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Bill Nye the Science Guy debates climate change with Nick Loris of the Heritage foundation, S.E. Cupp and Van Jones.
Cupp: should we all just be vegetarians then?
S.E. Cupp challenges Bill Nye the Science Guy on climate change by asking if everyone should be vegetarians.
Cupp takes on Hillary Clinton on guns
S.E. Cupp is outraged that Hillary Clinton was fear-mongering on guns in her latest speech.
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The Earths DNA Summarized…
The idea behind this article is to point out that we are not looking at the whole picture and fancy headlines, critical governments, government employees with poor information or scientist with bow ties aren't looking at all the data and for the most part are just trying to save face, jockey for a better political position or not lose an argument, which is sad.
I talk a little about Earth's DNA…
Original climate model was created by Green Peace, which was incorrect and they were caught red handed using bad calculations (lying to the world). The models used today aren't as accurate as they say they are either. In other words short climate changes are common place and long term effects can't be immediately tracked by analyzing ICE or short periods of heat waves and short I mean 100 to 500 hundred years, which is nothing to earth.
Now let's look at what they are not using in their calculations, Solar expansion and activity which has the greatest influence of anything we can think off. The sun goes through growth phases and activity phases, so happens we have been in one for some time now. The bigger the sun the more heat it creates and the hotter we get, which also causes the earth to release more gases. (The earth more gases)
The Sun phases also has gravitational effects, which affects tides and the moon ability to stabilize oceans, which affect wind and temperatures. These items on their own cause 10,000% greater impact than Co2 or any other gas could ever achieve. I would usually end my explanation it here since there is enough data there to prove Co2, is not the culprit and using one thing to be the cause of disaster without looking the Earth's complete DNA. It's like saying you are gaining weight because you eat lettuce and you don't just eat lettuce, but we understand lettuce, so that's the problem, too much lettuce.
So there are other issues at hand that pretend to be smart scientist can't wrap their heads around and in order to come up with answer and not look stupid or to try and look smart they find something to blame, which they claim to understand.
Let's continue, underwater volcanic activity, which is also not mentioned has been very active and we have no way of measuring how much Volcanic material is being released into the oceans, but one small Volcano at the bottom of the ocean can release more greenhouse gasses and material than humans have for the past 100 years, which increases the oceans acidity and raises ocean temperatures, which changes our climate. None of which are manmade and there are hundreds of active Volcanoes on the oceans bottom. (Volcanic acidity permeates enormous areas and absorbs heat, which can affect surface ocean temperature readings, in other words create short term temperature spikes and create long term effects that affect averages, which can be misconstrued as manmade.)
There is also no proof to show that some of the Glaciers aren't melting from the bottom or bedrock or ocean and not from top alone. The bottom would indicate tectonic and Volcanic influence on temperature not Co2 or any other gas they wish to blame.
The final item which has not been added to the equation is earthquakes, which equals crust or tectonic shifts. A small shift in the tectonic plates would impact ocean temperatures if the crust became thinner and heated the ocean floor due the earth's magma being closer to the surface. It wouldn't take too much to change the oceans temperature especially global currents are close to where the tectonic change happened. The earth's ocean temperature across the entire bedrock or crust is not accurately measured. (Japans 9.0 Earth Quake moved the island of Japan about 8.5 feet, so what did it do below the crust?)
Short Recap of Earth's DNA the primary climate
1. Solar Expansion
2. Solar activity
3. Gravitational Effects
4. Volcanic Activity
5. Volcanic Activity and ocean currents
6. Volcanic Deep sea currents
7. Volcanic acidity which raises temperature at the surface of the water, but is not used to quantify impact on climate from Volcanoes in the ocean.
8. Earthquake effects and sea currents (Thinning of Crust by tectonic shifts)
Other areas to look at Desserts wind patterns and growth, changing of wind currents, changing of mountain ranges which affect wind currents, rivers and water sources. The Nile was once over a hundred miles from its current location causing the desert to expand in Egypt and that is one of thousands of rivers that are shifting. Well there is more to the Earth's DNA, but I think we have enough to chew on for a while.
So I could go into much more details with regards to how all the things I mentioned have greater short and long term impact than human made greenhouse gases. This does not mean that we shouldn't clean up our act; it means we should clean up our habits, but we shouldn't stand by false science in order to create more taxes and problems between each other. We have enough financial issues in the world without adding more government oversight, which never pans out anyways since countries will do what they want in the end. The biggest difference between today and hundred years ago is that technology can now broadcast nonsense 24 hours a day.
What we need is people (us, you, me, your friends) to vote and have the governments release all the patented 20 year old plus, hydrogen technology that can create a surplus of jobs and get us off fossil fuels once and for all. Just changing from fossils fuels to hydrogen will take at least 30 years, which will create a whole new line of vehicles, gadgets, fueling systems and power systems (just to name a few) on land, in the oceans and in space.
So there is climate change and its going happen whether we complain or not, but we are not to blame. The earth is going to change and we have to ride it out and we should take this Earth change as a reminder to clean up our act along the way.
We are smart enough to clean things up, if we look for the solution we'll find it, share constructively.
Yup, it's official. Bill Nye can't tell his posterior from a hole in the ground.
And you have a Physics degree? He does.
No, he doesn't. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and nothing else. He hosted a elementary school level science show, and branded himself "the science guy." Of course, he is really just a comedian with an engineering degree. But I am not laughing.
Lots of conservative wanna be scientists on here as usual- please tell us why we should believe anything you have to say versus the 97%+ reports that disagree with your lame remarks. This is all about the money that corporations do not want to spend to clean up their act and our country. Of course you loonies have turned this into a liberal vs conservative issue as usual. One day your children and grandchildren will be asking you Dad what were you thinking> How could you do this to the earth we have to survive in? And your answer will be? Well I heard it on Fox and Rush
Your post simply continued to perpetrate the Con-Lib argument so you are no better. As for the 97% consensus number read this and explain to us why the views of 2.3's of the authors of the papers were not counted:
From J Cook et al:
We analyze the evolution of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming (AGW) in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, examining 11 944 climate abstracts from 1991–2011 matching the topics 'global climate change' or 'global warming'. We find that 66.4% of abstracts expressed no position on AGW, 32.6% endorsed AGW, 0.7% rejected AGW and 0.3% were uncertain about the cause of global warming. Among abstracts expressing a position on AGW, 97.1% endorsed the consensus position that humans are causing global warming. In a second phase of this study, we invited authors to rate their own papers. Compared to abstract ratings, a smaller percentage of self-rated papers expressed no position on AGW (35.5%). Among self-rated papers expressing a position on AGW, 97.2% endorsed the consensus. For both abstract ratings and authors' self-ratings, the percentage of endorsements among papers expressing a position on AGW marginally increased over time. Our analysis indicates that the number of papers rejecting the consensus on AGW is a vanishingly small proportion of the published research.
rvwrb, the climate science field has been in strong consensus that we are warming the planet for close to two decades now. Just because you Johnny Come Latelys are now furiously waking up to this issue because your precious industry interests (whatever your affiliation) are seeing $32 Trillion (with a T) in revenues threatened over the next two decades doesn't change what scientists have accepted as fact for many years now.
Thus, the reason Cook et al (or any of the other peer reviewed surveys of climate scientists that have similarly found agreement in the 95-98% range – with the "skeptics" mostly funded by oil money) would find a big chunk of papers "not expressing a stance" is because it simply goes without saying. It is like claiming that geophysicists are "still debating the laws of gravity" because a paper on sediment settling rates in rivers doesn't bother to come out and say "by the way we firmly believe that Newton has it right on that whole gravity thing". Or if a paper on some highly specific aspect of the HIV virus structure (and how it responds to a certain medication) fails to mention "by the way we firmly believe HIV and not evil spirits causes AIDS", that somehow those authors are "in doubt" about that "question".
Most climate papers are about some very specific aspect of climate. The entire thesis that greenhouse gases are warming the planet was proven decades ago. You don't have 20,000 peer reviewed papers addressing the exact same basic question. Scientists have moved on from answering the basic question years ago, even if you dead-ender anti-civilization types haven't.
Time to put on the big boy/girl underwear and join the part of your species that's trying to stave off the worst of this. The time for your ridiculous whining was 20 years ago.
Yes Willhaas, it's "all a matter of science", yet somehow there isn't a non-fossil fuel funded scientist who agrees with you on the irrelevance of CO2, and there are thousands who disagree with the tripe you posted.
But I'm sure you know better, with your pat hand-waving assertions. I'm sorry I missed where you posted the link to your CV and this groundbreaking data you've been sitting on to overturn decades of research and consensus.
In the last 50 years, solar output has been in a downward trend as the planet has heated up faster than it has in millenia:
The overwhelming conclusion of the scientific community after tens of thousands of studies is that solar insolation exerts a minor noise component on top of the long term warming trend due to greenhouse gases. During past time periods (medieval warm period and LIA for example), major changes in solar output have changed the climate. No comparable solar changes have happened recently that can explain the warming, and in fact it's going in the opposite direction from temperature in the last few critical decades.
H2O is a greenhouse gas, but there is no net trend in that that would explain any of this. The hydrologic cycle is a closed system. We aren't digging up massive stores of it and evaporating it into the atmosphere.
