Quote:The 15 years thing doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

 

Like most things coming out of a Republican's mouth it can be viewed as either misleading or a flat-out lie.

 

What the 15 year thing is about is selective data points. 1998 was an exceptionally hot year and stands out from its surrounding sample points on a chart.

 

Here's an analysis with the charts. http://grist.org/article/global-warming-...d-in-1998/

 

Anyone who doesn't understand climate and statistics comes away saying, "SEE, THERE IS NO GLOBAL WARMING, IT'S ALL A LIBERAL CONSPIRACY, FOLLOW THE MONEY." (I'm still not sure what huge monied interest there is on the side of the 97%+ of scientists who accept the theories of anthropogenic climate change, but it's certainly easy to see the ones that are against it, namely the fossil fuel industry)

 

For those of us with a bit stronger education in mathematics there's a clear and frightening trend that can't be ignored.

 

First off, the fossil fuel industry money is insignificant compared to BIG government. You know, money taken by force from hard working people to give to cronies?


 

Secondly, even limiting it to the fossil fuel industry, they have given more money to the believers than they have to the skeptics.


 

As far as selective data points, don't believe the lies from the Climastrologers living off of 
money taken by force from hard working people. The start date wasn't selected. September 2014, the month of the last published measurement, is the only data point 'selected.' The analysis then goes backwards to find the earliest date where the temperatures have been flat. For the RSS satellite measurements (satellite measurements are the only really global measurements) that start date is August 1996. In the RSS data there has been no GLOBAL warming for over 18 years. The other data sets are shorter, but still over a decade, and 15 years is the average of them. Every one of 53 models (funded by money taken by force from hard-working citizens) has failed to predict this.

 

With a (slightly) warmer climate there have been fewer tropical cyclones and fewer tornadoes. The US is now in the longest period in history without a cat 3 or higher hurricane making landfall, with no end in sight. The extra CO2 has boosted plant growth, including food production and greening at the edges of the Sahara. Truly CO2 has been a boon to the planet. Why would you want to go back to the 1970s climate? I remember the 1970s. It was cold and miserable.

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