Sunday, January 22, 2012

Why global warming means... more snow - FT.com

The severe cold experienced in 2009 and 2010 could become a feature of northern hemisphere winters

The Reference Frame: Miller’s grizzled langur goes unextinct

The disappearance of species and biodiversity fears belong among the classic themes of the environmentalist movement – it has been talked about since the beginning and every new mutation of the environmentalist movement has recycled the concept in a new way. Global warming alarmism is no exception.

- Bishop Hill blog - Tom Watson on the battle for FOI

Tom Watson MP, best known as the man who has uncovered so much of the UK's phone hacking scandal, gave the PA Annual Lecture on "Parliament and Phone Hacking". The lecture is here, with the discussion of FOI from 30 mins. In it he makes the case that his revelations of misbehaviour and outright corruption around the phone hacking scandal were entirely dependent on the Freedom of Information Act. He points out that the mandarinate and much of the political class are now seeking to restrict the scope of the Act and that we will now have a fight on our hands.

Climategate is mentioned briefly - referred to as a "scandal".

Articles: Al Gore's Last Theorem

I conclude therefore with a little syllogism of my own, which I tentatively name Al Gore's Last Theorem:

  • 1. Warmist Climate Scientist claim AGW climate model predicts impending global doom, prevention of which requires All of Mankind to make substantial sacrifices
  • 2. Warmist Climate Scientists will not make substantial sacrifices i.e. publishing their proprietary computer codes.
  • 3. "All of Mankind" contains the entire subset, "Warmist Climate Scientists".

Therefore:  Given 3, statements 1 and 2 are logically incompatible.  Statement 1 is false.

QED

Math is hard and Al Gore flunks. 

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