You people keep throwing this garbage against the wall, hoping people will believe it. Fortunately there are people like me who are fed up with your sociopath crowd and are fighting back with actual data and science.
Dismissal of Sun–climate associations was, until recently, de rigueur because climate models were not been able to replicate them. But the increasingly extensive, broadly self-consistent empirical evidence accruing in multiple high-
fidelity data sets of present and past climate, combined with new appreciation of the complex mechanisms, now precludes this. Climate models are instead challenged to reproduce this comprehensive empirical evidence.
There is a lot of research going on as to the influence of the sun on our climate and your attempt to dismiss that is ludicrous.
As for your comment on water vapor, it is equally ludicrous
My post was not intended for you and we are both on the same side of the debate.
BTW BIG LOL to everyone who was just making the argument of no proof of global warming. Giant sheet of ice is melting and breaking off, which will in turn raise the sea level globally by 4 ft. and this has only happened 400,000 to 500,000 years ago when greenhouse gasses released from the earth did the same thing. But of coarse this is still not proof, for most it will take their own house being swept away before there is enough evidence.
Curious... Antarctic ice mass is the highest volume in recorded history. So much ice that all the nuclear weapons on Earth couldn't melt it. But you guys are all atwitter over a news story about a big ice floe. It's fun watching people with no common sense get bent out of shape. Have a nice day. Personally, I'm digging out from a foot of fresh snow at my place.
And yet the Arctic ice and almost all the glaciers in the world is are at there lowest ever.
and yet, you are wrong.
Big LOL to you for actually believing this is important. New flash, ice falls off ice shelf. It happens ALL THE TIME. wow.
Bill Nye the actor guy?? He claims we all crawled out of pond scum from nowhere with no evidence and it's not a religion (macro evolution) He's a nut folks!
You're a nut. There is evidence! Have you heard of these things called fossils?
I don't listen to actors who claim to be a scientist when they are not. Where are the real scientists?
Let's say hypothetically that climate change isn't real and man made emissions aren't bad...lol
Are you saying that pollution is a good thing ?
Poisoning drinking water, the air, the soil and our health is great ?
Climate science is a collection of evidence from scientists that study bees, clouds, wind, dirt, mosquitos, fish, ice, ants... Etc, etc, etc.
All these different scientists (which don't even know each other) aren't fudging centuries of research so that there's a conspiracy to make up in our present day !!!
We need to look at the future and seek new ways to provide energy in a cleaner more efficient way.
Fracking and mining up fossil fuels is only happening because of powerful people who don't care about anyone but themselves, and their profits.
At least be honest with yourself and everyone else and say, I don't care what happens..... I love the fact that there's pollution and the corporate world of covering it up and making a mockery of it all.
Science faces reviews that come from well thought out theories that get tested over and over again.
When there's this much evidence towards the impact of climate change, then denying it is just a self absorbed conspiracy assortment, that you got sold from a dark greed ridden place, where truth has no importance and fairy-tale facts take the day as usual.
Thanks, Les xo
Why would (Cupp) think that a poll on percentage of "who believes" ... be a driving force for her argument for or against the science of climate change ?
Answer: because its trickery 101,obvious and pure deceit.
Her journalistic integrity is as always, just a bunch of talking points.
There is no room in pseudo-science for skepticism. YOU MUST ALL BELIEVE!!!
I am not a climate denier. It appears that the globe is warming slightly. Whether that is man-caused or not is debatable, but the data appear reliable, except for the most recent decade or two. What I am concerned about are the proposed solutions. You want solar panels, highly expensive, kill birds and other wildlife, and may have other unforeseen negative consequences. Wind turbines dry out the land and heat it up as well. Isn't that a bit counterproductive. Ethanol ruins car engines for any car not specifically made for it. And recent studies cast doubt on its effectiveness in helping the environment. Electric vehicles are nice, but way too expensive for putting them in the market in numbers sufficient to make a difference globally. Where I am going with this is simply this. We need a lot more time and research to find positive answers that don't have major negative consequences. Rushing into killing our moribund economic recovery for negligible gains and negative side effects is not a wise course of action.
Finally, and perhaps even more important than anything I have said so far, there must be a coalition of countries willing to substantially cut emissions including China, India, and much of the rest of the developing world. Otherwise anything we can do, all 300 million of us, would be a waste of time and money. We have set the example. But unless others are willing to follow, we are doomed to be insignificant in our efforts.
I will give you that more research is needed. And I see some viable point to your logic over the solar and wind energy sources, even though one or the other was never the intention for a lasting solution but a synergy of all natural alternative sources of energy.
I have spent some time around smaller solar panels and could be open to the idea that a large solar farm would be literally baking its surrounding area. The wind turbine I am skeptical of in the drying effect as the turbine is pushed by the already present wind passing by so whatever drying was occurring would have already been happening in conjunction with the rest of the environmental changes. With a combination of solar, wind and revisiting hydroelectric power there could be some lasting improvements in how we power our grids.
The mention of the electric car yields one problematic issue unseen to the consumers in the batteries and the contents thereof and what would need to be done with the abundance of those batteries once fully electric cars become more prevalent. If we are already stuffing the ground with the waste batteries we throw out every day, what will we be doing with the byproduct of the larger bulk batteries of fully electric automobiles? I have driven non-ethanol prepared cars and driven on 10%ethanol fuel and never had to constantly perform maintenance or make unnecessary trips to the mechanic as a result of the fuel, so I cannot speak to the ethanol issue but my experience does not leave me very open to the debate on its evils. I agree the expense of the electric automobile is not worth the price it is marketed on, but I have some residual hope for the hybrid car provided we can sole some of the issues I mentioned from the emergence of the more needy battery systems we will see.
I also strongly agree that a GLOBAL effort needs to the front of these revolutionary problem solving efforts, all or nothing. We are not going to save anyone in the this century with these kinds of solutions, but try to preserve something for centuries to come.
But I think the central issue to this video is that you have someone representing the sciences debating with an economist and a media representative, which are sides of the spectrum of society that traditionally have never been able to understand each other and in that futility, CNN logged some air time and repeated online viewership and nothing more. As soon as Bill Nye attempts to present his position using the science, the media voice (Cupp) enters media statistics and anyone who has gathered statistical data worth their salt knows that you never display the data that disagrees with your position. so she did her due diligence and present only the information that favored her position. Loris of the Heritage Foundation with its reputation for data manipulation did the same. Nye more than likely did the same, but the difference is that none of the data he presents come from him directly, so he has no cause to go out of his way to manipulate his supporting data.
All of it was just an amusement piece to sway the viewing public and drum up viewers from all sides of the issue. To strike up an entertained crowd, a classic Turner Broadcasting tactic, look at TBS and TNT which show the same old shows over and over because the sheepish populace is dumb enough to continue to tune in. It matters not how many informed minds tuned in, it was all a stunt to occupy your minds on one channel and website for a given amount of time. Well played Turner.
They can talk and act like science is up for debate just like any other political topic at hand. But get this straight "crossfire"..science is not politics..if you try to use polls, opinions, economics...give me a break..do any of you have good understanding of science to begin with...if so you wouldn't be talking like this..but since you do..it is apparent that understanding of science really needs serious tone so it can reach everybody..sure there will be economic costs associated with making things greener..but not doing anything to start with will decimate us in the long run....then you can talk about costs and stuff...it is upsetting people in this country think I have right to my opinion..well sure...but what is the point of that when you are completely representing "stupidity" on your part without thinking..
Good Job!
Why is it important who throws the blanket over the world – it will still make it too warm for comfort or have other side effects. One of those blankets is now 40% thicker in a time frame nature isn't used to dealing with; not to mention it's not been this thick in the past 800,000 years. Sure, it was thicker somewhere back 10 of millions of years ago, but nothing like humans lived back then – unless you are a flesh eating anaerobic bacteria, of course 🙂 Perhaps the Sol system has wandered into a warmer region of space, a hot asteroid storm is upon us, of deep volcanic action is producing more gas... that does not alter the fact we have thrown a warming blanket (CO2) half again as thick as what nature provided us as a species.
Then again – I won't be here for the fun times – I won't need to endure the effects, whatever they are. And if I am rich, my grandkids will be able to endure it as long as I they have a sufficient supply of serfs to do the menial task of building those super insulated homes on hilltops overlooking the Los Angeles or Miami Seas. But alas, it has always been this way, and always will. It's human nature.
Reality is quite a bully.
This makes me so sad. Hopefully I'll still be living by 2050, I don't want a bunch of stupid people wrecking the world for me. I want to live with clear skies and green grass. It's not fair! Kids born in the world today are being screwed over by people like these news casters.
Why do some people not believe in climate change? Because of the media! The people who are supposed to be telling us the truth ignore all studies because it's more 'interesting' to have a bunch of conspiracy theories! It's ridiculous! These are not adults. They are children. They should be ashamed to call them selves news reporters.
Why can people not understand that Climate Change is a natural process and that our planet has undergone regular and cyclical changes to its climate over the years; that those changes at times were much more rapid thatn what appears to be happening now?
