Comments on: Is Global Warming a Neurosis? https://lawrencevilleweather.com/blog/2008/07/is-global-warming-a-neurosis.html Comments on the weather in Lawrenceville Georgia Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:16:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jon Richards https://lawrencevilleweather.com/blog/2008/07/is-global-warming-a-neurosis.html#comment-2831 Jon Richards Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:14:24 +0000 https://lawrencevilleweather.com/blog/?p=478#comment-2831 You state that Stephens "works for one of the most partisan global warming skeptic think tanks," however a quick search for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Stephens" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">biographical information</a> indicates that prior to working for the WSJ, Stephens was editor in chief for the <i>Jerusalem Post</i>. No mention of a think tank in a bio I could find. You state that Stephens “works for one of the most partisan global warming skeptic think tanks,” however a quick search for biographical information indicates that prior to working for the WSJ, Stephens was editor in chief for the Jerusalem Post. No mention of a think tank in a bio I could find.

]]> By: Mitsu https://lawrencevilleweather.com/blog/2008/07/is-global-warming-a-neurosis.html#comment-2830 Mitsu Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:31:45 +0000 https://lawrencevilleweather.com/blog/?p=478#comment-2830 That article is filled with distortions and misinformation. The author works for one of the most partisan global warming skeptic think tanks in existence; his bias shows. The NASA data he's talking about only refers to the warmest years *in the United States* --- if you take global temperatures (which really are the only relevant measure, since there are always transient local variations in temperature), the hottest year on record is 2005, and the ten hottest years (globally) are all after 1994. It's laughable to suggest, furthermore, that the fact that some areas are getting colder in any way discredits the science ---- the models all predict that, while the planet is warming overall, some areas will get colder, because of changes in weather, currents, etc. The North Pole is showing unprecedented warming, and many ice shelves in Antarctica have broken up --- all events that haven't been seen in a hundred years or more of observations, and as I mentioned before, the global temperature, measured in many different ways, has been the warmest in recent years by a large margin. Finally, the ocean sensor data only covers the last five years, and it's a new experiment ---- it's not even remotely "discrediting" the science. This article is woefully wrong on the science and nothing more than an attempt at political spin. It's disgraceful that a major newspaper would print such a blatantly false "opinion" piece from a wholly unreliable think tank. That article is filled with distortions and misinformation. The author works for one of the most partisan global warming skeptic think tanks in existence; his bias shows. The NASA data he’s talking about only refers to the warmest years *in the United States* — if you take global temperatures (which really are the only relevant measure, since there are always transient local variations in temperature), the hottest year on record is 2005, and the ten hottest years (globally) are all after 1994. It’s laughable to suggest, furthermore, that the fact that some areas are getting colder in any way discredits the science —- the models all predict that, while the planet is warming overall, some areas will get colder, because of changes in weather, currents, etc. The North Pole is showing unprecedented warming, and many ice shelves in Antarctica have broken up — all events that haven’t been seen in a hundred years or more of observations, and as I mentioned before, the global temperature, measured in many different ways, has been the warmest in recent years by a large margin. Finally, the ocean sensor data only covers the last five years, and it’s a new experiment —- it’s not even remotely “discrediting” the science.

This article is woefully wrong on the science and nothing more than an attempt at political spin. It’s disgraceful that a major newspaper would print such a blatantly false “opinion” piece from a wholly unreliable think tank.

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