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A Couple of Comments about the Oppenheimer and Trenberth Op-Ed in the Washington Post | Watts Up With That?

Oppenheimer and Trenberth made claims of “conclusive evidence” about Hurricane Sandy that are not supported by data and by the NCEP/DOE Reanalysis-2. They also complain about cherry-picking but don’t hesitate to cherry-pick a start year when it suits their needs. And I found it odd that they did not cite Balmaseda et al (2013), a paper that Kevin Trenberth coauthored.

‘Food Wastage, Price Increase Responsible For Climate Change’

The Secretary-General also linked the problem of food wastage to climate change because in advanced countries, food thrown, away end up in land fills where they release significant quantities of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that causes global warming.

[Alleged non-warmist Tim Worstall:  Of course we need a bad-weather-prevention tax] - Forbes

My own views, for what little they’re worth, are that climate change is happening, it’s human activity causing it and it’s an important enough matter that we need to do something about it.  Which is precisely why we must use the price mechanism as that’s the most powerful tool available to us.

Flashback: Epic global warming debate going on right now: Tim Worstall vs Tim Worstall