Mocking Our Dreams
Posted on February 15, 2005 by George
Climate change exposes progress as a myth
By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 14th February 2005
It is now mid-February, and already I have sown eleven species of vegetable. I know, though the seed packets tell me otherwise, that they will flourish. Everything in this country – daffodils, primroses, almond trees, bumblebees, nesting birds – is a month ahead of schedule. And it feels wonderful. Winter is no longer the great grey longing of my childhood. The freezes this country suffered in 1982 and 1963 are – unless the Gulf Stream stops – unlikely to recur. Our summers will be long and warm. Across most of the upper northern hemisphere, climate change, so far, has been kind to us.
h/t to Jimbo
I pointed this foolishness out to him at the Guardian comments and had the comment promptly deleted.
The above simply illustrates that Monbiot believed what the climate scientist were telling him. He does not have the capacity to learn from experience and become more sceptical. After the CRU leak he was very dissapointed but still continues to believe everything these rent seeking scientists tell him.
Since the snowfalls are now just a thing of the past, here is a rundown of its success in the UK since 2000.
http://nofrakkingconsensus.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/climate-psychics-10-year-old-snow-prediction-fails-miserably/
FAIL!
The cherry blossoms in DC were in full bloom over the weekend. They have normally bloomed during the first week in April for the last 100 years. Nothing new with that.
The earliest blooming date was 3/15/90. If global warming is catastrophically increasing in the “hockey stick” fashion, you would think the earliest blooming date would have taken place more recently.
I didn’t know it happened just once and in only 2005.