The Daily Mail is saying that we are in for 20-30 years of global cooling, a new mini ice age and the cause is water temperatures in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. I mentioned something about this a while back (if it is the same thing) called Pacific Decadal Oscillation or some such claptrap.
I am a sceptic and I don’t believe this new stuff any more, or less, than I believe the old stuff about the climate getting warmer because of something I’ve done. I have a feeling it might be better if all the climate scientists got together and admitted they didn’t have a clue even about what it will be like tomorrow, much less in 50 years, perhaps blaming the strange weather on some metaphysical influence like God, or Margaret Thatcher. For all I know it’s caused by Des O’Connor and he should have been put down.
No, what I was thinking about as I read this was what a bunch of pillocks so many people are going to look if it turns out the anthropogenic global warming shtik is a complete nonsense. David Cameron, Ed Milliband, the entire Liberal Party, Prince Charles, Al Gore, the whole German nation. What are we going to do with them?
Public vilification is the answer. We know what they have said and written because it is all stored on the world’s computers and we need to subject them to a digital version of the stocks, where they can be jeered and abused 24 hours a day for everyone’s amusement.
I’m looking forward to it. Bring on the snow!
Showing posts with label Climate change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Climate change. Show all posts
10 January, 2010
20 December, 2009
The Weather
Nothing quite like a rap on the knuckles from Mother Nature to put us in our place. It snowed at Copenhagen, it's snowing all over Italy and Spain and the East coast of America. It turns out that it was too cold for the electric trains which go through the channel tunnel. Being stuck for hours under the ocean with no light or water must be a fairly shocking experience. Being told we have to do something about warming must make it into a farce. Flights were no better - my other half's flight from Heathrow to Rome was delayed seven hours.
In the interests of rational debate I must mention that this bitterly cold snap doesn't mean that the case for anthropogenic global warming has failed. What it does mean is that it is going to be a little more difficult to persuade the public. They will not have been impressed hearing Ed Milliband describe people who disagreed with him on climate change as 'saboteurs', or Gordon Brown describing them as 'flat earthers'. Our leaders must get less hysterical, acknowledge their mistakes, accept that a majority of the public think they may be wrong, and try to persuade them.
We will not accept the massive sacrifices envisaged (but not agreed) at Copenhagen unless we are sure. Representatives of the people, like Mr. Milliband, unless they can persuade us of their case, must be just that: representative.
PS It's Ed Milliband's 40th birthday on Christmas Eve. Send him a couple of ice cubes - they probably won't melt in the post.
07 December, 2009
Copenhagen: saving the planet
From the Daily Telegraph:
'On a normal day, Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copenhagen's biggest limousine company, says her firm has twelve vehicles on the road. During the "summit to save the world", which opens here tomorrow, she will have 200.
"We thought they were not going to have many cars, due to it being a climate convention," she says. "But it seems that somebody last week looked at the weather report."
Ms Jorgensen reckons that between her and her rivals the total number of limos in Copenhagen next week has already broken the 1,200 barrier. The French alone rang up on Thursday and ordered another 42. "We haven't got enough limos in the country to fulfil the demand," she says. "We're having to drive them in hundreds of miles from Germany and Sweden."
And the total number of electric cars or hybrids among that number? "Five," says Ms Jorgensen. "The government has some alternative fuel cars but the rest will be petrol or diesel. We don't have any hybrids in Denmark, unfortunately, due to the extreme taxes on those cars. It makes no sense at all, but it's very Danish."
The airport says it is expecting up to 140 extra private jets during the peak period alone, so far over its capacity that the planes will have to fly off to regional airports – or to Sweden – to park, returning to Copenhagen to pick up their VIP passengers.
As well 15,000 delegates and officials, 5,000 journalists and 98 world leaders, the Danish capital will be blessed by the presence of Leonardo DiCaprio, Daryl Hannah, Helena Christensen, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Prince Charles. A Republican US senator, Jim Inhofe, is jetting in at the head of an anti-climate-change "Truth Squad." The top hotels – all fully booked at £650 a night – are readying their Climate Convention menus of (no doubt sustainable) scallops, foie gras and sculpted caviar wedges.
