Just a reminder about a post I wrote a year ago. If the dailymail says it, double check with a reputable newspaper.
http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:31391 On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Forget global warming - it's Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA > scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again) > > > The supposed consensus on man-made global warming is facing an > inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing > the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years. > > The figures suggest that we could even be heading for a mini ice age to > rival the 70-year temperature drop that saw frost fairs held on the Thames > in the 17th Century. > > Based on readings from more than 30,000 measuring stations, the data was > issued last week without fanfare by the Met Office and the University of > East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. It confirms that the rising trend in > world temperatures ended in 1997. > > > > Read more: > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2093264/Forget-global-warming--Cycle-25-need-worry-NASA-scientists-right-Thames-freezing-again.html#ixzz1kuOD73Ys > > > Wow. East Anglia? Get out of town. > > > > To make things more interesting, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ivar > Giaever, publicly resigned from the American Physical Society (APS). His > letter was endorsed by 16 other scientists. > > Here's the letter: > > "I did not renew because I cannot live with the statement: 'The evidence is > incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring. If no mitigating actions are > taken, significant disruptions in the Earth's physical and ecological > systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur. We > must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now.' In the APS it is > OK to discuss whether the mass of the proton changes over time and how a > multi-universe behaves, but the evidence of global warming is > incontrovertible?" > > > > > Here are the scientists: > > > Claude Allegre, former director of the Institute for the Study of the > Earth, University of Paris; > J. Scott Armstrong, cofounder of the Journal of Forecasting and the > International Journal of Forecasting; > Jan Breslow, head of the Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism, > Rockefeller University; > Roger Cohen, fellow, American Physical Society; > Edward David, member, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy > of Sciences; > William Happer, professor of physics, Princeton; > Michael Kelly, professor of technology, University of Cambridge, U.K.; > William Kininmonth, former head of climate research at the Australian > Bureau of Meteorology; > Richard Lindzen, professor of atmospheric sciences, MIT; > James McGrath, professor of chemistry, Virginia Technical University; > Rodney Nichols, former president and CEO of the New York Academy of > Sciences; > Burt Rutan, aerospace engineer, designer of Voyager and SpaceShipOne; > Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 astronaut and former U.S. senator; > Nir Shaviv, professor of astrophysics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; > Henk Tennekes, former director, Royal Dutch Meteorological Service; > Antonio Zichichi, president of the World Federation of Scientists, Geneva. > > > > Read more here: > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577171531838421366.html > > > Probably been paid off by the oil companies, right? > > J > > - > > The models are convenient fictions that provide something very useful. > - Dr David Frame, Climate modeler, Oxford University > > "It doesn't matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is > true." - Paul Watson, Co-founder of Greenpeace > > "We've got to ride this global warming issue. Even if the theory of global > warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic and > environmental policy." - Timothy Wirth, President of the UN Foundation and > member of the Club of Rom > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346090 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