"Why can people not understand that Climate Change is a natural process and that our planet has undergone regular and cyclical changes to its climate over the years; that those changes at times were much more rapid thatn what appears to be happening now?"
revwrb: You misunderstand what the term 'Climate Change' means. It refers to Anthropogenic Global Warming - Man caused Global Warming. Man's burning of fossil fuels which releases large quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere; and because CO2 is a potent Greenhouse Gas, prevents the natural transmission of infrared thermal radiation into space from Earth, causing the planet to warm. Since around 1750, atmospheric CO2 has increased 40%, and atmospheric global average temperature has climbed at a rate unprecedented in the last 1400 years. Its not the climatic effects so far that are most concerning -it's what those effects will be as man continues to add CO2 to the atmosphere and warming continues that has scientists alarmed.
If you want to see data on this, look here: http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/files/2014/02/CO2_and_temperature_since_mid_19th_cen.gif
Not this rapidly over the past 30 years. The planet was an inhabitable ice-ball at one point too. Economics don't mean anything if we're facing catastrophic weather that threatens to wipe out hundreds of millions.
"Scare tactics?" oh brother. These are the same type of people that argued the world being flat.
Hi rvwrb,
If you take some time and do a bit of unbiased research (on line is good enough) you will understand that climate change has NEVER in all of the recorded history occurred this fast. Also remember when climate change caused increased temperature (NOT AN ICE-AGE) in the historical past there were no humans around.
What is happening NOW is unprecedented and could very well push earth into a major irreversible tipping point.
The idiots that deny that Climate Change or Global Warming in not a problem or worse it's not happening have an agenda and believe me they don't give a poop about you or me.
Playing games with the meaning of "Climate Change" is the most immature post yet seen on this forum. Of course the Climate has gone through warming and cooling cycles in the past. You really think scientists haven't studied this? You also think they don't know that Temperature increases led to CO2 increases in the past by driving CO2 from the oceans?? And that they still do?
The news here is that apparently YOU don't know that during the industrial age Man has been adding large quantities of CO2 to the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels, so that now atmospheric CO2 rises first, and via the greenhouse effect, warms the planet by trapping infrared thermal radiation trying to leave the Earth's system. This Man-caused CO2 increase has been so rapid, relative to the past, that CO2 increases have been leading the temperature rise since about 1800, and the temperature rise has then driven more CO2 from the oceans as it always has, amplifying the original temperature rise, once again by the Greenhouse effect.
Have you studied physics? Or even read Physics books? Or Climate Papers? It doesn't seem so: You don't even understand the difference between temp rise caused by the Greenhouse Effect and CO2 rise caused by warming from other sources, and yet assume you have unique knowledge about past cycles and others don't, and use this as a supporting argument to deny AGW. And pick a fight about the semantics of 'Climate Change'. I find your entire debate style uninformed, or more accurately, ludicrous.
Apparently YOU don't know that researchers have recently found substantial amounts of CO2 are being released into the atmosphere at a rate that is much greater than previously thought – to the point that it can address nearly all if not all increases observed over the past 50 years. You don't understand that as the sun hits the oceans it warms the oceans and the result is the release of CO2 into the atmosphere – something the IPCC has conveniently ignored or under assessed. Either way there is a lot of data suggesting that the variation in our climate is very much likely being driven by natural causes – do the research!!! It is out there.
I do have a unique knowledge having studies ancient climates in my job – there are too many holes in the position of the IPCC for any reasonable scientist to believe – so it obviously leads to the fact you have no understanding of the scientific process not do you know the role of scientific debate in that process..instead you simply want to roll over and lie there..typical of a layman.
Hi wlb
There is no senses debating this issue with people like this. As critical as this topic is unfortunately this topic has become politically polarizing. They will deny this disaster is happening even as they drink their own pee when the fresh water runs out.
You need to goto nasa.climate.gov .
Try to learn before you post.
Unlike you I have been investigating this topic for close to 15 years now and I do know what I am talking about. Since all you can contribute to the debate is a mention of the NASA climate site, it is obvious that you really do not understand what is being debated, nor why. Leave these discussions to people who do know something about climate and can contribute to the debate.
The only thing you've been "investigating" rvwrb is a bunch of denialist websites, which routinely present things in very misleading ways (among them that CO@ lead-lag issue). This is because most of them are funded by the very industries that stand to lose literally trillions (according to a recent study) during the next 20 years if humankind does the right thing here. There's good reason that they have invested $550 million over seven years in these websites and "think tanks" that specialize in distorting the science.
Try "investigating" a real science journal once in awhile – just for variety. And to build a little credibility with the rest of your species.
Wow if there was a Nobel prize for arrogance you would win hands down!! What a bunch of rubbish you spewed out. You lack of understanding of the topic is clear by your silly comments.
Here are some links you might consider looking into – that is IF you re4ally want the full story on the debate – something I doubt very much to be on your list of accurate climate reports.
http: // http://www.klima-schwindeldotcom/Hatch_UN_scientists_criticaldotpdf
http: // http://www.ametsocdotorg/boardpges/cwce/docs/BEC/CICCC/2012-02-AMS-Member-Survey-Preliminary-Findingsdotpdf
..the paper supporting the rise in temp preceding the rise in CO2
Climate change: no consensus on consensus
J. A. Curry and P.J. Webster
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0340
http: // nipccreportdotorg/articles/2013/may/21may2013a1dothtml
At one point when Cupp was attacking Bill Nye she was saying that cows produce more green house gasses then the Keystone Pipeline would help to produce. Of course she didn't say what the source was and what they included when figuring out that research. The main greenhouse gas produced by cows is methane. Methane is also a problem with other forms of fossil fuel extraction. There is a proven way to solve that problem with cows. There are scaleable systems that can break down cow manure and harness the methane to provide power. This also has the side effect of nearly eliminating the smell from manure as well as producing great fertilizer. Unfortunately that would be considered a "Green" source of energy and thus would be shunned by conservative groups since the party line has been that green is bad.
the left will not rest until they control every part of our lives…even the air we breath. Our health care, food, and etc.. when they have it all they will ration it…NOW THAT IS POWER. This is what racism (division) and environmental control is all about. Not to say we need NO regulation, but this is now all over the top. Germany is a great example where they are floating in water, but if you use more than they believe you should it cost big time...
Your so right! Bring back the good old days when there were no rules for pollution control! It was great in the late 60's and early 70's. I loved those drives to the beech on the Garden State Parkway! The way the smog used to blanket the bridge over the Raritan river by Dutch Boy Paints! The multi colored pools flowing into the water, getting sick from swimming in the water with the sewage discharge pipes near by. Those were the days! Those dam Democrats and their clean air act!
Just give me the polluted water, dirty air, supper heated summers. I don't need no stinkin health care to deal with either. What's wrong with insurance companies dropping people that have paid all along because they got sick. Lets just let industry do what ever it wants. Silly regulations! Who needs them?
Burning fossil fuels does has an effect on it. – But, for instance, we're only now digging up dirt from our closest planet and asteroids coming close to the earth keep taking us by surprise and getting only back page news status. Yet the climate change folks keep claiming that things like solar flares, possible variations in our obit and our exact proximity to the sun, variations of the core temperature of the earth, methane released by natural sources, volcanic activity, etc............. "have already been factored out" and that we evil human's and our byproducts are the only or main reason for global warming and that if we dare question that, we are somehow "science deniers". – Now who's really denying science when they try shutting down anybody that questions their theory or asks questions about other legitimate factors and variables?
For example, more than two million people living on the banks of Lake Kivu in central Africa are at risk of being asphyxiated by gases building up beneath its surface, scientists have warned. But how much did we know about that before it actually happened.
It is estimated that the lake, which straddles the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, now contains 300 cubic kilometres of carbon dioxide and 60 cubic kilometres of methane that have bubbled into the Kivu from volcanic vents. The gases are trapped in layers 80 metres below the lake's surface by the intense water pressures there. However, researchers have warned that geological or volcanic events could disturb these waters and release the gases.
The impact would be devastating, as was demonstrated on 21 August 1986 at Lake Nyos in Cameroon, in West Africa. Its waters were saturated with carbon dioxide and a major disturbance – most probably a landslide – caused a huge cloud of carbon dioxide to bubble up from its depths and to pour down the valleys that lead from the crater lake.
Carbon dioxide is denser than air, so that the 50mph cloud hugged the ground and smothered everything in its path. Some 1,700 people were suffocated. How much did we know about that before this actually happened.
I want a safer planet, clean air and water as much as the next person, but we may have to consider that we humans may not be the single biggest factor in all of this. Yes we do have some effect on global warming and we do still need to minimize pollution, but it's not all up to us. We're really not that aware of everything going on in our vast solar system or even our own planet and exactly how it is affecting us and those who claim that we do have it all figured out would be the real science deniers.
And we're not the bad guys right now. Countries like our USA, Germany, Canada, Japan and other countries like them are trying to do the right thing to help limit and clean up pollution. But countries like Communist China, India, Mexico and many others are not doing the same. Just check out the current Chinese extreme pollution issues – We all live in the same world, but not every country plays by the same rules. You Don't see China, India or Mexico with anything even close to our EPA, DEP, OSHA, etc........ – Do you?
Foreign Lobbyists here in the US promote sending US jobs to countries like Communist China, India and Mexico where they work for slave wages, no benefits, no OSHA safety standards or No Real Environment Regulations. It also doesn't help us compete when many of these Chinese company's factories are subsidized by China's communist government.
Just check out the current Chinese extreme pollution issues – We all live in the same world, but not every country plays by the same rules.
