I have recently been accused of using my blog space to bash science. A few people didn’t appreciate my quoting of the 31,478 American scientists who signed a petition questioning the validity of global warming.
Granted, I should have checked a little further into www.petitionproject.org, but finding absolute proof that global warming is a myth was not my aim. I merely intended to raise the question, what if popular science is wrong? I was hoping to get the HVACR industry thinking.
After all, the climate legislation spawning from the “global warming crisis” will profoundly affect the equipment being produced and installed.
Now, let’s not panic. Change can be a good thing. Take a look at the new Wi-fi equipped coffee house atmosphere McDonald’s has created. I admit I scoffed when the remodeling began, but I enjoyed conversing with a friend the other day in this new atmosphere. Who’d of thought McDonald’s could pull off a middle class coffee house with flair? The play area is still annoying, but that goes without saying.
As a writer, I am always interested in a good story, but as an editor for The NEWS, I am interested in the whole story, even when it comes time to question popular science.
Despite the intense push for change coming from President Obama, it is important that the nation’s lawmakers take the time to research and implement change correctly. Please, no writing in the margins of the bill this time. America’s pocketbooks can’t take anymore stress.
Thanks to those who pointed out the shortcomings of the Petition Project. I truly appreciate hearing both sides of the story.
Angela D.Harris News & Legislation Editor. E-mail her at angelaharris@achrnews.com.
Title: Global Warming Discussion By: Roger Ansted Posted: June 24, 2009 9:17 PM
Thank you for your logical discussion regarding global warming. I think that most discussions I have seen in the media is very emotional and do not seek to find a common ground. I have tried to show how a balanced logical presentation can be made at www.clearpictureonline.com/SO-Global%20Warming.html. I think the logical compromise is to research ways to shield the planet from solar radiation (like the effect volcanos have on the earth)so that if global warming actually becomes a problem that we have the technology to economically and quickly cool the planet.
Title: Global Warming Discussion By: Angela D. Harris Posted: June 25, 2009 9:10 AM
You are welcome Roger. I have never heard of this before. It sounds interesting and like it might be another avenue to pursue. I am glad to see that some folks are approaching things with more of an open mind, not just a cap-and-trade mentality.
I was listening to a notable scientist at a conference I attended this year, and I think he slipped a bit. The way he crafted his arguement for cutting emissions lead me to believe that cutting them will only slow the global warming issue not stop it. Apparently the damage is done and now we can only hope to mitigate the effects. I am paraphrasing of course, but with this in mind, maybe it is time for science to put its heads together and look beyond cap-and-trade...especially if what they are saying about global warming is true.
I appreciate the new source to investigate.
Title: 50,000 Physicists: Humans off the Hook, The Sun is to Blame for Global Warming By: ANGELOS Posted: June 26, 2009 1:08 PM
Posted on July 18, 2008 by politisite
The American Physical Society, consisting of over 50,000 physicists was touted as the group that Al Gore used as the group where the debate over global warming was over. Well the Truth is the APS is reversing it’s view on Climate change and is publicly coming out in dis-belief of Human involvement in Global warning.
The group is so sure of their new found truth that they are offering up a publicly held debate on the subject. The group who are the real numbers crunchers and model generators not social activists that that once called global warming unconvertible. Have new data according to APS forum editors, Jeff Marque, “There is a considerable presence within the scientific community of people who do not agree with the IPCC conclusion that anthropogenic CO2 emissions are very probably likely to be primarily responsible for global warming that has occurred since the Industrial Revolution.”
The APS is opening its debate with the publication of a paper by Lord Monckton of Brenchley, which concludes that climate sensitivity — the rate of temperature change a given amount of greenhouse gas will cause — has been grossly overstated by IPCC modeling. A low sensitivity implies additional atmospheric CO2 will have little effect on global climate.
Larry Gould, Professor of Physics at the University of Hartford and Chairman of the New England Section of the APS, called Monckton’s paper an “expose of the IPCC that details numerous exaggerations and “extensive errors”
In an email to DailyTech, Monckton says, “I was dismayed to discover that the IPCC’s 2001 and 2007 reports did not devote chapters to the central ‘climate sensitivity’ question, and did not explain in proper, systematic detail the methods by which they evaluated it. When I began to investigate, it seemed that the IPCC was deliberately concealing and obscuring its method.”
According to Monckton, there is substantial support for his results, “in the peer-reviewed literature, most articles on climate sensitivity conclude, as I have done, that climate sensitivity must be harmlessly low.”