'On a normal day, Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copenhagen's biggest limousine company, says her firm has twelve vehicles on the road. During the "summit to save the world", which opens here tomorrow, she will have 200.
"We thought they were not going to have many cars, due to it being a climate convention," she says. "But it seems that somebody last week looked at the weather report."
Ms Jorgensen reckons that between her and her rivals the total number of limos in Copenhagen next week has already broken the 1,200 barrier. The French alone rang up on Thursday and ordered another 42. "We haven't got enough limos in the country to fulfil the demand," she says. "We're having to drive them in hundreds of miles from Germany and Sweden."
And the total number of electric cars or hybrids among that number? "Five," says Ms Jorgensen. "The government has some alternative fuel cars but the rest will be petrol or diesel. We don't have any hybrids in Denmark, unfortunately, due to the extreme taxes on those cars. It makes no sense at all, but it's very Danish."
The airport says it is expecting up to 140 extra private jets during the peak period alone, so far over its capacity that the planes will have to fly off to regional airports – or to Sweden – to park, returning to Copenhagen to pick up their VIP passengers.
As well 15,000 delegates and officials, 5,000 journalists and 98 world leaders, the Danish capital will be blessed by the presence of Leonardo DiCaprio, Daryl Hannah, Helena Christensen, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Prince Charles. A Republican US senator, Jim Inhofe, is jetting in at the head of an anti-climate-change "Truth Squad." The top hotels – all fully booked at £650 a night – are readying their Climate Convention menus of (no doubt sustainable) scallops, foie gras and sculpted caviar wedges.
11 October, 2009
BBC: climate change shocker
This from Paul Hudson, the BBC's climate change correspondent under the headline 'What happened to global warming?'
'This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998.
But it is true. For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures.
And our climate models did not forecast it, even though man-made carbon dioxide, the gas thought to be responsible for warming our planet, has continued to rise. '
Of course these facts are not a surprise, many of us have been repeating them for years. What is a surprise is that the BBC should undergo this Pauline conversion, after only 11 years of cooling.
The new theory they favour is Pacific Decadal Oscillation (following the temperatures of the Pacific Ocean) which suggests we have another 30 years of cooling ahead of us.
Perhaps we could now have an apology?
'This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998.
But it is true. For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures.
And our climate models did not forecast it, even though man-made carbon dioxide, the gas thought to be responsible for warming our planet, has continued to rise. '
Of course these facts are not a surprise, many of us have been repeating them for years. What is a surprise is that the BBC should undergo this Pauline conversion, after only 11 years of cooling.
The new theory they favour is Pacific Decadal Oscillation (following the temperatures of the Pacific Ocean) which suggests we have another 30 years of cooling ahead of us.
Perhaps we could now have an apology?
27 April, 2009
Climate Change
The Independent reports about what is happening on the Sun (the star, not the newspaper). ‘But now the speculation has grown louder because of what is happening to our Sun. No living scientist has seen it behave this way. There are no sunspots.’
You will recall that not so long ago if you referred to the climate and solar activity in the same breath you were a heretic. Not now, it seems. ‘solar scientists have been reticent about it because of its connections with those who those who deny climate change’; yes indeed.
‘When the Sun has gone quiet like this before, it coincided with the earth cooling slightly and there is speculation that a similar thing could happen now. If so, it could alter all our predictions of climate change, and show that our understanding of climate change might not be anywhere near as good as we thought.’
Don’t you get impatient with these people? A new term, ‘climate change denier’ is coined to make it sound like holocaust denier, and the coterie of self-selected experts froth at the mouth when anyone even questions their orthodoxy, whilst quietly, in the background, the whole thing is being reappraised.
If this turns out to be correct, and we are in for a mini ice-age, I should like to see the whole damned lot of them rounded up and fed to the supposedly extinct polar bears.
You will recall that not so long ago if you referred to the climate and solar activity in the same breath you were a heretic. Not now, it seems. ‘solar scientists have been reticent about it because of its connections with those who those who deny climate change’; yes indeed.