If we want to make it better – We should bring manufacturing back to the USA where we're less likely to pollute than they are in China, India and Mexico and at the same time provide a much needed boost to the Real American Economy and the American People.
Thank you for your posts, well thought out and written and no bashing. How refreshing
In your long post with many important environmental problems cited, you also say: "Now who's really denying science when they try shutting down anybody that questions their theory or asks questions about other legitimate factors and variables?" That's a downright silly assertion. The body of evidence and the underlying Physics that explains the evidence is for all to see in multiple reports by the Royal Society, the IPCC, the NAS and the AAS. And where do you see Scientists trying to shut down anyone? They are putting forth their accumulated evidence and their Physics based explanations for the evidence. You honestly think they shouldn't?
Do you have evidence that invalidates AGW –that the Earth is warming and Man is the cause? You don't think that's a problem worth bringing forward to the public?
@keitho: The Greenhouse Effect has been confirmed many times by observation and is standard physics. For a good explanation, go here: http://www.skepticalscience.com/does-greenhouse-effect-exist.htm
Climate Change Alarms – Let's get real America – The American People need leaders who will stop selling us out to countries like Communist China, India and Mexico.
It's called polarizing and distracting – I guess gay marriage and abortion aren't cutting it anymore – So now it's climate change.
What about Communist China's Extreme Pollution Issues, Climate Change and Unfair Trade
We should bring manufacturing back to the USA where we're less likely to pollute than they are in China, India and Mexico and at the same time provide a much needed boost to the Real American Economy and the American People.
Foreign Lobbyists here in the US promote sending US jobs to countries like Communist China, India and Mexico where they work for slave wages, no benefits, no OSHA safety standards or No Real Environment Regulations. It also doesn't help us compete when many of these Chinese company's factories are subsidized by China's communist government.
Just check out the current Chinese extreme pollution issues – We all live in the same world, but not every country plays by the same rules.
We're not the bad guys right now. Countries like our USA, Germany, Canada, Japan and other countries like them are trying to do the right thing to help limit and clean up pollution. But countries like China, India, Mexico and many others are not doing the same. You Don't see China, India or Mexico with anything even close to our EPA, DEP, OSHA, etc........ – Do you?
Trade with countries like Communist China, India and Mexico is pretty much a One-Way-Street. – And how's that been working out for the American People, the Real American Economy and the Health of Our Planet?
Our economic problems didn't happen overnight. It's been happening over the past 25 years, but the American economy was kept going by middle class American consumers tapping into the equity on their homes to enable them to continue to buy the cheap outsourced products until they were completely tapped out, out of good jobs and or out of work.
On the US Department of Commerce's US Census Bureau website there's a graphic showing how our trade imbalance has gotten progressively worse over the entire period from 1989 to the present and how it's really accelerated at an increasingly greater rate each year since 1999.
Just go to the site and check it yourself: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c0004.html
We can thank "our leaders" from both sides and the WTO for that.
If these "free trade" agreements were so good us, why did our trade deficit keep getting increasingly larger and larger during this span of time.
Increasingly way more money going out of our country every year versus coming in every year.
It's Not Rocket Science.
Regardless of what the Free-Traitors keep trying to sell us, we can see what's real. The American People need to just trust their own instincts, common sense and what they've seen actually going on all around them versus all of the nonsense that the Free-Traitors are still trying to sell us.
Also most counterfeit goods are produced and manufactured in Communist China, making it the counterfeit capital of the world. In fact, the counterfeiting industry accounts for 8% of China's GDP.
The bottom line is that "Our Government" has to protect domestic industry and the jobs that those industries provide. If they do that, the rest will take care of itself.
Bringing manufacturing back to the US not only gives jobs to the US citizens who would be working in those manufacturing facilities, but to the people that would be working in the businesses that would spring up all around them. This should also include the safe harvesting, production and distribution of our own natural energy here in the USA, rather than paying for fuel from countries where they hate us. Let's keep that money and those jobs here in the US.
Nowadays it's obviously not about being either lazy or uneducated as many try to profess, but about wages, expenses and regulations that are not even remotely close to the wages, expenses and regulations in our country.
If more people would have listened to Ross Perot back in 1992, America wouldn't be in this mess.
The "Global Market Place" is not a level playing field! The whole idea of the tariffs is so we can pay our factory workers a decent wage and not be blown out by these other countries where they don't play by the same rules.
The bottom line is that "Our Government" has to protect domestic industry and the jobs that those industries provide. If they do that, the rest will take care of itself.
We may have to pay a bit more for products made here in the USA by US citizens, but at least we'll still have jobs and a future for our children.
Unfortunately both sides are still able to get most people to buy and drink their flavor of Kool-Aid, only it's just different flavors of the same brand and both flavors are making the American People and the Real American Economy sick.
Wake the heck up America!
I agree domestic jobs should be our number one priority. Here is my thinking. Everyone needs a job straight,gays men women etc. jobs will lessen abortion parents can afford them with a job, with jobs people will purchase and invest some stimulating the economy, I think it will also cut down on crime as a result of depression from not working, yes we need to produce our own natural resources. We pull it out of our ground send it to china they refine it and then sell it back to us. That makes no sense to me.
I Agree – The ONLY REAL FIX for our great country is to RAISE REVENUE, by Bringing Back Businesses and Jobs to TAX-PAYING AMERICAN CITIZENS.
Unfortunately almost all of our politicians are a joke – Only it's not so funny, because over the past several decades, all they've been doing is screwing the American people, by stalling, spending, removing protections and allowing illegal aliens to continue to pour in and American jobs and industry to pour out, and all while collecting their American tax-payer funded pay checks, benefits and whatever else they get on the side from their various lobbyist friends.
The American People need Our Leaders to start remembering that they are elected by the Citizens of the United States of America to represent the interests of those citizens and the country itself and that They're NOT Elected By or To Represent the Global Market Place, Lobbyist, Foreign citizens or Illegal Aliens.
But let's face it both parties are just doing the bidding of their masters, while lamely trying to look like they're trying to represent us. Wouldn't it be nice, if some of these puppet masters were conscientious loyal Americans who loved their country and cared about their fellow Americans enough that they would finally start pointing their lap-dog-politicians in the direction of doing right by the American People? Maybe that's delusional on my part – But if this doesn't start happening soon, the American people and the future of the country that we love is doomed.
If more Americans would have listened to Perot back in 1992, we wouldn't be in this mess right now.
Back in the day Ronald Reagan was considered a great conservative leader. If President Obama today said that he wanted to adjust tax policy to mirror the rates form the Reagan days he would be run out of town. Clowns on Fox and this Crossfire show would have a field day! Throw the Communist out!
Fine you get your job in a coal plant.
The future looses 4 Billion people for it.
Good call!
what??? 4 billion? Make up things much?
He is speaking for the Scientific Community (when he can actually speak). Unless a particular Scientist is associated with the oil industry or The Fox News Channel they unanimously understand Global Warming is REAL and it is happening NOW. It is not GOING to happen in 50 to 100 years. It is happening NOW. And unfortunately opinions that state it isn't happening NOW or "all the data is not in, is not going to change that...
Typical republican tactics, speak over the person, interrupt, spout statements that are false. There is no debate on his anymore, the global scientific community says this is real. I don't understand why the right refuses to believe scientists. Science says the world is round and rotates around the sun, do they want to debate that?
Sadly some people debate that aswell.
A serious case of 'Confirmation Bias' is also at work. The same bias that causes liberals to demonize GMOs when the science is clear that GMOs are harmless. Both AGW and GMOs are examples of how humans are programmed by evolution to fight anything that threatens their worldview of how things OUGHT TO BE. Conservatives view Man as the virtuous conqueror of his environment; liberals view the Environment as a victim of Man.
Man is not as perfect a creature of the Enlightenment and Rationality as we think,; the degree to which we can overcome this bias and deal with such issues rationally will determine history's judgment of the specie's success, IMO.
The Earth will end up like Venus. Venus is the way it is because of CO2. The surface of Venus is hotter than that of Mercury because the CO2 traps the heat that is radiated from the planet when it is heated by the sun. It doesn't matter where the CO2 comes from, but there is a STRONG correlation (not causation) between the amount of cars we drive each year and the ppm of CO2 added to our atmosphere every year. That is what Mr. Nye was getting at. This planet, Earth, will be just like Venus if people are so ignorant, and most CO2 emissions come from fossil fuels. You only need Astronomy 101, Geology 101, and Chemistry 101 to tell you that.
Josh claims Earth will get like Venus.
Sorry, kid, you are so wrong. The Earth BEGAN like Venus 4.3billion years ago. 100 atmospheres pressure, >96% CO2 and no life. Life sucked the CO2 out of the atmosphere. yet even 600m.yrs ago CO2 was around 30%. Now it's just 0.04%. with plants struggling for 'breath'. One more big Ice Age like 20,000 years ago and life will not recover, just not enough CO2 left.
What a dolt. First year courses taught by pseudo-science activists and this clown thinks he knows better than Lindzen.
– Venus is cooler than Earth at 101kPa, it's only hot at 100 atm.
– Venus has no oceans to dissolve CO2; CO2's half life in the atmosphere is trivially short and can so it can never cause sustained warming of any significance.
