Yet there are no obvious gains, even if one accepts
the alarmist views of global warming.
It's telling, though, that some of the scientists closest to the research don't share
the alarmist views of TNR opponents.
Two years ago, Asness and an AQR colleague raised hackles with a research paper that argued that the global temperature trends over the last 125 years do not, on their own, support
an alarmist view of global warming.
Clearly, many supposedly conservative or skeptical groups not only fail to challenge
the alarmist view of climate change, they even endorse significant parts of alarmism and often go so far as to support the very political actions that Brulle most greatly desires.
Finally, there are the well - meaning individuals who believe that in accepting
the alarmist view of climate change, they are displaying intelligence and virtue.
«There are the numerous well meaning individuals who have allowed propagandists to convince them that in accepting
the alarmist view of anthropogenic climate change, they are displaying intelligence and virtue For them, their psychic welfare is at stake... For those committed...
Embracing
an alarmist view of the future, the President claimed CO2 - induced climate change will lead to «submerged countries,» «abandoned cities,» «fields that no longer grow,» «political disruptions» and «more floods.»
Embracing
an alarmist view of the future, the President claimed CO
Not exact matches
I think God may act to destroy whole populations in order to contain the demonic problem (personal
view; The problem
of demons is much more greater and serious than we would like to admit, and I say this at the risk
of being branded an
alarmist).
Craig, I tend to dismiss those who people call
alarmists or deniers, because their
views tend to be outside the
views of most scientists; however I did listen to the entire video.
So I take it that the consensus
view is that according to our best current scientific understanding, there is no possibility whatsoever
of any catastrophic consequences
of anthropogenic global warming; therefore to use the word «catastrophic» is irresponsible alarmism;, and therefore the deniers are actually quite right to accuse anyone who suggests that such outcomes are possible
of being an irresponsible
alarmist.
Most
of the writing here at The New York Times takes a similar tone on the issue, the
alarmist view that somehow what is happening now is without natural precedent or should be cause
of for shock or surprise and that
of course, we humans are the root
of all evil and are causing the warming and / or can prevent it or stop it.
Unfortunately,
alarmists prevent this when they take evangelical
views, words and actions regarding this particular issue often citing their own set
of «facts» which five minutes study can debunk, geological history can debunk, solar cycles can debunk, temperature history can debunk, «ocean conveyer» history can debunk, etc... the cry «We have ten years or were all going to die» (or equivalent) is not helpful and simply creates a mob - mentality based on fear.
Isn't it interesting to see how the «weather» versus «climate» issue can be conveniently rolled out by the
Alarmists whenever it suits their
view of the world.
The important question to ask, I argue, is how such an intolerant culture was allowed to develop in powerful political and academic institutions, and why the
alarmist case was preferred by policymakers, who continue to make use
of the binary
view of the climate debate.
I found a number
of discrepancies, which are written up in the paper, and do much (in my
view) to support Professor Tol's claim that the report's
alarmist tone was largely groundless.
By the way, does anyone out there still believe that the Climate Commission isn't just a mouthpiece for trumpeting Labor government policy, staffed as it is by a team
of alarmists with not one single person in the clique to challenge the orthodoxy or put a contrary
view?
The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change has been vigorously attacked by some environmentalists and global warming
alarmists who
view it as a threat to their claim
of a «consensus» in favor
of their extreme
views.
A huge problem is that many qualified scientists and others are skeptic
of the Consensus Science, but they work for
Alarmist Media or Government Agencies or Schools, that would get rid
of them in a minute if they express their Skeptic
Views.
I have a lot
of sympathy for that
view as the
alarmists have failed to answer a lot
of pertinent questions about their hypothesis, or provided at the very least shaky and questionable workarounds to them in order to keep their wagon rolling.
The invalid
alarmist hypotheses, the more valid replacements for them, and the general
views of alarmist and skeptic scientists towards them are as follows:
The honesty and openness characterized by Steve, Judy, NIc and many others in this debate,
viewed in the light
of the tactics
of the
alarmists has made me a skeptic.
Doesn't the fact that many AGW
alarmists also oppose nuclear power suggest they
view climate change not as a problem to be solved, but as a tool in service
of another agenda?
You might not believe this but from our point
of view the cherry - picking is mostly on the
alarmist side.
May 3, 2004 CHC held a congressional and media briefing entitled «Impacts
of Global Warming: Why the
Alarmist View is Wrong» on Capitol Hill.
