@AGWscamGlobalWarming: "On The Danger Of Always *** DOING SOMETHING *** (Anything, no matter how 
stupid!)
Especially to "fight" mythical manmade warming!
It could be that ''mindless positivity'' is much worse
August 10 2011
Excellent point by Rowan Dean:
Commentators, the Prime Minister and numerous cabinet ministers have
criticised Tony Abbott for his ''mindless negativity''. But could it be that
''mindless positivity'' is even worse?
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political strategy that believes doing anything is better than doing nothing
and places a premium on highly visible actions first, and complicated
questions later (such as ''is this thing actually going to work?'')
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Warmest Regards
B0nz0
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps
US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists
worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct
from natural variation."
Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
"If climate has not "tipped" in over 4 billion years it's not going to tip
now due to mankind. The planet has a natural thermostat"
Richard S. Lindzen, Atmospheric Physicist, Professor of Meteorology MIT,
Former IPCC Lead Author
"It does not matter who you are, or how smart you are, or what title you
have, or how many of you there are, and certainly not how many papers your
side has published, if your prediction is wrong then your hypothesis is
wrong. Period."
Professor Richard Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics
"A core problem is that science has given way to ideology. The scientific
method has been dispensed with, or abused, to serve the myth of man-made
global warming."
"The World Turned Upside Down", Melanie Phillips
"Computer models are built in an almost backwards fashion: The goal is to
show evidence of AGW, and the "scientists" go to work to produce such a
result. When even these models fail to show what advocates want, the data
and interpretations are "fudged" to bring about the desired result"
"The World Turned Upside Down", Melanie Phillips
"Ocean acidification looks suspiciously like a back-up plan by the
environmental pressure groups in case the climate fails to warm: another try
at condemning fossil fuels!"
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Before attacking hypothetical problems, let us first solve the real problems
that threaten humanity. One single water pump at an equivalent cost of a
couple of solar panels can indeed spare hundreds of Sahel women the daily
journey to the spring and spare many infections and lives.
Martin De Vlieghere, philosopher
"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that
it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of
mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible."
Bertrand Russell"
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Crazy weather affects crops
Low crop yields expected this season
Lee Ann Okuly
Wayne.com
Tue, 09 Aug 2011, 5:25 PM EDT
Huntington, Ind. (WANE) - The extreme weather we have seen this spring and
summer has not only affected our daily lives, it has also greatly affected
this y crops.  Many farmers are dealing with small crops or crops that won't
mature fully.  And it's all due to one weather factor, the rain.
The outlook for this season is a low yield.  This is due to 2 main things.
First, we had a record setting May in rainfall which forced crops to be
planted late, some even as late as the 1st wk of June.  This has put many area
farmers and growers well behind schedule.  Second, once the crops were in the
ground, the rain stopped.  This has prevented some of the crops from maturing.
Some plants have stopped producing vegetables completely.
One grower we spoke with says that one of the hardest hit vegetables he has
seen in his field has been green beans.  Now that the rain has stopped, the
plants can not produce the pods.  He does say however, that tomatoes aren't
doing too bad.
For larger scale farmers, especially those with corn or soybean fields, it's
not good news.  Both plants require lots of rain during the pollination stage
which for some is now.  Because they aren't getting that rain, they are much sma
ller.
Everyone we talked to agreed that a good rain would help.  Especially for
those farmers that were forced to plant much later.  Those crops will be
pollinating later in the season and could be helped if we get some rain.
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[Call me kook:]
Sorry but 1917 invalidates the trend.
 BONZO@27-32-240-172 [many nyms over 10 years], 7 Feb 2011 13:29 +1100"
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