– fossil fuel, is by definition, renewable biomass. Plants and animals sequestered carbon, and then about 1 PERCENT of it is being returned from commercial reserves of that carbon.
Please explain to us how burning already sequestered carbon can increase CO2 by 80,000%?
Holy nuts, what ignorance. Venus doesn't have oceans to dissolve CO2.. so there must be none in the atmosphere? Never mind that Wikipedia tells me that CO2 is the main ingredient in Venus' atmosphere.
"the half life of carbon dioxide"... "half life" is term only applied to radioactive materials. Without plants or oceans, CARBON DIOXIDE DOESN'T BREAK DOWN into anything else.
The saddest part? Nobody else here even bothered to dispute you. Our American educational system sure is cranking out some winners who make ignorance and willful stupidity into an art form.
I don't think people responded to him because his ignorant post required no response. How about the part about not having enough co2 if we have another ice age! Classic!
"learn to listen, and give the man some space to express himself. You are supposed to be professionals, not debate-interrupters." YOU GOT THAT RIGHT. Let him speak, idiots.
I find it offensive that mister Nye presumes to speak for the world of science on this issue as if it is settled. It is not. Most every scientist that parrots the Greenpeacers and other socialists on this issue has their government supplied funding to consider. Those that refuse to toe the line, put funding and therefore careers in jeopardy.
Guys that don't need to worry about tenure often show their skepticism; but, the MSM seldom gives them any ink.
It's not settled? ALL 200 of the top Scientific Academies of the World have endorsed the IPCC conclusions ,and NONE dispute any aspect of AGW. NO credentialed scientists working in the field dispute AGW.Some believe the near-consensus projections of warming are too high, some believe they are too low, but NONE dispute that the Earth is warming, and that man's burning of fossil fuels is the cause.
You are incorrect.
Lol, why are they even trying to argue? They all just made themselves look like ignorant assholes who can't calmly talk about things. Why do economists even think they have a say about something they know essentially nothing about?
I agree with you completely. It's kind of like a guy who has a television persona call the science guy proclaiming to be an expert on global warming, when his credentials are a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in Mechanical Engineering. He has everybody fooled into his being a great scientist who knows everything about everything and just because his persona says global warming is our biggest threat, flocks of the uneducated follow his every word. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me.
You do understand that to obtain a Bachelor of Science requires classes that focus on all the parts global warming is revolved around, right?
Lets hear your position on AGW: Is it 1) There's no warming, 2) there is , but Man is not the cause, 3) there is, and Man is the cause. #3 is my position and the position of all the credentialed scientists working in the field, and all 200 of the top Scientific Academies in the world. If you want to debate, tell us your position - 1,2 , or 3 - and the evidence for it.
In 1992, I think, I listened to Dr. Sallie Baliunas, who was at that time was at the Harvard Smithsonian Center. She talked about this and predicted a lot of this. Now Bill Nye has got proof. ??? What more do people want, calamity? Well it looks like it is coming. When she talked, I did the math and estimated that we had from 2012 to 2018 when calamity will hit. The Presidential Administrations before this and Congress have done, from what I see, nothing. At least now people are talking. It is going to be do you remember when, someday. If 64% don't believe this, well just let them find out. There is no more time to plan. It is here.
"When she talked, I did the math and estimated that we had from 2012 to 2018 when calamity will hit."
So when/if calamity DOESN'T hit, then what will your new prediction be? I'm sure you probably just forgot to carry the 1, or misread that 2 as a 7 or something...
So far, the AGW crowd has failed miserably to prove their case that climate change isn't cyclical, but man-made. Their computer models and predictions score a giant "F". What was once a definite "ice-free poles by 2013" has become "maybe by 2030 or 2050". As they keep moving the goal posts all over the playing field in an attempt to keep the other side from scoring, they just make themselves look more and more desperate.
I think big problem with the whole argument is everyone is using the big disastrous weather episodes as gauges for Climate Change. Like the argument "Well, we're in a hurricane drought so it must not be true." There are little things happening as well as big things happening that all have to be taken into account. I think everyone has to take it in as whole and educate themselves on the issue, and the problem with that is no one wants to take the time to do it.
Co-founder of Greenpeace, Dr. Patrick Moore's statement before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight on February 25, 2014:
"In 1971, as a PhD student in ecology I joined an activist group in a church basement in Vancouver Canada and sailed on a small boat across the Pacific to protest US Hydrogen bomb testing in Alaska. We became Greenpeace. After 15 years in the top committee I had to leave as Greenpeace took a sharp turn to the political left, and began to adopt policies that I could not accept from my scientific perspective. Climate change was not an issue when I abandoned Greenpeace, but it certainly is now.
There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are the dominant cause of the minor warming of the Earth's atmosphere over the past 100 years. If there were such a proof it would be written down for all to see. No actual proof, as it is understood in science, exists.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states: "It is extremely likelythat human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century." "Extremely likely" is not a scientific term but rather a judgment, as in a court of law. The IPCC defines "extremely likely" as a "95-100% probability". But upon further examination it is clear that these numbers are not the result of any mathematical calculation or statistical analysis. They have been "invented" as a construct within the IPCC report to express "expert judgment", as determined by the IPCC contributors.
These judgments are based, almost entirely, on the results of sophisticated computer models designed to predict the future of global climate. As noted by many observers, including Dr. Freeman Dyson of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies, a computer model is not a crystal ball. We may think it sophisticated, but we cannot predict the future with a computer model any more than we can make predictions with crystal balls, throwing bones, or by appealing to the Gods.
Perhaps the simplest way to expose the fallacy of "extreme certainty" is to look at the historical record. With the historical record, we do have some degree of certainty compared to predictions of the future. When modern life evolved over 500 million years ago, CO2 was more than 10 times higher than today, yet life flourished at this time. Then an Ice Age occurred 450 million years ago when CO2 was 10 times higher than today. There is some correlation, but little evidence, to support a direct causal relationship between CO2 and global temperature through the millennia. The fact that we had both higher temperatures and an ice age at a time when CO2 emissions were 10 times higher than they are today fundamentally contradicts the certainty that human-caused CO2 emissions are the main cause of global warming.
Today we remain locked in what is essentially still the Pleistocene Ice Age, with an average global temperature of 14.5°C. This compares with a low of about 12°C during the periods of maximum glaciation in this Ice Age to an average of 22°C during the Greenhouse Ages, which occurred over longer time periods prior to the most recent Ice Age. During the Greenhouse Ages, there was no ice on either pole and all the land was tropical and sub-tropical, from pole to pole. As recently as 5 million years ago the Canadian Arctic islands were completely forested. Today, we live in an unusually cold period in the history of life on earth and there is no reason to believe that a warmer climate would be anything but beneficial for humans and the majority of other species. There is ample reason to believe that a sharp cooling of the climate would bring disastrous results for human civilization.
Moving closer to the present day, it is instructive to study the record of average global temperature during the past 130 years. The IPCC states that humans are the dominant cause of warming "since the mid-20th century", which is 1950. From 1910 to 1940 there was an increase in global average temperature of 0.5°C over that 30-year period. Then there was a 30-year "pause" until 1970. This was followed by an increase of 0.57°C during the 30-year period from 1970 to 2000. Since then there has been no increase, perhaps a slight decrease, in average global temperature. This in itself tends to negate the validity of the computer models, as CO2 emissions have continued to accelerate during this time.
The increase in temperature between 1910-1940 was virtually identical to the increase between 1970-2000. Yet the IPCC does not attribute the increase from 1910- 1940 to "human influence." They are clear in their belief that human emissions impact only the increase "since the mid-20th century". Why does the IPCC believe that a virtually identical increase in temperature after 1950 is caused mainly by "human influence", when it has no explanation for the nearly identical increase from 1910- 1940?
It is important to recognize, in the face of dire predictions about a 2°C rise in global average temperature, that humans are a tropical species. We evolved at the equator in a climate where freezing weather did not exist. The only reasons we can survive these cold climates are fire, clothing, and housing. It could be said that frost and ice are the enemies of life, except for those relatively few species that have evolved to adapt to freezing temperatures during this Pleistocene Ice Age. It is "extremely likely" that a warmer temperature than today's would be far better than a cooler one.
I realize that my comments are contrary to much of the speculation about our climate that is bandied about today. However, I am confident that history will bear me out, both in terms of the futility of relying on computer models to predict the future, and the fact that warmer temperatures are better than colder temperatures for most species.
If we wish to preserve natural biodiversity, wildlife, and human well being, we should simultaneously plan for both warming and cooling, recognizing that cooling would be the most damaging of the two trends. We do not know whether the present pause in temperature will remain for some time, or whether it will go up or down at some time in the near future. What we do know with "extreme certainty" is that the climate is always changing, between pauses, and that we are not capable, with our limited knowledge, of predicting which way it will go next.
Thank you for the opportunity to present my views on this important subject."
I know my quote from greenpeace's co-founder was long but it shouldnt take this long to moderate. I thought this was supposed to be crossfire's blog with both sides of the argument and not just left leaning viewpoints.
S.E. I am calling on you to get this done haha!
You know his statement is actually just claiming the warming isnt caused by man right?
He doesnt claim it isnt happening.
