Saturday, June 06, 2009

Isn't this June? Snow sticking around on Pikes Peak
So why is winter sticking around on the peak three weeks past when the snow has usually melted its way into Colorado Springs' faucets?
View From Above: AGW And The Green™ Fallacy
First it was man-made or Anthropogenic Global Warming™ (AGW). But then, when warming apparently peaked in 1998 and global temperatures began to flat-line or even decrease, the term "global-warming" fell out of favor. The new buzzword became Climate Change™. It's hard to say "global-warming" with a straight face when there isn't much of it going on, and when the number of skeptics is increasing daily. Climate Change™ is a much better term because it can mean so many different things to so many different people. It is a deceptive phrase, as it can cover a multitude of scenarios besides global-warming (even though most still use Climate Change™ as a synonym for AGW™). As such, it is not unusual to hear the occasional brave (or "foolhardy") soul suggest that cooling is caused by (or is a part of) Climate Change™.
And Now . . . Carbon Labels - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online
California’s Senate has passed a Carbon Labeling Act that will introduce a standardized label establishing a methodology for determining the carbon footprint of every consumer product — that is, the total amount of carbon that went into producing that Twinkie you’re holding. The labels will be voluntary (for now).
Should Climate Models be accepted as Evidence in a Court of Law? « Roy Spencer, Ph. D.
In summary, I would say that a totally impartial judge might well find that climate models are inadmissible as scientific evidence in a court of law under the 5 criteria implicit in the Daubert standard. Of course, it might be difficult to find an impartial judge on the subject of global warming.

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