INDEX-The Great landscapesandcycle's Climate Science Debate

On January 27, 2015 Jim Steele creator of the Landscapesandcycles blog, which advocates for the bizarre notion that landscapes and natural cycles are more important than our planet's atmosphere in regulating conditions on Earth, was interviewed by Sterling Bennett of the Heartland Institute.  The interview was a case study in the manipulation of information with intent to mislead.

To me his sneaky tactical misrepresentations and outlandish claims are unconscionable in this day and age, given not only our scientific knowledge, but down to Earth observations of the past century.

That is why I've gone through the trouble of transcribing and highlighting his many deceptions.


While Mr. Steele trumpets the need to debate the science underpinning our understanding of global warming he has hidden from the challenging questions I raise in my "virtual" debate.  Apparently his style of debate only happens within the security of the Republican/libertarian echo-chamber of like minded unidirectional skeptics and political allies, where his misrepresentation are accepted as reassuring gospel and healthy self-skepticism is nonexistent.  

I want to make clear that I stand by my offer:

... Mr. Steele, let's have our Great Global Warming Science Debate.  I will accept these responses from your Heartland Institute podcast as your opening round.  I'll offer my rebuttals, evidence and questions.  I agree to post your (or your champion's) thoughtful responses unaltered in a stand alone post. 

Interestingly the Heartland podcast doesn't offer a time signature as the interview unfolds, so I can't give specific starting points to the various sections of this debate.  Suffice it to say that I have included the entire interview and each installment begins where the previous one ends.  With the exception of #2, which is Mr. Steele's closing statement where he demands a public debate on the science and which I use to justify challenging him with this virtual debate.

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Sunday, April 5, 2015

Is misinformation about climate science criminally negligent? 

by Lawrence Torcello

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/premeditated-climatescidenial.html

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Thursday, April 2, 2015
#1 Mtn warming? - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/1-mtn-warming-ccsteele.html

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Thursday, April 2, 2015
#2 Fear of Debate - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/2debate-ccsteele-landscapesandcycles.html

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Thursday, April 2, 2015
#3 global temperature fallacy - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/3globaltemp-fallacy-ccsteeledebate.html

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Saturday, April 4, 2015
#4 Temperature Homogenization - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/4temphomogenization-ccsteele.html

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Sunday, April 5, 2015
#5 Prof Trenberth stifling "sceptics" - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/5trenberth-gatekeeping-ccsteeledebate.html

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Sunday, April 5, 2015
#6 Moose and the NWF - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/6moose-nwf-ccsteeledebate.html

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015
#7 Penguins, butterflies and consensus - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/7penguins-consensus-ccsteeledebate.html

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

#8 Mangroves, Dr. Cavanaugh, NPR's Joyce - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/8mangroves-cavanaughnpr-ccsteeledebate.html

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

#9 Steele's heat waves and the AGW fallacy - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/9steelesheatwaves-agwfallacy.html

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Saturday, April 25, 2015

#10 Heartland in their own words - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/10heartland-ownwords-ccsteeledebate.html

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Sunday, April 26, 2015

#11 Questions for Heartland's Burnett, re Dr. Mann and more - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/11heartland-drmann-ccsteeledebate.html

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

#12 "Pushing this global climate alarmism" - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/12pushingclimate-alarmism-ccsteeledebate.html

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

#13 Critical Thinking and "keep the debate alive" - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/13critical-thinking-ccsteeledebate.html

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Thursday, April 30, 2015

#14 Considering Malicious Falsehoods vs Right to Learn - CC/Steele Landscapesandcycles Debate

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/04/14consider-maliciouslies-ccsteeledebate.html

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INDEX of previous investigations into Jim Steele's various Landscapesandcycles' science horror shows

http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/01/steeles-horror-collection-2014.html

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