Ryan Karl, thanks for that cut and paste spamload of unscientific garbage. Here's some relevant information:
1. Patrick Moore may have founded Greenpeace, but he's long since moved on to lobbying for the mining and logging industries, two lobbies that have a vested interest in downplaying the scientific reality and consequences of of human-caused climate change.
2. He's not a climate scientist, though he does a believeable job of sounding enough like one to fool people like you – assuming you actually believe that diatribe. More likely you work for one of the humanity-treasonous interests that are spending hundreds of millions of dollars these days to confuse the public, and you know it's a load of crapolla.
3. Now for some specifics. First of all he completely glosses over what drives ice ages, which are natural precessional changes in the earth's orbit called Milankovitch Cycles. So his pretense that CO2 doesn't matter because we had ice ages and warm periods with much higher rates of CO2 is just blatantly dishonest.
4. He mischaracterizes the very nature of science. He "charges" that there is "no proof" that greenhouse gases have caused the warming. Science doesn't work that way, Mr. Moore. NO finding in science ever has "100% proof". None of the medicines you use, none of the treatments you receive, have had some kind of Math Theory type logical proof. What science does do is accumulate evidence, in as many different ways as possible, for and against a hypothesis. If it becomes enormously lopsided in one direction or the other, the hypothesis is either abandoned or develops into a consensus. The latter is exactly what has happened following tens of THOUSANDS of peer reviewed studies over several decades. Read a few thousand of them before you think you know something, Mr. Moore.
5. His assertions that "the IPCC" (which really means the world's scientists, as the IPCC doesn't actually do any original research, it's just a meeting mechanism for compiling the entirety of the literature) "can't explain" the various different warming and plateau-ing patterns in the past 130 years is just criminally dishonest. There have been mountains of papers published on each of these – most importantly on the so-called "pause" of the past 15 years. Scientists have a pretty good idea of what drove each of those regimes.
6. His casual dismissal of the prospect of massive changes because "we are a tropical species" and the earth was once much warmer (millions of years ago) flies in the face of sanity and reality. 70% of the world's population lives on the coastlines, for starters. It will be enormously expensive to basically re-start civilization in a different place simply because some industries didn't want their profits to be hindered in the first part of the 21st century. And that's ignoring the fact that we are acidifying the oceans with rising CO2 in the atmosphere. You're going to have massive changes in the food chain, and the oxygenation level on this planet if you kill off the plankton. There are dozens, even hundreds of other things that could be talked about here as consequences of his Dr. Strangelove attitude.
He's basically a calm, measured sociopath. And you, here, are his caddy.
Your facts are acurate but irrelevant. Yes life can flourish with much higher CO2 levels. But civilizations are a magnitude of order more fragile than living organisms, especialy one, such as ours, that is not equiped to deal with the ramifications of accelerated climate change. I can only imagine the hyper-storms that occured in our pre-historic world, and I can imagine the loss of life and habitat should such weather patterns return.
BTW Ryan, more to the point of your logging lobbyist's assertion that climate science "doesn't know" why global temperature was increasing between 1910 and 1940, it is hogwash because scientists know that solar radiation was on the increase during that period. That was the driver. However, in the past 35-40 years, solar forcing has *decreased*, even as the planet has warmed. Greenhouse gases have simply overwhelmed what should have been a cooling period, if solar insolation were the only driving factor of earth temperature.
I don't know if CNN will post links, but I hope so because this will help:
Clearly, climate scientists certainly DO know why those regimes were different. Moore is either completely ignorant of the science he is bombastically critiquing, or he is one criminally dishonest son of a something.
rvwrb –
Utterly ridiculous Hail Mary diversion there. Everything on the skepticalscience site is sourced from peer-reviewed science.
BTW, since you seem confused about this, there aren't "two sides" to this, there is only one: that of evidence based science. All of the evidence points in the direction that humans are warming the planet, which is why the consensus of the scientific community is what it is.
If you don't like the site I pointed you to, you can get the solar data from anywhere else that's getting it from reputable scientific sources. And your hand waving line about NASA is just more mumbo jumbo. Of course solar irradiance goes in cycles – 11 year long ones to be precise. But these cycles ride on top of changing background levels, and that (smoothed) trend has insolation on a steady decrease during the time when the earth has been rapidly warming. This is in fact the principal reason why scientists have concluded what they have.
I should have added that you got one thing right at the end of your post. The steady decrease in solar forcing of late is one reason for the apparent "pause" of the past decade, but it's actually not the major one. Because of an overwhelmingly tilted period of La Nina (cool upwelling) in the Pacific, enormous amounts of trapped heat in the atmosphere which would have normally gone into warming the planet's surface temperatures has instead been absorbed into the oceans.
So we've gotten kind of a "stay of execution" or respite – one which will not hold over time. But it's been enough for the forces of denial – mainly industry and its knowing and duped (there are both kinds) shills to pretend that "global warming has stopped". In any case I'm glad you're at least aware of this small aspect of the noise, even if you seem (or are pretending to be) completely unaware of the rest of the science.
You obviously have not followed the blog very closely. I did for to years and then I posed the question to Mr, Cook asking him why he does not allow views contrary to his own to be posted to which he replied that the purpose of his blog was not to debate the topic but to push for acceptance of the IPCC for his children's sake. Those are pretty well his exact words and needless to say I stopped following it. It may be from peer reviewed science but that does not make it correct. Try investigating exactly what peer review means and in no way is it meant to provide credibility to those reports. Its purpose is to ensure that the presentation of the theories/arguments/subject are done in a fashion that is suitable for publishing and nothing more.
There most definitely are two sides to the argument – and from very valid sources. On one side we have a group that has focused their research onto a very small period in time, from 1850 to the present and from that research, have concluded that the planet is warming at an accelerated rate and we are "doomed" to higher frequency and stronger storms and all of this is due to increased CO2 in the atmosphere which has resulted in higher temperatures. The entire basis of their forecast is from the output of climate models.
On the other side we have pragmatic scientists who believe that the temperature records of 150 years or so are insufficient for us to determine what is happening to our climate. Those scientists believe that our climate is driven by a multitude of factors, many of which we do not fully understand and accordingly it is not possible for us to be at the confidence levels sated by the IPCC. Furthermore some studies have shown that temperature may be preceding the rise in CO2 (Sune Olander Rasmussen, Associate Professor and centre coordinator at the Centre for Ice and Climate at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen.Vostock ice cores; which if correct would take the legs out from under the foundation of the IPCC perspective. What recent research has shown is that the exchange of CO2 from the oceans ot the atmosphere is happening at a rate much faster than previously thought (NOAA 03-131, Warmer oceans release CO2 faster than thought; 25 April 2011 by Wendy Zukerman); The influence of El Niño on the equatorial Pacific contribution to atmospheric CO2 accumulation Nature, 398, 597–601 (1999)
Please stop using the phrase "consensus of the scientific community" because it simply is not substantiated. Mr Cook in fact created that number through an analysis of the abstracts of nearly 12,000 papers and here is what he found:
"We analyze the evolution of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming (AGW) in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, examining 11 944 climate abstracts from 1991–2011 matching the topics 'global climate change' or 'global warming'. We find that 66.4% of abstracts expressed no position on AGW, 32.6% endorsed AGW, 0.7% rejected AGW and 0.3% were uncertain about the cause of global warming. Among abstracts expressing a position on AGW, 97.1% endorsed the consensus position that humans are causing global warming. In a second phase of this study, we invited authors to rate their own papers. Compared to abstract ratings, a smaller percentage of self-rated papers expressed no position on AGW (35.5%). Among self-rated papers expressing a position on AGW, 97.2% endorsed the consensus."
Furthermore there is a great deal of research such as that carried out by W.R. Johns who concluded "... that the ice-core carbon-dioxide data prove conclusively that in geological time atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are determined by temperature. They neither support nor negate the hypothesis that global temperatures are determined by atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. "
Note that two thirds of abstracts expressed NO position on AGW – yet their research involved 'global climate change' or 'global warming'. To discard those views is entirely biased in my view and the propagation of the statistic by people such as your self is entirely inappropriate.
As for the role of the sun, there is a close correlation between rising and falling temperatures with the number of sunspots that occur. The relationship between cycle length and Earth temperatures is not well understood. Lower-than normal temperatures tend to occur in years when the sunspot cycle is longest, as confirmed by records of the annual duration of sea-ice around Iceland. The cycle will be longest again in the early 2020's.
Mark W: Thanks for your top notch statements about the Science. They are very helpful in putting to rest the nonsense Deniers try to pass off as revealed wisdom.
I do take issue with your general criticism of Industry, however. While some energy companies have funded Deniers in the past, most have stopped (check the Chevron and Exxon websites to see how much they're spending now to find solutions). My ex-employer (I'm now retired) and our industry actively worked with Congress to help shape the Waxman -Markey Cap and Trade Bill and has long worked with the US State Dept to try to develop Global agreements among nations to reduce emissions. It doesn't help our cause to criticize the same people who in many cases are lending their support to find solutions for mitigating AGW. I hope you'll look deeper into the point. Thanks for your comments that have otherwise been very constructive.
The US DOD announces a new weapon available if hostile aliens try to take over the Earth. The DOD will allow Palin voters to "mind meld" with the aliens. The aliens' heads will immediately implode caused by the huge vacuum.
Geez! It sure would be nice to actually hear Bill Nye speak and NOT be interrupted by the these others! He has knowledge people!
