Gavin Getting His New Job Done

8 Responses to Gavin Getting His New Job Done

1. Andy Oz says:

   June 21, 2014 at 5:43 am

   Since science is not getting the message through, perhaps Gavin might take a leaf from Queensland experts (home of John Kook) who are calling on divine help.
   http://m.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/its-the-season-for-reason-in-a-climate-of-discontent-20140619-zsf91.html

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   • QV says:

     June 21, 2014 at 8:12 am

     I thought I would check out the “In southern Queensland, more than 45,000 flying foxes dropped dead on one mega hot day this year.” reference and it turns out it was in January. the hottest month of the year in Queensland, so not really an unusual seasonal event, although it was unusually hot.
     http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/06/thousands-of-bats-killed-by-hot-weather-in-queensland
     Also most of the “flying foxes” seem to be infected with lyssavirus so I wonder how much that contributed to their demise.

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     • gator69 says:

       June 21, 2014 at 9:11 am

       Next Guardian headline: “Global Warming Causes Increased Frequency of Lyssavirus in Flying Foxes!”

       Panic and raise taxes.

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       • Jason Calley says:

         June 21, 2014 at 11:35 am

         The Guardian headline I want to see is “Climate Apocalypse!! Global Warming Inducing Hysteria in Journalists!!”
2. Eric Simpson says:

   June 21, 2014 at 8:52 am

   OT, but there’s an interesting story in NextBigFuture about iron seeding of the ocean off of Canada. An excerpt:

   120 tons of iron sulphate of fertilization into the ocean boosted fish catch by over 100,000 tons – We get a lot of fish and solve the CO2 climate problem

   About 20 months ago, an American businessman conducted a massive ocean fertilisation test, fertilizing around 100 tonnes of iron sulphate off Canada’s coast, it has emerged the Canadian government may have known about the geo-engineering scheme and not stopped it. Satellite images confirmed the claim by Californian Russ George that the iron has spawned an artificial plankton bloom as large as 10,000 square kilometres. Now it appears that the fish catch in the area was boosted by over 100,000 tons.

   nextbigfuture.com/2014/06/120-tons-of-iron-sulphate-dumped-into.html

   Those at nextbigfuture are looking at this iron seeding as a possible panacea type geo-engineering solution that could start reducing CO2 ppm levels, and lead to a dramatic increases in ocean productivity, all with no side effects. …. Except, I don’t know, I left this comment:

   a couple of points. If you reduced the CO2 level in the atmosphere it would lead to a reduction in agricultural productivity on land. So, that would be a cost. Nevertheless, on the face of it, this iron seeding sounds like a potential major boon to civilization! Although there might be an absolute limit to have much of the seeding we could do, because if CO2 were to just keep on dropping, eventually we’d all be dead, as plants need something like 180ppm to survive.

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3. Chip Bennett says:

   June 21, 2014 at 12:58 pm

   PROTIP (for our Troll du jour): generally speaking, arbitrary adjustment of raw data to the extent that the overall data trend is reversed is something that will get you kicked out of a 100-level engineering course.

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   • Gail Combs says:

     June 21, 2014 at 3:44 pm

     In a federally regulated industry it could get you a nice cushy jail cell especially if linked to human deaths.

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4. Bruce of Newcastle says:

   June 21, 2014 at 9:16 pm

   Chris Booker has an article on your work, Steve, in the UK Telegraph today.

   The scandal of fiddled global warming data

   Of course its not only the US. We here too in Australia have it being done with our temperature data, as does New Zealand.

   Only by explicitly comparing raw and adjusted data, and explaining it openly and honestly, can the IPCC linked people give themselves a chance of being believed. Since they try to dissemble and hide endlessly it suggests they are not doing it honestly.

   Its their choice – be open or be damned.

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