Thursday, August 11, 2011

Undersea volcanoes might be more common than previously thought | Watts Up With That?
Surprise Underwater Volcanic Eruption Discovered
What's driving the "lack of respect" for scientists? | Australian Climate Madness
The problem with climate scientists and their hangers-on is the result of the actions of a small but visible minority, who are guilty of:

politicising science by advocating particular responses to climate change (most of which will damage our standards of living for no benefit)
claiming that the IPCC is an impartial review of climate science
passing off Greenpeace and WWF propaganda as credible science
making catastrophist predictions about future climate
conflicting themselves by accepting research grants from a government that itself advocates AGW alarmist policies
playing down uncertainty in their results and claiming the science is settled
fudging data in order to make it fit with their pre-conceived conclusions
silencing dissent and skewing the peer-review process (so that it essentially becomes “pal-review”)
refusing to share methods and calculations for independent confirmation of their results
hypocritical do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do attitudes (eg. Al Gore and Flannery, above)
abusing and smearing (dare I say, disrespecting) anyone that dares mention any of the above

Those are the simple reasons why climate science as a discipline has lost respect. The public is not stupid, and it can see when it is being misled. More openness, more debate, more honesty and less divisive language would help reverse the trend.
Canberra Times Thinks That Australia’s 0.0006 Fraction Of CO2 Emissions Is Destroying The Planet | Real Science
Man is responsible for 3% of CO2 emissions. Australia is responsible for 2% of the 3%. No doubt Australia’s 0.0006 fraction (which Julia wants to cut to 0.0005) will make a huge difference in the climate.

What a bunch of morons.
THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Sobering admission from greens: 'The green movement has failed'
Excerpts from Greenie website Irregular Climate
Green madness: how the green movement lost its way and alienated the public

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