I Heart Heartland « Roy Spencer, Ph. D.

The unauthorized release of supposedly scandalous Heartland Institute documents has been pretty thoroughly addressed on many blogs over the last day or so. The documents are being used in an attempt to “expose” a “well-funded” “climate denial machine”, which is laughable on several levels.

The only document involved that could be viewed as damning in any way is almost certainly a fake. The others are fairly boring, unless you really are surprised that any organization would take (very modest) donations to explore alternative hypotheses on the subject of global warming and climate change.

Supporting alternative hypotheses in science…what a scandal!

...I hope that this hoax backfires on the person who started it. I hope it leads to even more donations to Heartland, which has played the role of David in its battle against the Goliath multi-billion dollar climate alarmist machine.

What Happened At Heartland? - [Warmist Steve Zwick:  Mann and Jones are like shepherds tending to the welfare of the human race; Dyson and Lindzen are like vandals disturbing the shepherds?] - Forbes

Let’s think of how scientists – as is their wont – questioned this evidence, attacked it – “honestly disagreed” with it – until they had no choice but to acknowledge that their worst fears were, in fact, coming true.

Let’s think of how they came to realize that our current practices were bringing us to a cliff that will kill our crops, dry our prairies, and destroy our economy...
Let’s think of a shepherd tending his flock, threatened by vandals. Let’s think of the moment he puts down his staff and takes up his spear. Let’s think of the costs of that action: the untended flock, the unwoven coat, the uneaten meat. Let’s weigh that against the cost of inaction.

Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions - Events
[Lots of warmist webcasts here, including a scheduled Feb. 19 webcast featuring Michael Mann]