tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.comments2023-03-08T01:24:55.514-08:00Science in SecondsScience in Secondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18253077309378475730noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-56715151067093279412010-03-10T07:10:47.442-08:002010-03-10T07:10:47.442-08:00Faux is the name Cynthia took when she married, we...Faux is the name Cynthia took when she married, well after achieving her double doctorates. I do know her father and he's more of a B.S. kind of guy, and I'm not talking Bachelor of Science either. <br /><br />Back to science. I saw the same physical reaction when my cat died.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-7061730140092930952010-03-05T00:44:16.911-08:002010-03-05T00:44:16.911-08:00I love the use of the word 'denier' here. ...I love the use of the word 'denier' here. You guys are hilarious!! There is no denial by the so called 'sceptical' crowd. The use of the word 'denier' is an intentional mis-representation by the warmologists and those who actually don't know what they're talking about.<br /><br />I am an environmental scientist and earth scientist with past experience in consulting to the public and private sector on climate change policy and carbon financial models and greenhouse inventories. Even today, I still am working on climate change adapation and carbon inventory development for my employer, and still got my head immersed in the observational science.<br /><br />Us educated scientific sceptics aren't 'denying' anything - climate has always changed, and yes we've had a warm 30 years (its not unusual at all, particularly if you look at the temp record over the past 1000 years), and yes environmental changes are occurring, but it has nothing to do with CO2. Yes, human activity on a regional scale does influence climate (land clearance, major hydrological changes (eg. Aral Sea), pollution (the Asian Haze) and desertification (dust particulates etc.), but CO2 is just about inconsquential. At best it might have a 0.1c influence. And we plan to re-work and risk the global economy on this?!<br /><br />I was a former 'believer' too, almost a borderline 'activist' - the guise of CO2 as a primary driver of climate kept me dutifully employed, kept me busy, kept me feeling important and based on data at the time (mid-late 1990s) I could see the hypotheses fitting the observations. But as the claims became more sensationalist, and as the disparity between predictions and actuality widened, I started to question the validity of the theory. Needless to say, Ive swung 180 degrees and am a staunch critic of the CO2>climate link hypotheses. In fact, I can confidently discount it outright based on observational science. Data obtained over the past decade, in particular the past 3-4 years has shown me with almost no doubt that CO2 (especially the anthropogenic component) is not a driver of global climate.<br /><br />I can point you to dozens of observational scientific facts that destroy the theory outright, but three key evidential facts coming to light in recent years prove the theory debunked.<br /><br />1. For the CO2 theory to be correct, we need to see tropospheric warming in equatorial regions of approx. a 0.3c temp rise. Satellite observations show an actually -0.05c decrease!<br />2. For the CO2 theory to be correct, out going long-wave radiation (OLR), needs to decrease as CO2 rises. The opposite (NOAA data vs. Manua Loa CO2 records) is actually occurring!<br />3. For the CO2 theory to be correct, a positive feedback from water vapour needs to be evident. Very recent observational data from the NASA Aqua satellites confirm otherwise. Negative feedback is occurring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-76281699273557764702010-01-21T14:34:31.481-08:002010-01-21T14:34:31.481-08:00Well said!Well said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-82136208301986552832010-01-19T09:56:05.958-08:002010-01-19T09:56:05.958-08:00Very excellent! So informative without having to w...Very excellent! So informative without having to watch all of the god-awful television coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-10601511212821509602010-01-16T03:06:45.220-08:002010-01-16T03:06:45.220-08:00cause, effect, rationale, proofs and opinion all i...cause, effect, rationale, proofs and opinion all in a couple of paragraphs....excellent !!GGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-89348551652302320192010-01-15T00:45:24.922-08:002010-01-15T00:45:24.922-08:00Save us, Captain Planet! SAVE US!!!Save us, Captain Planet! SAVE US!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-41032909388385904902010-01-14T11:57:24.261-08:002010-01-14T11:57:24.261-08:00AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH - *breath* - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!<br /><br />This is terrible.Zacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-31375815128527482882009-12-04T00:03:48.603-08:002009-12-04T00:03:48.603-08:00Hurray for useless, doomed, adorable furry creatur...Hurray for useless, doomed, adorable furry creatures. I want to go to Australia and see them some day. In fact, I think I once had a purple sweatsuit that had Koalas on it. <br />I stopped wearing in last year though...The Roving Tasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03390088502224861707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-19511885916617840632009-11-28T11:40:37.037-08:002009-11-28T11:40:37.037-08:00I thought it wasn't just the starting up of th...I thought it wasn't just the starting up of the LHC that would cause the black hole, because that's mostly just a lot of electromagnetism. My understanding is that the Mini Black Hole of Earthly Doom (TM) would show up immediately post-collision. You know, after the thing that's never been done before is done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-18655329590618111352009-11-12T23:58:17.556-08:002009-11-12T23:58:17.556-08:00December 21 is my birthday... my brother will get ...December 21 is my birthday... my brother will get a kick out of that, lol.