedly in the reviewers' comment section of one of the assessment reports. It may have been the TAR (Third assessment report). And the data about the peak in 1998 is from HADCrut and satellite data. Only GISS is vastly different.
I just checked. He made 45 comments in the AR4 chapter 4 alone. You can download the AR4WG1_Ch04_SOR_CommentResponses_EDist.pdf file from the IPCC site to check if you like.
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