thomas malloy wrote:
Finally, I believe global warming is thought to produce temperature
extremes including colder than normal temperatures in winter.
That's why they call it Climate Change, it covers them either way.
It only covers them if the climate is, in fact, changing. It has to
change in either direction, or in both directions in different
seasons. If the average for winter is no colder than it was 50 or 100
years ago, and summer is no warmer, that means they are wrong. The
test they face is just as rigorous and easy to verify as it would be
if the change is only in one direction, so they are not "covered" in any sense.
According to Christopher Horner, the AGW advocates have doctored the
data to support the warning hypothesis, you OTOH, contend that the
warming effect is real . . .
Naturally I am assuming that they did not doctor the data. If they
did, then the effect is not real.
However, as I said before, I think it is extremely unlikely that they
doctored the data and yet none of the conspirators has revealed that
fact. Tens of thousands of people would have to be in on the
conspiracy and I think it is impossible for so many people to keep a
secret. From what I know of human nature I suppose the likelihood of
this is zero to 8 or 10 decimal places. I am surprised that you or
anyone else takes this hypothesis seriously.
If there were only a few dozen people involved in the conspiracy,
then it would be plausible that the data has been diddled with.
- Jed
