Mosher: The Hackers « Watts Up With That?

Guest Post by Steven Mosher

All processes are subject to hacking, both from external and internal entities. The IPCC process is no exception, neither is the process of writing for science journals exempt. As recent reports show Pachauri hacked the IPCC processes to make them work against themselves and bend the system to his financial ends. An inside hacker, like Pachauri, can be especially dangerous since they play a role in structuring the very system that they hack. Not only do they exploit a system they were meant to protect, but they also act in ways to prevent detection of their hacks.

What the recent disclosures about Pachauri show is that the IPCC process is now totally compromised, compromised from the inside. Like a system exploited by a destructive hack, that system may be beyond repair. It’s time to reformat the hard drive and start from scratch, as climate scientist Hulme, spotted 101 times in the Climategate files and closely tied to Pachauri, suggested–perhaps in a moment of clarity after the discovery of the emails

It’s over. Even The Age is crumbling | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

The ultimate sign that the tide is turning agains the great global warming scare: The Age publishes an opinion piece by a sceptic.

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Why doesn’t the IPCC just save us all some trouble and point out the parts of the report that were based on peer-reviewed research.

Are there more IPCC goof-ups?

[Benny Peiser] The Panel’s inner circle has been characterised for many years by an endemic bias towards alarmist assessments and calls for radical action. There are growing concerns among many governments about the way the IPCC works and how it produces its conclusions. Its demand for drastic economic changes is posing a serious political predicament for many governments, not least in India. After all, most countries find themselves unable to control, let alone reduce, CO2 emissions, as realistic alternatives to cheap fossil fuels are non-existent. It is this concern about the potentially-destabilising consequences of the IPCC’s radicalism based on unbalanced and unreliable professional advise that has led to calls for a reform of the IPCC.

The IPCC’s agenda and its catastrophic framing of climate change is mainly driven by western government departments staffed by green ministers, civil servants and researchers, many of whom have strong personal backgrounds in environmental campaigning and ecological ideologies.

North Carolina: Cold snap, hot tempers: Wilson Energy customers question bills

Jan. 26--Unusually large Wilson Energy bills are sending irate customers to their phones and computers.

A longer-than-usual billing cycle and a colder-than-normal period mean some city residents are now seeing bills double or more than last month's amounts.
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Some people have reacted angrily on both the city's Facebook page and on a new page, "Tired of paying HIGH utility bills in Wilson, NC!"

Comments posted there Monday include:

"It's crazy! Ours has doubled! $642 this month, that's a mortgage -- how can someone afford that?"

"I keep my house at 57 (degrees) and my electricity went from $600 to $1200 this month."

Will these people be happy to accept skyrocketing electricity bills for an insane Pelosi/Obama global cooling scheme?