‘When the Sun has gone quiet like this before, it coincided with the earth cooling slightly and there is speculation that a similar thing could happen now. If so, it could alter all our predictions of climate change, and show that our understanding of climate change might not be anywhere near as good as we thought.’
Don’t you get impatient with these people? A new term, ‘climate change denier’ is coined to make it sound like holocaust denier, and the coterie of self-selected experts froth at the mouth when anyone even questions their orthodoxy, whilst quietly, in the background, the whole thing is being reappraised.
If this turns out to be correct, and we are in for a mini ice-age, I should like to see the whole damned lot of them rounded up and fed to the supposedly extinct polar bears.
Climate Change
The Independent reports about what is happening on the Sun (the star, not the newspaper). ‘But now the speculation has grown louder because of what is happening to our Sun. No living scientist has seen it behave this way. There are no sunspots.’
You will recall that not so long ago if you referred to the climate and solar activity in the same breath you were a heretic. Not now, it seems. ‘solar scientists have been reticent about it because of its connections with those who those who deny climate change’; yes indeed.
‘When the Sun has gone quiet like this before, it coincided with the earth cooling slightly and there is speculation that a similar thing could happen now. If so, it could alter all our predictions of climate change, and show that our understanding of climate change might not be anywhere near as good as we thought.’
Don’t you get impatient with these people? A new term, ‘climate change denier’ is coined to make it sound like holocaust denier, and the coterie of self-selected experts froth at the mouth when anyone even questions their orthodoxy, whilst quietly, in the background, the whole thing is being reappraised.
If this turns out to be correct, and we are in for a mini ice-age, I should like to see the whole damned lot of them rounded up and put in a large fridge.
You will recall that not so long ago if you referred to the climate and solar activity in the same breath you were a heretic. Not now, it seems. ‘solar scientists have been reticent about it because of its connections with those who those who deny climate change’; yes indeed.
‘When the Sun has gone quiet like this before, it coincided with the earth cooling slightly and there is speculation that a similar thing could happen now. If so, it could alter all our predictions of climate change, and show that our understanding of climate change might not be anywhere near as good as we thought.’
Don’t you get impatient with these people? A new term, ‘climate change denier’ is coined to make it sound like holocaust denier, and the coterie of self-selected experts froth at the mouth when anyone even questions their orthodoxy, whilst quietly, in the background, the whole thing is being reappraised.
If this turns out to be correct, and we are in for a mini ice-age, I should like to see the whole damned lot of them rounded up and put in a large fridge.
23 October, 2008
EU: Climate Change Row
There’s a bit of a row breaking out in Europe over the climate change proposals. The ’20-20-20’ Proposals require by 2020 a reduction in greenhouse gases by 20% below 1990 levels through a 20% increase in the use of renewable energy and a 20% boost in energy efficiency.
Nine or ten countries, led by Italy, say that given the recession they can’t afford it. Sarkozy, who wants his name over as many world saving initiatives as possible during his six month presidency, says he will push it through by majority voting.
As with anything else in Europe and to do with the environment, the cost is unclear. The EU says €9.5 billion whilst Stefania Prestigiacomo, Italy’s Environment Minister, says it could be as high as €20 billion, and the costs to individual countries should be spread more fairly. France for example generates most of its electricity by nuclear with no greenhouse gas emissions whilst other countries use coal or gas.
Expect some sort of compromise which won’t please anybody except the awful Sarkozy.
Nine or ten countries, led by Italy, say that given the recession they can’t afford it. Sarkozy, who wants his name over as many world saving initiatives as possible during his six month presidency, says he will push it through by majority voting.
As with anything else in Europe and to do with the environment, the cost is unclear. The EU says €9.5 billion whilst Stefania Prestigiacomo, Italy’s Environment Minister, says it could be as high as €20 billion, and the costs to individual countries should be spread more fairly. France for example generates most of its electricity by nuclear with no greenhouse gas emissions whilst other countries use coal or gas.
Expect some sort of compromise which won’t please anybody except the awful Sarkozy.
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