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Verax

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For the true believer it is an honor to profess his belief till hell boils over or the climate turns cold.
 
Rather strange starting point for the graph. I wonder if it was chosen for a reason.
 
Robbie Loucks said:
Climate Change: Consensus

This link should totally be in the OP.
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Your data is accurate, but dated.

Climate consensus in free-fall - The Commentator

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A new peer-reviewed paper surveying over 1,037 engineers and geoscientists that are actually categorized under the “Comply with Kyoto” banner, confirms that while most believe global climate change is happening, only 36 percent believe the alarmist Grand Narrative that man is the chief cause.

Further, the survey researchers also found that “scepticism regarding anthropogenic climate change remains” among many actual climate scientists. They found that while 75 percent of papers published between 1993 and 2003 explicitly endorsed AGW, between 2004 and 2008 that figure had fallen to 45 percent.

A consensus view in science has always been a fragile thing. Single heretical views have a history of entirely overturning the prevailing consensus. But in the case of AGW, with global warming having been shown conclusively to have slumped to a 16-year halt, the alleged ‘science consensus’ is becoming blatantly exposed. The trenches now are mostly populated by green ideologues, a left-dominated media, and bureaucrats who are usually the last to grasp the realities.
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The panic on Global warming is based on the 20 or so years of warming from about 1978 or 80 to about 1998 or 2000. Various climate tracking primary source data gathering organizations have shown that warming trend to have ended 10 to 17 years ago.

Where I live, Indianapolis, we are suffering the bitterest winter since I moved here in 1992.

The panic over the 20 years of warming is about to be equaled by a flattening and perhaps cooling that is knocking on the door to reach 20 years quite soon.

It may be time to re-examine the justification for the panic.
 
Deuce said:
Rather strange starting point for the graph. I wonder if it was chosen for a reason.
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There are actually numerous starting points and, while I didn't choose the starting points, I think they were chosen for effect.

If you have the patience and the time, you can create just about any conclusion you would like. The conclusion this one reveals is that the primary sources all show a flattening or cooling that extends some time back in a range between 10 and 17 years.

Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs
 

Which is not inconsistent with AGW, particularly given what the sun has been up to.

But someone not looking into the details might think it is inconsistent with AGW, hence the cherry-pick. Showing data for the last 50 years doesn't give that same "effect."
 
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Deuce said:
Which is not inconsistent with AGW, particularly given what the sun has been up to.
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As with all "evidence" supporting AGW, it can be read as not in conflict and can be read as as a refutation.

Again the level of proof for AGW is akin to the level of proof for Ancient Aliens.
 
My link references to material from 2013. What caused such a sudden change in consensus that is discussed in that article and why haven't I heard about it? (If you answer the latter and say it is because I was brainwashed by left-wing american media then I'm going to throw a fit because all I read is mostly BBC and Al Jazeera)
 

LoL, you still pulling your bs tricks out of your hat thinking you're a magician?

Did you even read where it came from? That survey was conducted on engineers and geoscientists in Alberta, Ca. that work for the petroleum industry. :lamo

From the paper...

 

code1211 is not a reliable source of information and will spam nonsense uncontrollably when provoked. He will likely provide dozens of graphs, links, and misc. garbage unrelated to the issue at hand when he sees this.
 
I wonder.

I wonder how the CO2 levels of present compare with previous eras in the Earths history.

Cambrian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Seems like the Earth was doing quite back well then, rapid diversification of lifeforms and all.
 
Verax said:
code1211 is not a reliable source of information and will spam nonsense uncontrollably when provoked. He will likely provide dozens of graphs, links, and misc. garbage unrelated to the issue at hand when he sees this.
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Thanks for the warning. I knew something was fishy when I saw that they asked engineers of all people. I won't edit my post and let him post in vain.
 

Hot or cold , wet or dry, I wonder what kind of climatic conditions would have to exist that would be 'inconsistent' with AGW ?
 
eohrnberger said:
I wonder.

I wonder how the CO2 levels of present compare with previous eras in the Earths history.

Cambrian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Seems like the Earth was doing quite back well then, rapid diversification of lifeforms and all.
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The problem is that it is happening too fast.

Climate change is happening too quickly for species to adapt | Environment | The Observer

Global Warming Could Cause Mass Extinctions by 2050, Study Says

Life will go on just fine one way or another. However it is unlikely to be beneficial to humans as we are dependent on the environment for our survival. The world is approaching population limits in the next few decades and if agriculture yield is compromised 5%, 10%, 20%, that's a huge deal. That means some people are going to starve. This is not a game we want to play. And that example is merely a tiny sliver of the big picture of consequences.
 

More shroud waving speculation. The Earth is currently greening due to increasing CO2 levels and this has been observed by satellites since 1982. Most species will thrive due to this phenomenon because greener is always better.

Deserts 'greening' from rising CO2 | CSIRO
 
You say this with contempt, as if the Scientist and Engineers who work in the petroleum industry
are somehow less qualified than the Scientist who work for the AGW industry.
Some vary significant (and useful) technologies have come out of the petroleum industry.
What significant discoveries have come from the monies spent on AGW?
 
3 "It's not bad" Negative impacts of global warming on agriculture, health & environment far outweigh any positives.
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What are the down sides of a little more heat, a little more rain and more CO2 to use in photosynthesis;- more fertility?

I know it's annoying when I just keep asking the same question all the time but what are we actually afraid of?
 
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