LOL. No he doesn't. He is a kids science show host. His 15 minutes are looooong over.
no, he doesn't actually have the credentials and has completed no research of his own. he has a mechanical engineering degree only and has spent most of his "career" as a television host teaching basic science. he has earned no doctorate. he was "awarded" them as "gifts" for his tooting of science as a whole not for his actual scientific research or contributions .
But you can admit that amongst those at the Crossfire table he has the most informed opinion because he's most scientifically inclined. He's the voice of the scientific community because he has a background of communicating scientific principles. That's why he was on this show. He won those awards for being able to communicate complex scientific concepts to the general public. The fact of the matter is, Nye understands the mechanisms behind global warming far better than some conservative economist.
I agree with Wolf. Whether he is a Science guy or whatever, he was invited onto the program to speak, not to just listen to what these idiots had to say. We heard from them, why not listen once in awhile??
I also agree with wolf, these talk show hosts are as ignorant as they come. Instead of interrupting the man over and over and addressing the majority opinion of the public by polls to try to gain popularity and public approval, how about actually listening. Let us hear the facts first from a man who has backed his research on scientific evidence, then feel free to continue your popularity campaigns.
Stupid Mammals , Blow Each Other With Fear, I Will Eat Your Brain.
Bye Nye is da man
* Bill Nye
If you want to claim climate change isnt happening on scientific grounds then that is fine, we can debate the merits either way on that but if you deny (or support) it based on just political grounds then you don't deserve to be taken seriously.
uh, you could say that about the climate change belilevers, also.
I did, which is why i put ...(or support).... in the comment.
Nye is a complete moron, and has no business debating "science:' or any other subject.
And you're someone to judge other people? People like you are the reason this worlds dying.
Well, Dave, let's compare your credentials to his so why can put that assertion in the proper context.
Why = we (not all the time, just this once.)
Should be easy. Bill Nye doesn't have any credentials.
Yea the Science Guy has no business debating science but the conservative economist does??? You got to be kidding me. Bill Nye was the only one out there that understood the actual meaning of those reports because he's actually scientifically competent. Scientist don't use scare tactics they use logical reasoning confirmed by their experiments. If anyone has a political agenda it's the conservative economist. Why? Oh I don't know because he's a CONSERVATIVE economist for a CONSERVATIVE think tank. Just because scientific findings don't align with your political and economic agenda DOES NOT mean the science is wrong.
Spot on. Well said.
who cares who Bill Nye is or what his credentials are. the fact is, and the point that was trying to be made is that even scientists can't totally agree on climate change, and yet the left is trying to bully it down everyones throat. When the entire scientific community can agree on climate change then come and talk to me about it. but until then stop trying to shove unproven crap down everyones throat. for every report that says climate change is a fact there is one that claims its not. and yet it's being pushed on us as if the entire science community agrees. the whole issue is just a huge political agenda issue on both sides. if you want to talk conservation and taking care of the planet then fine great idea no one is against it. but if your going to claim science is on your side then you need to do it with the backing of the entire scientific community not just the ones that agree with your side.
bill nye does not have the credentials to be entering this debate either. he has taught basic science and only earned a mechanical engineering degree. he is going off various skewed reports and data. more than half of the scientific community now says "global warming" is a farce. the planet is in a cycle.
at best, the fossil fuels that we use have a minor effect. the things that we have changed as far as landscaping are probably far more impacting. for example, areas that used to have more severe winters have more mild winters after damming up rivers to create man made lakes. the original global warming scientist has been discredited numerous times by scientists around the world because he not only could not produce his original data set, but couldn't tell other scientists what scope his data set was originally selected from. how do you not know when and where you accumulated the data you analyzed from? at least even have a good ball park so that another scientist can complete a similar analysis??? seriously. this is the boy that cried wolf and managed to get enough of the townspeople on board that we are still discussing his moronic study almost 20 years later. as far as the studies that they are discussing the "greenhouse" gas effect, they do not take into account, the planet's cycle, the data of more than the last 20 years (might want to consider the last time this happened was in the 1930s or even another hundred years since data is actually available) or the landscape changes that we know alter weather patterns in those areas drastically. the studies that have taken more temperature and weather data into account, have accounted for areas that have altered weather patterns because of landscaping AND are not skewed but genuinely conducted with the goal of the truth, not financed with a end already selected, have failed to support this ridiculous hypothesis.
In response to shawnd, is 97% consensus amongst climate scientists not enough??? And don't give me BS claims that refute the analysis of these scientists made by people who are not scientists. You're just set on not believing it not matter what the data suggests. Talk to anyone who can interpret that data (i.e. climate scientists) and they'll tell you the trend is alarming.
'more than half of the scientific community now says "global warming" is a farce. the planet is in a cycle. '
where the hell do you get that claim from? you can provide a source right?
Tea tard. where are you getting the 97% at you seriously need to do some research on that number it is veryt very exaggerated. unless your using the numbers that the left is using.
How many do you want?
Now where's your "proof"? And don't give me any nonsense sources from polarized media outlets. [Note where I got my sources from in the link above]
Dave, I hope at least you will not deny "THE COMPLETE MORON" is the one that doesn't offer any arguments, the one that just labels from the "strength" of its ignorance. Once a wise man said: "Ignorance is not an argument" – it looks like our society is racing in the opposite direction...
The fact is, everyone cares somewhat about global warming, climate change, etc... until caring effects our wallets, bank accounts, and weekend get aways. We, as a race, are selfish. Realistically, by the tim all this climate change become critical, we will all be dead.
No worries.
"I'm not a denier but...." "I'm not racist but...." sounds the same to me, it honestly sounded like none of these people even wanted to hear what Bill had to say about the topic and then they said that scientists pointing out that people are wrong based on facts was "bullying" like, wow, why did he even agree to come on this show and deal with these clowns?
It's an automatic preface that must be used because otherwise, in this day and age, you're assumed those things if you disagree. I'm a skeptic on climate change being man-made. Here's why: 1) Multiple reports of models not accurately predicting what happened (or throwing out valid data to make the model fit the result), and 2) Multiple leaks of documents that show these "scientists" knowingly and willfully making reports to fit what they believe, not what the data says.
All I need to be convinced is actual proof, empirical data used to create and recreate the same result over and over and over within an acceptable margin of error. That's what science really is. My fear is that man is causing 2% of the climate change and the rest is inevitable, but instead of looking to adapt, we're trying to figure out how to bail water out of a river to stop it from flowing instead of building a boat.
I've changed my mind on a number of things, and gone from neutral to a solid position on a number of things. I look to be debated with, I actively seek other points of view. Bill Nye is a total jackoff in this respect. If you don't agree with him, you're either some insane idiot religious dipsplit or a denier or whatever.
Oh the irony of Cupp moaning how people that deny climate change are vilified etc when the words she used about the message, over and over again, was 'scare tactics'
Scientists look for the truth, journalists look for "balanced" opinions. Whether climate change is or is not happening is a scientific question. We need research with various methods that triangulate the results. Journalists look for opposing viewpoints but not necessarily the truth. Thus, journalists equipped with opinion polls as evidence, can not tell us the truth regarding climate change only independent (with np political agenda) scientists can.
(Also, When you bring a guest in, let him speak. We would like to hear the "experts" opinion rather than to see him/her get talked over and intimidated.)
the American people can smell bullshit from feminist opinionated journalist...
Who payed off the anchors to coddle the nut-sack of evil corporate America ?
Storm aren't getting worse? Huh?
2012's Hurricane Sandy, at it's peak, was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record as measured by diameter. The resulting damage from the storm surge flooding spurred New York's Billionaire former Mayor Blumberg to declare he had changed his opinion on climate change. The storm's total damages have been at least $50 Billion USD, and could top $100 Billion; only 2005's Katrina can claim a larger cost. This truly devastating 2005 season saw three of the six worst Atlantic hurricanes ever (#6 Katrina along with #1 Wilma and #4 Rita).
And to top it off, 2013's Typhoon Haiyan was the strongest storm to make landfall in recorded history.
Hate to tell you but neither Hurricanes Sandy or Katrina had ANYTHING to do with climate change. Sandy was only a cat 3 that had the misfortune to hit a cold jet stream that intensified it. If it had come through a day earlier or a day later, it would never have been any stronger than a normal 3. Katrina was a cat 5, strong but not rare at all. IT had the misfortune of hitting New Orleans. I used to live there. They knew for decades that their levies were only rated for a type 3 storm. It's the lowest elevation city in the country surrounded by walls. When the levies breached, it filled up like a bowl. Most of the damage done by Katrina was not by the storm, but by water and flooding. Especially in New Orleans where the city just flooded. Look it up.
Why did you have to bring in facts and logic?
One of the problems today is that many news outlets are not really news outlets. Fox new was the brain child of a Republican strategist. It's sole purpose is to slant news to their point of view. I don't know what the story is with CNN. I guess they saw that Fox was doing well with opinionated fake news and wanted some of the action.
I realize that news has always had some bias but it was never as obvious as it is now. Now the "reporters" try to dominate the story. In the case of this show you get some pore guy "Phil Nye", and you try to turn him into a joke by talking over him with false information while making funny faces at anything he says, presenting other "Experts", hand picked to present the view the show wants to present.
