Comments on: Everybody talks about the weather… http://beyondthesidewalks.countrysidemag.com/2009/12/17/everybody-talks-about-the-weather%e2%80%a6/ life in the country Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:20:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TS http://beyondthesidewalks.countrysidemag.com/2009/12/17/everybody-talks-about-the-weather%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-25 TS Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:45:08 +0000 http://beyondthesidewalks.countrysidemag.com/?p=48#comment-25 Of course, survey results are only as good as the questions asked, how they are asked, who are selected to ask, and how the resulting data is handled...or mishandled as we have recently seen. And asking a biologist his opinion about physics is as meaningful as asking a ballet dancer how to pilot the space shuttle. Competency in one field does not necessarily translate into competency in another field. And certainly you must be aware that recent disclosures have brought to light a decades-long conspiracy to suppress publication of any paper that contradicted (ie, presented facts) the global warming social agenda. Hence, the lopsided percentage. By the way, "Global Warming" is no longer the favored term since there has been no warming over the past ten years. "Climate Change" is the mantra now because it will always be valid since the climate is always changing. There is no credible evidence that mankind has or can influence climate trends. There are only computer models that "predict" trends decades and centuries out. Such models are only as good as the input data. In the case of climate change, the GIGO rule of computing would seem to apply -- Garbage In, Garbage Out. Climatologist cannot accurately predict the local weather next week, yet you would have us believe they can know what will happen in a world-wide system that is hundreds of thousands of times more complex. "Global Warming" and "Climate Change" are not science. They are branches of the Green religion. And like all religions, they are not about finding truth. They are about controlling people and wealth. --TS Of course, survey results are only as good as the questions asked, how they are asked, who are selected to ask, and how the resulting data is handled…or mishandled as we have recently seen.

And asking a biologist his opinion about physics is as meaningful as asking a ballet dancer how to pilot the space shuttle. Competency in one field does not necessarily translate into competency in another field.

And certainly you must be aware that recent disclosures have brought to light a decades-long conspiracy to suppress publication of any paper that contradicted (ie, presented facts) the global warming social agenda. Hence, the lopsided percentage.

By the way, “Global Warming” is no longer the favored term since there has been no warming over the past ten years. “Climate Change” is the mantra now because it will always be valid since the climate is always changing.

There is no credible evidence that mankind has or can influence climate trends. There are only computer models that “predict” trends decades and centuries out. Such models are only as good as the input data. In the case of climate change, the GIGO rule of computing would seem to apply — Garbage In, Garbage Out.

Climatologist cannot accurately predict the local weather next week, yet you would have us believe they can know what will happen in a world-wide system that is hundreds of thousands of times more complex.

“Global Warming” and “Climate Change” are not science. They are branches of the Green religion. And like all religions, they are not about finding truth. They are about controlling people and wealth.

–TS

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