Monckton, who was the science advisor to Britain’s Thatcher administration, says natural variability is the cause of most of the Earth’s recent warming. “In the past 70 years the Sun was more active than at almost any other time in the past 11,400 years … Mars, Jupiter, Neptune’s largest moon, and Pluto warmed at the same time as Earth.” [/q]
Unless there are industrialized nations on Jupiter or Pluto, Global warming could be called solar system warming and has very little to do with Human emissions.
The Politisite Bottom Line: (Opinion) Al Gore and other scientists while looking at data from the Earth and coming to the conclusion that the earth is on a warming trend. Coming to the conclusion that since industry has caused increased emission is th reason for the earth warming. What the scientists failed to see what due to the suns increased solar activity, other heavenly bodies where effected as well. most of the Planets with our solar system has increased in temperature as well.
Does this mean, stop conserving resources? We say no. We are on a better trend and n matter ones view of Al Gore, we have made our country better by following some of the environmental steps outlined by those who have blamed humans for the natural unfolding of our universe. So keep those energy efficient lights and keep recycling. Just don’t go to therapy for ruining the world for driving your Hummer.
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By: Roger Ansted
Posted: June 24, 2009 9:17 PM
By: Angela D. Harris
Posted: June 25, 2009 9:10 AM
I was listening to a notable scientist at a conference I attended this year, and I think he slipped a bit. The way he crafted his arguement for cutting emissions lead me to believe that cutting them will only slow the global warming issue not stop it. Apparently the damage is done and now we can only hope to mitigate the effects. I am paraphrasing of course, but with this in mind, maybe it is time for science to put its heads together and look beyond cap-and-trade...especially if what they are saying about global warming is true.
I appreciate the new source to investigate.
By: ANGELOS
Posted: June 26, 2009 1:08 PM
Posted on July 18, 2008 by politisite
The American Physical Society, consisting of over 50,000 physicists was touted as the group that Al Gore used as the group where the debate over global warming was over. Well the Truth is the APS is reversing it’s view on Climate change and is publicly coming out in dis-belief of Human involvement in Global warning.
The group is so sure of their new found truth that they are offering up a publicly held debate on the subject. The group who are the real numbers crunchers and model generators not social activists that that once called global warming unconvertible. Have new data according to APS forum editors, Jeff Marque, “There is a considerable presence within the scientific community of people who do not agree with the IPCC conclusion that anthropogenic CO2 emissions are very probably likely to be primarily responsible for global warming that has occurred since the Industrial Revolution.”
[q url="http://www.dailytech.com/Myth+of+Consensus+Explodes+APS+Opens+Global+Warming+Debate/article12403.htm"]
The APS is opening its debate with the publication of a paper by Lord Monckton of Brenchley, which concludes that climate sensitivity — the rate of temperature change a given amount of greenhouse gas will cause — has been grossly overstated by IPCC modeling. A low sensitivity implies additional atmospheric CO2 will have little effect on global climate.
Larry Gould, Professor of Physics at the University of Hartford and Chairman of the New England Section of the APS, called Monckton’s paper an “expose of the IPCC that details numerous exaggerations and “extensive errors”
In an email to DailyTech, Monckton says, “I was dismayed to discover that the IPCC’s 2001 and 2007 reports did not devote chapters to the central ‘climate sensitivity’ question, and did not explain in proper, systematic detail the methods by which they evaluated it. When I began to investigate, it seemed that the IPCC was deliberately concealing and obscuring its method.”
According to Monckton, there is substantial support for his results, “in the peer-reviewed literature, most articles on climate sensitivity conclude, as I have done, that climate sensitivity must be harmlessly low.”
Monckton, who was the science advisor to Britain’s Thatcher administration, says natural variability is the cause of most of the Earth’s recent warming. “In the past 70 years the Sun was more active than at almost any other time in the past 11,400 years … Mars, Jupiter, Neptune’s largest moon, and Pluto warmed at the same time as Earth.” [/q]
Unless there are industrialized nations on Jupiter or Pluto, Global warming could be called solar system warming and has very little to do with Human emissions.
The Politisite Bottom Line: (Opinion) Al Gore and other scientists while looking at data from the Earth and coming to the conclusion that the earth is on a warming trend. Coming to the conclusion that since industry has caused increased emission is th reason for the earth warming. What the scientists failed to see what due to the suns increased solar activity, other heavenly bodies where effected as well. most of the Planets with our solar system has increased in temperature as well.
Does this mean, stop conserving resources? We say no. We are on a better trend and n matter ones view of Al Gore, we have made our country better by following some of the environmental steps outlined by those who have blamed humans for the natural unfolding of our universe. So keep those energy efficient lights and keep recycling. Just don’t go to therapy for ruining the world for driving your Hummer.