Monday, March 30, 2009

YouTube - Catlin Arctic Survey - Pen Hadow Earth Hour Countdown
[Some in the US may be reminded of a Monty Python skit: Pen Hadow stands in a brightly-lit very cold place talking about shutting off lights "to show that we care" about global warming]
Weather, Chaos, and Climate Change « Roy Spencer, Ph. D.
The climate modelers assume there is no such thing as natural climate variability…at least not on time scales beyond maybe ten years. In effect, they believe that chaos only exists in weather, not in climate. But this view is entirely arbitrary, and there is an abundance of evidence that it is just plain wrong. Chaos occurs on all time scales. Climate change happens, with or without our help.

And maybe there is one more difference between weather forecasting and climate forecasting…a difference which has allowed climate alarmism today to flourish. When the TV meteorologist blows his forecast for tomorrow’s weather, people will remember his error, and hold him responsible. But climate modelers get to forecast any kind of climate change they want, knowing full well that no one 50 or 100 years down the road is ever going to remember how good – or how bad — their forecast was.
‘Wind farm signals poor TV reception’ (From The Northern Echo)
PEOPLE living near a North-East wind farm could receive new television equipment following a raft of complaints over poor picture quality.
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“You can just see the tips (of the turbine) from the bedroom and when they’re not turning the reception is fine, which seems pretty conclusive to me.”
Kevin Grandia | Lord Monckton and Rep. John Shimkus Declare [Plant Food] "Plant Food"
As a journalist, one might hope Lord Monckton would know better, but you wouldn’t get that impression from listening to his zany answers to Shimkus’s questions.

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