tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post8309082571180001949..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: Fox Clears Everything Up TonightMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-80437337638087145482010-08-30T08:23:27.763-07:002010-08-30T08:23:27.763-07:00Thanks to Alex for that link.
More on NPP at:
htt...Thanks to Alex for that link.<br />More on NPP at:<br /><br />http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/2010/08/it-is-very-likely-that-increases-in-npp.html<br /><br />"It is very likely that the previously demonstrated trend of increasing NPP has now slowed. It is possible that NPP is now actually decreasing, but the evidence for that is equivocal."<br /><br />There's a statistical challenge there.Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-15712152509093920992010-08-29T14:30:07.286-07:002010-08-29T14:30:07.286-07:00Then I have a much, much, much more ethical soluti...<i>Then I have a much, much, much more ethical solution: simply buy the inactivists off with money.</i><br /><br />Be careful not to approach the idiots who do it for free. Other than that, pretty great idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-86596418971011278702010-08-29T10:28:08.337-07:002010-08-29T10:28:08.337-07:00Sorry for OT, but anybody noticed?
"Fires i...Sorry for OT, but anybody noticed? <br /><br />"Fires in South Africa"<br /><br />The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite detected 148,946 fires (!!) in this image on August 23, 2010.<br /><br />While most of these fires are deliberately set by local farmers, at the same time:<br /><br />"In 2010, however, unusually dry weather and winds allowed many land management fires to expand into dangerous large wildfires."<br /><br />http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=45449<br /><br />Also this article at Mongabay is very relvant, notice the year 2005:<br /><br />http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0827-twitter_fires.html<br /><br />...I am interested to see global NPP anomaly for 2010 (see graph):<br /><br />http://ugobardi.blogspot.com/2010/08/il-picco-della-produttivita-terrestre.html<br /><br />have we seen "Peak NPP" in 1997?<br /><br />AlexAlexander Achttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16845172528191878930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-26555481049905688112010-08-28T19:41:11.326-07:002010-08-28T19:41:11.326-07:00"the solution is that we just need to wait fo..."the solution is that we just need to wait for climate to hit them really hard over the head."<br /><br />Then I have a much, much, much more ethical solution: simply buy the inactivists off with money.<br /><br />-- <a href="http://climategate.tk/" rel="nofollow">frank</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-56129450565708828012010-08-28T18:46:38.971-07:002010-08-28T18:46:38.971-07:00Frank, the solution is that we just need to wait f...Frank, the solution is that we just need to wait for climate to hit them really hard over the head. You're welcome.Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-44398212200593333392010-08-28T14:54:24.264-07:002010-08-28T14:54:24.264-07:00One of the first to come up on the video is Roy Sp...One of the first to come up on the video is Roy Spencer. On the computer screen in the background the frontpage of the Monckton's "SPPI Monthly CO2 Report", July 2010 edition, is displayed fullscreen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-62046901803962800252010-08-28T10:35:18.738-07:002010-08-28T10:35:18.738-07:00"We are, today, unfortunately, living in a cu..."We are, today, unfortunately, living in a cultural and intellectual and political environment that basically flushes scientific understanding and reason itself down the toilet, often knowingly. [...]<br /><br />"People -- and seemingly growing numbers of them -- are simply ignoring basic facts and basic reasoning. [...]<br /><br />"So, WHO is the ultimate target for excellently-reasoned fact-based arguments[...]? [...] if Senators are not paying attention to reason or fact, and if the Administration itself is (it seems to me) somehow not acting based on a COMBINATION of fact, excellent reasoning, and COURAGE, then what?"<br /><br />From a <a href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/08/27/adaptation-mitigation-climate-chang/#comment-293248" rel="nofollow">comment</a> on <em>Climate Progress</em>. And my <a href="http://ijish.livejournal.com/17253.html" rel="nofollow">blog reply</a>.<br /><br />In other news, hack writing is a lucrative profession, and that's not going to change (unless, well, someone changes it).<br /><br />-- <a href="http://climategate.tk/" rel="nofollow">frank</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-83617104955969043292010-08-28T00:10:42.011-07:002010-08-28T00:10:42.011-07:00John Cleese quoted at DKos:
Aping urbanity
Oozin...John Cleese quoted at DKos:<br /><br />Aping urbanity <br />Oozing with vanity <br />Plump as a manatee <br />Faking humanity <br />Journalistic calamity <br />Intellectual inanity <br />Fox Noise insanity <br />You’re a profanity <br />HannitySteve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-83518837948692584492010-08-27T22:47:18.595-07:002010-08-27T22:47:18.595-07:00As a believer in science, and paradoxically a Repu...As a believer in science, and paradoxically a Republican, it was a painful thing to witness.<br /><br />Roy Spencer says, at 6:00<br />"Politicians are more interested in gaining power than in improving our economy; either that, or they're plain stupid"<br /><br />About the only thing I've ever heard him say that I don't disagree with.<br /><br />Video here:<br />http://video.foxnews.com/v/4323301/the-cap-and-trade-charade/?playlist_id=86924#/v/4323301/the-cap-and-trade-charade/?playlist_id=86924<br /><br />Watch at your own peril.<br /><br />The YooperAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-22085619008055473162010-08-27T21:34:47.093-07:002010-08-27T21:34:47.093-07:00Dang, I missed is best source: Monckton.Dang, I missed is best source: Monckton.Rattus Norvegicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449457204330125792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-35116926039583020502010-08-27T20:47:38.533-07:002010-08-27T20:47:38.533-07:00I watched it and my head would have exploded, but ...I watched it and my head would have exploded, but vodka saved me. People interviewed:<br /><br />Horner, Ebell, McKitrick, Micheals (who was very pissed off about having been included in AR4), Lindzen, Spencer, Christy. Also lots of economists who just can't get their heads around pricing externalities. And oh yeah, climategate. Lots of climategate.<br /><br />Hardly worth deconstructing, but I did DVR it so I might have more to say...Rattus Norvegicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449457204330125792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-73548819391640701952010-08-27T17:51:56.353-07:002010-08-27T17:51:56.353-07:00I remember Chris Horner
http://pajamasmedia.com/bl...I remember Chris Horner<br />http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/breaking-green-energy-company-threatens-economics-professor-with-package-of-dismantled-bomb-parts/<br /><br />There once was a media alarmist<br />Who couldn’t quite write where the harm is<br />But a box of car parts<br />With some rhetorical art<br />Packaged the correct political message<br /><br />http://rankexploits.com/musings/2010/dismantled-bomb-sent-to-spanish-economist/Ron Broberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360356366869878444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-84578175069990738092010-08-27T17:50:05.541-07:002010-08-27T17:50:05.541-07:00Sorry, I won't be tuning in. The risk of head...Sorry, I won't be tuning in. The risk of head explosion is far too great.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955691670049830140noreply@blogger.com