Global Warming: Was It Just A Beautiful Dream After All? - Forbes

After all this time, when the continuation of industrial civilization itself is on the table, shouldn’t there be some palpable, observable effect of the disaster that we are supposed to sacrifice our futures in order to avoid? Shouldn’t the doom-sayers be saying “We told you so!” backed up by a torrent of youtube videos of submerged locales and media stories reminding us about how it used to snow in Massachusetts?

Climate panic, after all, is fear of dramatic, life-altering climate changes, not about tenths of a degree. We are told that we must “take action right now before it’s Too Late!” That doesn’t mean: before it’s too late to avoid a Spring that comes a week earlier or summer heat records of 103 degrees instead of 102. It’s to fend off utter disaster that we needed the Kyoto Treaty, carbon taxes, and Priuses.

Scientists on climate change: Er, never mind!

The authors of the study quietly admitted last weekend that their claim of surging temperatures can’t be supported by their data.

The establishment media outlets that reported the study with such fanfare have been largely silent on the stunning admission, although the Washington Post did report today that there is now a “controversy” over the data.

Three iconic graphs showing the climate fix we’re in. – Significant Figures by Peter Gleick

Read ‘em and weep.

Quadrant Online - The very model of a modern climate scientist

In addition to a charming photo of Steffen enjoying a gropup hug with a bevy of young warmists (above), the Climate Commission web pages describe him as a "climate change expert and researcher". So how can entirely typical meteorologic conditions be overlooked, or the difference between climate and weather confused?