«As I see it, Jim's
views were at the
alarmist end
of the spectrum
of scientific opinion, so frankly I see him largely as just coming back into the fold
of mainstream thinking,» Mann wrote in an email to LiveScience.
The relationship
of Patrick J. Michaels to the event: Speaker The Impacts
of Global Warming: Why the
Alarmist View is Wrong http://www.globalwarming.org/article.php?uid=632 Congressional and Media Briefing held at the Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Cooler Heads Coalition The relationship
of Patrick J. Michaels to the event: Speaker
Skepticism
of alarmism is not a single
view, because different people question different
alarmist claims.
In retrospect this is a little ironic — for it is guilty
of the very crime it accuses the «
alarmists»
of perpetrating — unsupported, biased
views of climate change science which distort any kind
of balanced analysis being undertaken by focusing exclusively on the suggested polarity
of existing climate change debate — «scientists» v deniers.
My
view is that in the face
of very ignorant journalistic nonsense, too many scientists are failing to maintain their research objectivity and argue against
alarmist or foolish interpretations (such as the obvious
alarmist tone
of AIT) I see good scientists lining up ideologically rather than methodologically, and find this painful to watch.
But, those
of us who worry that the more extreme
views may become fodder for preemptive dismissal by the
alarmists have a responsibility to make sure the fringe doesn't take over the forum and paint us all in the same shade.
We just deconstructed a single faulty paper on peak oil to get emotional reactions evocative
of CAGW
alarmists, except largely inverted by proponent / opponent since inconsistent with that same world
view.
It is an absurd meme that apparently has become a strawman by skeptics, not a
view held by even the wildest
of alarmists.
I've been saying for a long time that the policy debate has from the
alarmist point
of view, already been lost.
The
alarmists already have a large number
of official reports, so it will be important to finally see the opposition
views laid out officially.
Like other
alarmists in the climate debate, Brown is satisfied with repeating the sound bites and self - serving pseudoscience
of those at the extreme end
of the scientific debate, and dismisses the extensive research that contradicts that
view.
This study — Why Models Run Hot — infuriated the
alarmist establishment, first because it was unusually popular (receiving over 10,000
views — thousands more than most scientific papers get) and second because it made a mockery
of their cherished computer models.
Because
of this very affiliation, they were suddenly
viewed as «essential», «unfirable» etc. — it would be wrong even if the IPCC didn't have the
alarmist bias.
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of Climate Change, brings a unique geological perspective to this politically charged issue, a perspective that has been ignored far too long.
But please, stick to verifiable facts — and leave the prevaricating Wikipedia entries out
of it; they have major credibility problems — as do RealClimate, Eli Rabett, Tamino, and the rest
of the
alarmist sites which, unlike this site, arbitrarily delete comments by opposing points
of view.
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Initially, I liked the idea
of our societies becoming more environmentally cognizant, but then I became weary
of the
alarmist view after I studied the «hockey schtick».
You will be used to push Moore's
view that America is the source
of all evil in the world, as well as the usual crazy
alarmist scenarios (runaway greenhouse, etc).
Steeped in dogma and ideology, insisting your
view is infallible, you are the quintessence
of alarmist climate science.
Typing in thermal inertia W / m2 into google gives you these two links: http://www.sciscoop.com/story/2005/4/29/64527/5456 (I'd class Hansen as an
alarmist) http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2005/05/16/determining-climate-sensitivity-from-volcanoes-observations-vs-models/ (I don't like the word skeptical, it's tainted by association with the low hanging fruit that Coby is so busy refuting, but anyway this site is biased like real climate but towards a more positive, less
alarmist point
of view) http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2006/04/10/dialing-in-your-own-climate/ Anyway, Patrick Michaels also comes up with 0.5 C in the pipeline from thermal inertia.
Instead
of publicly expressing their
views, a group
of parliamentarians said skeptics should parrot the imploding official narrative: The notion that global warming, which even leading
alarmists admit has been on «pause» for 17 years in defiance
of every UN climate model, is caused by human activities and requires planetary carbon taxes and more government control.
The institute is influential and is famous for being staffed with scientists who are homogenously
alarmist and at times zealously intolerant
of dissenting
views.
The entire memo sounds pretty
alarmist, but also not entirely out
of character with the current administration's
views.