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855470988150246732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-47647945412914577502009-11-12T19:36:22.600-08:002009-11-12T19:36:22.600-08:00Best blog entry so far since I started checking it...Best blog entry so far since I started checking it out in September. Even beats out the mystery of the female orgasm! Seriously, the pseudoscience "factual" reports has gone from amusingly stupid to plain stupid to a little scary. How many doomsday cults are gonna pop up in the near future?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-79420556340573409522009-10-31T17:04:31.514-07:002009-10-31T17:04:31.514-07:00I like where you are going with this but I fear th...I like where you are going with this but I fear that you have fallen into the trap that you warn against. You say that humans aren't special just different because they have consciousness and intelligence, as if these traits are exclusive to humans... if anything I'd say these would be the areas where we could learn alot from the animals. You speak of intelligence as if being able to create weapons of mass dectruction is smart or somehow ofset by the fact that some of our species can also write pretty words or play pretty music. As a human you can't be blamed for your humanocentric attitudes (humans ARE just hairless monkies with car keys)but you are defining consciousness and inteligence by human standards. Animals may have a different set of rules, but at least they play by them!<br />While you may have a human that isn't a complete waste of oxygen, humans as a species are greedy, ruthless and the most deceitful of the mammals, THAT'S how we really got so far, by murder and betrayal of other species, the environment and each other.<br />Just remember that there was a time in the not so distant past when men were saying the same thing about women and minorities.<br />If you were an extraterrestrial anthropologist from another solar system and came to observe the goings on of Earth, which species' would you qualify as intelligent... the ones who live in harmony with the Earth or the ones who have been 'monkeying' around with their tools and managed to destroy an entire planet in the geological equivalent of a heartbeat?<br />Humans need to get over themselves and open their minds to the possibility that they are NOT in point of fact the center of this universe.<br />Watch 'The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy' it'll explain everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-31793721781853031892009-10-31T14:23:00.350-07:002009-10-31T14:23:00.350-07:00I am not a freak :(I am not a freak :(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147715385556333012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-75007255176042252802009-10-20T10:40:46.629-07:002009-10-20T10:40:46.629-07:00Cooooooooooool!Cooooooooooool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-16988265965377389772009-10-15T11:01:27.513-07:002009-10-15T11:01:27.513-07:00Yes, I think mining the moon for water is silly. C...Yes, I think mining the moon for water is silly. Could you imagine sending spaceships back and forth to get something the earth is covered in? It would be like the Saudis digging in the oil sands.<br /><br />I don't think they are looking for water to harvest it though...I think they are studying how water got there in the first place. I've read that the rays that bombard the rocks can bring hydrogen and oxygen together to form water molecules. I'm interested in what else is in there - can more complex molecules be created in this way? Or were they brought to the moon by comets and other cosmic debris?Rheannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-32299695146252563142009-10-10T13:54:31.885-07:002009-10-10T13:54:31.885-07:00I have heard that scientists expect to find about ...I have heard that scientists expect to find about one litre of water for every cubic meter of moon. Given this is a relatively small amount, do you think that it would be more efficient to simply transport water from earth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-54283396966692224032009-10-03T16:56:18.711-07:002009-10-03T16:56:18.711-07:00Yes, radiometric...the argon-39/argon-40 ratio mea...Yes, radiometric...the argon-39/argon-40 ratio measured by something called the laser-fusion technique. Ardi gets all the hottest dates.Rheannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-30559684276913274712009-10-03T05:20:58.054-07:002009-10-03T05:20:58.054-07:00Wow! Palaeontologists Playmate of the Year. Be int...Wow! Palaeontologists Playmate of the Year. Be interesting to know the dating method used. radiometric ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-62034689947493702302009-09-21T17:25:32.557-07:002009-09-21T17:25:32.557-07:00I swear I saw Paris Hilton with one of these on a ...I swear I saw Paris Hilton with one of these on a leashUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276841696489226995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-16112659796307280952009-09-09T08:58:28.806-07:002009-09-09T08:58:28.806-07:00Loved this talk. You could see how nervous he was ...Loved this talk. You could see how nervous he was when the inductor on the tv was taking longer than it should have. <br />I love living in the future.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04367369244058000191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-73903300966482533342009-08-28T19:09:59.706-07:002009-08-28T19:09:59.706-07:00Can you really trust a "double doctorate"...Can you really trust a "double doctorate" with a last name that translates to "false"? My unfounded prejudice says no.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509059228373790581.post-11220226590734066482009-08-27T07:54:09.254-07:002009-08-27T07:54:09.254-07:00I think I know Cynthia's father: Faux PaI think I know Cynthia's father: Faux PaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com