Hansen claims that lowering CO2 to below 350 ppm is the only thing which can prevent drought in the west.
The historical record tells us that Hansen has absolutely no idea what he is talking about.
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28 Mar 1935 – DUSTSTORMS UNABATED U.S.A. Desolation Widespreed…
Ludington Daily News – Google News Archive Search
Both Mars and Venus have atmospheres comprised of 95% CO2. The honest statement would have been :
A thin atmosphere keeps Mars in the deep freeze, while a thick atmosphere keeps Venus roasting. Both planets have atmospheres dominated by CO2.
Sagan smoked massive amounts of those funny home made Jamaican cigarettes, but that is no excuse for defrauding the public.
CO2 is a greenhouse gas. Therefore the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is going to collapse, and we are all going to drown.
U.S. Scientist Sees New Ice Age Coming
Other than NASA. NCAR, CRU, CIA, Columbia University, University of Colorado, Science News, Time, Newsweek, New York Times, and just about every other news source on the planet ………………. the global cooling scare never happened.
The David Appell conspiracy theory.
Climate scientists tell us that they are 97% certain that humans are the cause of climate change.
In the context of state of the art science, I will robustly explain the graph below
Starting in 1880, humans were feeding their horses lots of gassy oats – which produced a huge epidemic of farting. Later, the introduction of the Model T was the beginning of automobile emissions – which replaced the horse farts.
This constant farting and gassing continued until 1939, when humans decided to start putting massive amounts of aerosols into the atmosphere – and caused 35 years of linear global cooling. Overnight, humans suddenly increased their aerosol emissions by a factor of 10 or 100.
This explanation is completely robust, and makes lots more sense than blaming the weather on the solar cycles or ocean cycles – if you have the IQ of a turnip or received a climate science education in college.
Hansen forecast US drought for the 1990s, which turned out to be the most drought-free decade on record.
Kentucky New Era – Google News Archive Search
Contiguous U.S., Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI), January-December 1895-2011
TIME Magazine June 1974: Another Ice Age?
In Africa, drought continues for the sixth consecutive year, adding terribly to the toll of famine victims. During 1972 record rains in parts of the U.S., Pakistan and Japan caused some of the worst flooding in centuries. In Canada’s wheat belt, a particularly chilly and rainy spring has delayed planting and may well bring a disappointingly small harvest. Rainy Britain, on the other hand, has suffered from uncharacteristic dry spells the past few springs. A series of unusually cold winters has gripped the American Far West, while New England and northern Europe have recently experienced the mildest winters within anyone’s recollection.
University of Toronto Climatologist Kenneth Hare, a former president of the Royal Meteorological Society, believes that the continuing drought and the recent failure of the Russian harvest gave the world a grim premonition of what might happen. Warns Hare: “I don’t believe that the world’s present population is sustainable if there are more than three years like 1972 in a row.”
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944914,00.html
Temperatures had dropped more than half a degree prior to these droughts and floods. Climatologists now blame the identical phenomenon on global warming.
