Showing posts with label Jeff Orlowski. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeff Orlowski. Show all posts

Friday, July 26, 2013

The problem with Mr. McIntyre and his enablers



Paul_K 
Posted Jul 26, 2013 at 11:59 AM | Reply
Citizenschallenge,"We know we are driving our climate to conditions no human, let alone a complex society has ever confronted…"
 
What do you think polar sea ice conditions looked like during the Holocene optimum? 

Carrick
Posted Jul 26, 2013 at 12:12 PM 
I’d settle with reliable numbers on arctic sea ice for the 1950s.
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citizenschallenge
Posted Jul 26, 2013 at 12:35 PM | Reply 

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Paul, what does that sort of question do to help understand the situation we are facing? Sounded like a mesmerist’s misdirection to me.
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We have increased our planet’s atmospheric insulating ability by over a third – the global heat distribution engine IS continuing to hold in extra heat and energy. Right ?

Please consider your(-collective) bias, that undercurrent of defending your economic/political status quo – and feeling OK about molding your science to fit your vision. Where’s the objectivity? How about a little self skepticism for a change?

What does McIntyre’s hostile, conspiracy ideation rich, belly-button gazing do to help us understand the pragmatic implications of what we are doing to our atmosphere, along with its cascading consequences?