Climate scepticism explained Andrew Bolt July 05 2013 (8:27am) Climatologist Dr Roy Spencer offers his ”Global Warming Skepticism, for Dummies”. Conclusion: I tend to shy away from long-term predictions, because there are still so many uncertainties. When pressed, though, I tend to say that I think cooling in our future is just as real a possibility as warming. Of course, a third possibility is relatively steady temperatures, without significant long-term warming or cooling. UPDATE Evidence that the Bureau of Meteorology’s temperature data - used to demonstrate warming - is wrong. UPDATE Anthony Watts: New study using GRACE data shows .. sea levels have risen over the past 9 years [2002-2011] at a rate of only 1.7 mm/yr, equivalent to 6.7 inches per century, matching tide gauge data rates. Just 17cm of sea rise in a century? Let’s remember some scaremongering from 2007 - the high water mark of the global warming hysteria. From a radio interview with Robyn Williams, the chief science presenter of the ABC: Andrew Bolt: I’m telling you, there’s a lot of fear out there. So what I do is, when I see an outlandish claim being made...so Tim Flannery suggesting rising seas this next century eight stories high, Professor Mike Archer, dean of engineering at the University of NSW… Robyn Williams: Dean of science. Andrew Bolt: Dean of science...suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. Robyn Williams: Well, whether you take the surge or whether you take the actual average rise are different things. Andrew Bolt: I ask you, Robyn, 100 metres in the next century...do you really think that? Robyn Williams: It is possible, yes. (Thanks to readers Rocky and streetcred.)
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 00:10:53 +0000
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