It's sickening to watch.
You have obviously never really watch Fox News. It's not fake. Sure they have conservative talk shows. All the networks do. You can agree with them or not. But the news shows are definitely not fake. You know a fake network? MSNBC. What a joke that one is.
I shouldn't say fake. Just any story that has anything to do with politics, energy, pollution, and the environment is presented in a way to favor their financial interests. I haven't seen much of MSNBC but have heard it's kind of like the Fox mirror. All seem to be getting worse when it comes to objective reporting. It's a sad fact that most news has become entertainment programing. Sunday morning I was watching some local news and they were talking about the deteriorating situation in the Ukrian. Then the national morning show comes on and leads with their top story about Clipper owner Donald Sterling's girl friend breaking her silence. News is becoming more and more like Entertainment Tonight.
Every time is listen to Palin voters' (lack of) logic, I believe we should amend the constitution to allow higher, more respectable, and intelligent life forms (such as Cockroaches and Dung Beatles), to vote.
We already let people vote for a democrat. What more do you want?
haha. I guess you are the more intelligent life form who would get to choose. I guess when you run out of intelligent things to say you just call everyone else unintelligent. sounds like the smart thing to do. smh!!!
The whole skeptic/denial movement you are surely a part of is completely manufactured by conservative strategists. Sources:
And I don't know if you got my response to the 97% consensus, but check that out. I did my research and I provided my sources (also check these out).
No matter what the debate, one thing is clear, our world has become a place of directly opposed philosophies. Climate change, political discourse, medicinal remedies, any subject that can be argued, is in fact just that, it is argued. Opinions rule, and solutions are on permanent hiatus. Nobody anymore, even tries to search for compromise, they just wait for the other side to stop talking(most of the time). Instead of unified, we are now hopelessly polarized. If this situation continues, what will happen? There you go again, asking for a result. I am now in my 76th year. When somebody inquires about my welfare, my usual answer is, "I'm getting older" Replies to this can be varied, but the most used reply is the rebuttal, ":well, it beats the alternative". Now, because of this permanently polarized existence in which we live, my answer to that is a resounding, "NO IT DOESN'T"!.
Those two apparently didn't watch Bill Nye the Science Guy growing up. What a shame.
Bill NYSE the science guy who isn't a science guy – who cares what he thinks
Clearly you do not have any knowledge on who Bill Nye is and his growing list of educational accomplishments and awards.
Bill nye is not a scientist never was no degree, no doctorate. He is not a professor either. He is an actor. O our pres. Is not a professor either and he is also an actor


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|Does this woman want even more control of educational decisions and state coffers?
"Entrepreneurial investment in education technology has skyrocketed from $100 million in 2007 to $429 million in 2011. It's peculiar that the huge increase in companies investing in digital classrooms and testing materials to eventually align with the Common Core State Standards' requirements began the same year Rhee became Chancellor of DC Schools and Obama began his reign as president".
Potter Williams Report: War on Education 2013 exposes the federal takeover of education and Michelle Rhee's involvement in the "choice" movement which in reality is not choice for parents. It's not much of a choice to go from one school to another that has the same common core mandates and the same educational blueprint.
THERE IS NO SCHOOL CHOICE, and if organizations both conservative and liberal tell you there is, they're lying. Only the left has the playing field while conservatives grind their teeth on the sidelines. Hedge fund managers who control charter schools versus union-backed majorities on school boards? Where's the choice? If you want to understand how the war is going, read about the battle for Bridgeport, Connecticut. This is the kind of education reform taking place across the country; and it's not helping teachers, students, parents or principals who have skin in the game.
Recently StudentsFirst sent out a letter stating Missouri received a "D" ranking according to StudentsFirst's measurements. It had its recommendations on how:
- teachers should be evaluated
- parents should be empowered
- the legislature should fund education
Why is Michelle Rhee's organization dictating how districts should evaluate their employees, what choices parents/school boards should be making for children in their districts and how state government should be directing funding to educational programs? Does StudentsFirst's attempts to correct Missouri's educational deficiencies (as it ranks them) reduce federal control and spending? Do these attempts really create choice or just more public/private partnerships under the ruse of competition? Ask yourself, what does this private organization have to gain from the changes it wants to see in Missouri….and other states? Is it really "for the kids"?
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Life is complicated enough, so why must we have so many unnecessary choices?
Buying toilet paper seems like an easy task compared to understanding today's bottom bracket "standards".
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Our lives are complicated with too many choices. Have you ever bought toilet paper? Not only are there so many brands that your eyes glaze over, but you need about five minutes to decipher all the different kinds you can buy. Every time you go to the store, you'll see at least three people standing wide-eyed in the toilet paper aisle staring for minutes on end. I've seriously considered just starting a brand called Toilet Paper. Single ply. No padding. No lame patterns. No impregnated lotions. No designer colors. Just some basic friggin' TP.
The cycling world is suffering from the same decision paralysis that can be found in the world of toilet tissue. It's bad enough we now have three wheel sizes to choose from, but what am I supposed to call this hot new mountain bike wheel size, 27.5 or 650B? I can't figure it out, and after a week wandering the sunburnt tarmac of Sea Otter, it seems manufacturers can't either.
Focus calls their new Raven a 650B. Scott calls their new Scale a 27.5. Marin calls their prototype Rocky Ridge a 27.5. Schwalbe labels their tweener tires 650B. Ritchey is completely confused, trying to cover both by advertising their Vantage WCS wheels as 27.5 and their WCS Shield tires by actually printing 27.5 and 650B on the same tire. I even heard somebody in the industry refer to it as 27B. Can we get some consensus here, please?
Ritchey actually prints both 27.5 and 650B on their WCS Shield tires.
It seems pretty clear to me what it should be called. Since mountain bikes are measured in inches and not centimeters, 27.5 should be the preferred nomenclature. 650B is a metric standard that has most commonly been used in the road, touring and triathlon scene. How it crept its way into the mountain biking world, I'm not sure, but let's keep 650B to the skinny tires. Cool?
Personally, I like to call 27.5 bikes "Goldilocks", since after riding a few different 27.5ers, the wheels aren't too big or too small; they're just right. So now that whole Goldilocks taxonomy issue is out of the way, let's focus on a much bigger and more problematic dilemma that really gets me pissed; bottom bracket "standards". The true irony of this whole debacle is that there are so many different versions of bottom brackets these days that the last thing you can legitimately call them is a standard. The only thing standard about bottom brackets is that there is no standard.
BB30, FT30, BB386EVO, BB86, BB90, BB91, BB92, OSBB, BBRight, BBLeft, BBUp, BBDown. Not only does this nonsense make the art of pirating parts off one bike to build another completely impossible, but it gives bike shops huge headaches when trying to stock and install the choking mass of different bottom brackets, shims, adapters and whatever else.
What the hell is wrong with your traditional, good old threaded bottom bracket? Besides a few extra grams in weight, I never saw a problem with it. Sure, you might not be able to pull off a thicker, beefier bottom bracket area for more lateral stiffness, but I'd much rather have a slightly less stiff bottom bracket area that doesn't creak endlessly like a neglected door hinge and has bearings that can actually outlast a set of tires.
The flagship Felt FRD is a 19 lb. XC wunderbike that uses a traditional threaded bottom bracket.
Apparently there are a few manufacturers who agree with my frustrations, with Felt's new flagship FRD hardtail 29er wunderbike sporting a traditional threaded bottom bracket. Weighing in at a scant 19 pounds featuring insane amounts of lateral stiffness for ridiculously fast acceleration, apparently you can design a fast and light bike with a traditional threaded shell. When I asked Eddie McDonald of Felt why they used a threaded bottom bracket, his response was, "Have you ever ridden a BB30 frame?" My response was, "Yeah, it creaked like hell." All he did was nod.
So if we can simplify matters, why aren't we? Looking at the bottom bracket standards issue from a manufacturer's perspective, it makes more sense to have a molded bottom bracket for a couple of reasons. For one, manufacturing cost is less. Two, it reduces weight and adds design flexibility. And three, because it cuts weight and enables new designs, manufacturers can market it as a feature, enabling them to charge more money while costing them less to make. Plus, if it's proprietary, it makes switching from one brand to another more difficult. Seems like these bottom bracket "standards" benefit manufacturers far more than they benefit consumers.
This QBP video is a mind-numbing 8 minutes long and all it talks about is bottom brackets.
Quality Bicycle Products has an eight minute video on YouTube devoted to talking about nothing but bottom bracket standards. Four minutes into the video your brain wants to explode. A Tibetan monk doesn't have that kind of patience and attention span.
Even the Barnett Bicycle Institute is devoting more than five times on bottom bracket maintenance and repair in its classes than it did five years ago. With more than 100 pages of bottom bracket nonsense in the Barnett's Manual, bike shop owners will pretty soon have to hire a mechanic who only works on bottom brackets.
Praxis Works and Real World Cycling are now making – get this – threaded cartridge design bottom brackets to fit inside BB30-sized frame shells to help eliminate that God-awful creaking. So basically we're innovating ourselves backward to threaded style bottom brackets.
After sorting through the sea of different bottom bracket standards, the once befuddling mission of buying toilet paper now seems like a refreshingly simple and easy task. So if you'll excuse me, I have to jump on Goldilocks and go run an errand.