Well one of my extreme right wing friend responded with.."well Thank God I have refrigerated air!" Ha so much for stewardship On Jan 20, 2016 5:33 PM, "Paul McCall" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not in this article, which seeks to hammer home a definitive opinion, but > many others question a LOT of the data gathering methods used on a > worldwide basis and things “could” be skewed just in those methods that are > now being “refined” because of the extra “awareness” created of global > warming in general. > > > > A little bit of “are you sure” in these paragraphs alone… again in an > article seemingly trying to be definitive. > > > > The latest record means that 2014 — the previous record year — only officially > held > <https://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/january/nasa-determines-2014-warmest-year-in-modern-record> > that > title for one year. 2014 came by its record by a relatively narrow margin — > for instance, NASA gave 2014 > <http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/briefings/201501.pdf> a 38 percent chance > *(huh?) > * of having been the warmest year on record, still reserving a nontrivial > chance that the real warmest year had been 2010 or 2005. (NOAA gave a 48 > percent chance that 2014 had, at the time, been the warmest year.) > *(huh?)* > > This year, in contrast, there is little need for citing percentages or a > statistical photo finish. Buoyed by a powerful El Niño event, 2015 > shattered the 2014 record. NASA’s Schmidt suggests there is only a 5 > percent possibility that any other year on record was actually warmer. > > Huh? > > > > In reality, we need to be good stewards of the earth in all ways, > including reducing emissions and poisons which have a far greater impact > that just the potential warming of the planets. I think awareness in > general is a very good thing. It’s funny though… a lot of the global > warming extremists seem like thy actually have control of what the earth is > going to do. > > > > In 2004, almost every expert predicted that the heavy hurricane season > that pounded Florida would “now be like this for the rest of civilization” > because of this or that reason. By the grace of God only, do we get to > exist where every day is an uncertainty. Once you remove the anxiety from > problems, we can look at what we can do to “get to work” on intelligent > approaches to solve problems. > > > > /2 cents > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jaime Solorza > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 20, 2016 7:19 PM > *To:* Animal Farm > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT: It’s official: 2015 ‘smashed’ 2014’s global > temperature record. It wasn’t even close - The Washington Post > > > > I know some will not believe Science... oh whoa with you... > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/01/20/its-official-2015-smashed-2014s-global-temperature-record-it-wasnt-even-close/ >
