Real Climate Science

I recently wrote about geoengineering as a strategy to deal with climate change and carbon dioxide emissions. That drew comments from people who confuse this scientific process with the unscientific theory of “chemtrails.” Some also claimed the column supported geoengineering, which it didn’t.

The reaction got me wondering why some people believe in phenomena rejected by science, like chemtrails, but deny real problems demonstrated by massive amounts of scientific evidence, like climate change.

Do You Believe in Mind Control or Climate Change? | David Suzuki

Like record numbers of polar bears? Or the fewest number of tornadoes on record? Or no warming for 17 years?

One point on which the French and American summaries differ is the number of people who died. The French said at least 281 people were killed, while the United States said the death toll was 1,429.

The French summary said that country’s intelligence services had reached the 281 figure by reviewing 47 videos of what took place “district by district” and counting the bodies. It said, however, that the higher number was consistent with counting models for a chemical attack on the affected areas.

BERLIN: Intercepted call bolsters Syrian chemical-weapons charge, Germans say | World | The News Tribune

So the very precise US death counts were based on models which inflated the totals by 500%. Similar to the way the Obama administration calculates US temperatures.

As usual, the White House is lying.

Bloomberg: Obama to classify CO2 as toxic pollutant

Bloomberg News reports that “Barack Obama will classify carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant that can be regulated should he win the presidential election on Nov. 4, opening the way for new rules on greenhouse gas emissions…If elected, Obama would be the first president to group emissions blamed for global warming into a category of pollutants that includes lead and carbon monoxide.”

Bloomberg: Obama to classify CO2 as toxic pollutant | Texas Public Policy Foundation

Will he start launching missiles at coal fired power plants?

O’REILLY: Libya a mess. Iran is defiant.

CARVILLE: Come on, look. When is all of this — when was it not? I mean, Gaddafi is gone. It is a mess, I agree with that. But, you know what, it’s a mess and we haven’t lost any kids over there which says something and —

Carville: People Are Freaking Out About Syria Because Of Bush And Iraq | RealClearPolitics

At this point, what difference does it make that Washington is run by scumbags and morons.

Obama sees supporting terror as being a moral imperative for the US. He started his political career at terrorist Bill Ayer’s house, and his term for terrorists is “freedom fighters.”

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Popular and widely read Egyptian newspaper Al Wafd published the above picture today portraying U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama as Satan himself. The unflattering picture has been making the rounds on Facebook in the Middle East and, according to Al Wafd, is representative of the hatred growing numbers of people in the region have for the American president, thanks to his staunch and unwavering support for Islamists and jihadiis — whether in Nigeria, Libya, Egypt, or Syria — even as they terrorize, murder, rape, and burn down Christian churches, that is, even as they engage in diabolical activities.

The PJ Tatler » Egyptian Media Portray Obama as Satan

The rumors of the Arctic’s demise were exaggerated.

arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.anom.1979-2008

Over the last decade, temperatures in England have been dropping at a rate of more than 10ºC per century. Temperatures this year are almost 2ºC cooler than they were in 1779, and 1ºC cooler than the Little Ice Age year of 1666.  George Monbiot is desperate to stop all this warming.

Monthly_HadCET_mean.txt, 1659 to date

The areas of lower concentration ice around the North Pole which gave alarmists their only glimmer of happiness this summer, have frozen over with new ice – destroying all remaining hope for climate doomsayers.

EOSDIS Worldview (Alpha)

Peru snowstorms spark state of emergency in Andes | Global development | theguardian.com

If Abbott is elected, Australia’s natural wonders will gradually be rubbed away | George Monbiot | Comment is free | theguardian.com

Looks like George is off his meds again.