Thus we have the reasoning as to why the science issues on Climate Science have been mostly ignored - the issue is not about climate science. The goal is to use the term “global warming” (with “climate change” used to make the concept cover all aspects of climate) not to ”motivate” change, but to force the public and policymakers to adopt specific policy and political actions that promotes particular agendas.
Clearly, this narrow approach is doomed to produce poor policy decisions. Unless the media starts to recognize this inappropriate use of climate science, we will continue down the road to many actions that will have unanticipated and undesirable consequences.
The above is an excerpt from Roger Pileke Sr's Climate Science blog: 'The Political Issue Of Global Warming'
It's kinda funny watching people argue over whether some place is getting warmer or getting cooler. Climate science continues to defy the world's supercomputers and still we have some bloke sitting on a fence saying "well it's cooler here".
Climates go through cooler and warmer spells, periods of droughts and periods of floods. Some place might be warmer than usual while another place is cooler. You can't examine climate data from a fence.
What is less contentious and what should worry us all is that there's less ice and snow in the Himalayas. That's the water that produces food in India and China. Consider that Australia's boom times come from China and what will happen when China's grain regions turn into dust bowls.
That's the global economy for you. It will bring China's environmental problems right to your door and your bank account. Sit on your fence looking at the sky if you want to but don't expect problems in other parts of the world not to affect you. Yours is a primary producer economy.
It's kinda funny watching people argue over whether some place is getting warmer or getting cooler. Climate science continues to defy the world's supercomputers and still we have some bloke sitting on a fence saying "well it's cooler here".
Climates go through cooler and warmer spells, periods of droughts and periods of floods. Some place might be warmer than usual while another place is cooler. You can't examine climate data from a fence.
What is less contentious and what should worry us all is that there's less ice and snow in the Himalayas. That's the water that produces food in India and China. Consider that Australia's boom times come from China and what will happen when China's grain regions turn into dust bowls.
That's the global economy for you. It will bring China's environmental problems right to your door and your bank account. Sit on your fence looking at the sky if you want to but don't expect problems in other parts of the world not to affect you. Yours is a primary producer economy.
chrisgo: 34C today at the airport, thats half a degree up on my place.