Next NASA Chief Nominee Doesn’t Believe in Climate Change

[diver0008]

I really am not convinced that strong bias does not exist in the academic / environmentalists world that might tend to inflate the results, or distort significant factors.

Aside from the fact that the above mentioned has already been exposed as having happened, if it were ever concluded, publicized, or admitted that solar activity was playing the siginifcant role in any climate changes, a lot of people would lose their jobs and/or funding. To ignore this most human of elements, self-preservation, is entirely disingenuous.

 

[RyanT]

Even though since 2004, we have been well below average for Tropical Storms and and Hurricanes

Not true, and here are the data.

Tropical Cyclone Climatology

I really am not convinced that strong bias does not exist in the academic / environmentalists world that might tend to inflate the results, or distort significant factors.

Why is this? Do you have some evidence that bias within the scientific community has inflated the claims of climate change?

 

[KenGordon]

Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis

What happened to the traditional role of skepticism in climate science?

I guess I should apologize in advance for interrupting folks piping into the echo chamber of their own "beleifs"

The first study is of people working in the energy industry in Alberta.

Denialism From Forbes Courtesy of Heartland Hack James Taylor

 

[KenGordon]

@Caveeagle, did you read the paper you posted the link to from Forbes? Here's an excerpt from the actual paper describing the "majority of scientists" that were surveyed.

"How do professional experts frame the reality of climate change and themselves as experts, while engaging in defensive institutional work against others?"

"To answer this question, we consider how climate change is constructed by professional engineers and geoscientists in the province of Alberta, Canada. We begin by describing our research context and the strategic importance of Canadian oil worldwide, to the economy of Canada, and the province of Alberta. We outline the influential role of engineers and geoscientists within this industry, which allows them to affect national and international policy.

The petroleum industry in Alberta is an instrumental case (Stake, 1995; per Greenwood & Suddaby, 2006) to examine the debate of climate change expertise given the economic centrality of the oil industry, the oil sands as a controversial energy source, and the dominance of professionals that gives them a privileged position as influencers of government and industry policy. Frames are always socio-historical constructions and, thus, time and location play an important role."

I would hardly call a survey of petroleum engineers in Canada, the "majority of scientists"

Ah, you got there first. This is what happens when you go diving and fail to keep up.

 

[diver0008]

Denialism...

Yet another 'ism. As if dissent is now an ideology.

Can we accuse climate change doomsayers of Climatophobia?

 

[The Chairman]

The Daily Mail is the 2nd most circulated newspaper in the UK, like it or not.

Doesn't make it reliable.

So I guess you have to decide if all men are to be treated equal, or not.

Yes, men are created equal... women too. Papers? No. The most salacious and sensationalistic papers, which appeal to our base appetites, fears and hatred, almost always are more popular.

who am I to tell a bunch of people that they are wrong

The one who thinks the others are wrong has a moral obligation to enlighten others. How else would the King know that he was nekkid?

 

[elbig]

"The one who thinks the others are wrong has a moral obligation to enlighten others. How else would the King know that he was nekkid?"

Yes but why insult and berate those who happen disagree with you? Why can't we have a rationale discourse? It seems more like religious zealotry than scientific discussion.

 

[The Chairman]

Yes but why insult and berate those who happen disagree with you?

You say that as if I have done that here. Can you point this out specifically?

 

[rjgiddings]

Can you cite a source for this claim? I have seen information that states otherwise.

Yes:

Hurricane Irma, the most powerful in recorded history, makes landfall in Caribbean islands

Irma shows its strength as most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane ever

Getting into almost splitting hairs at 185 mph vs 190 mph, but still :
" Irma has broken Allen's record for sustained winds though. "
Hurricane Irma Is Stronger Than All of 2017’s Other Eight Atlantic Storms Combined

And then an "I effing love science" article here:
Hurricane Irma Is Now The Most Powerful Atlantic Ocean Storm In Recorded History

 

[The Chairman]

Can we accuse climate change doomsayers of Climatophobia?

Nah,,, they're alethephiles. While those who deny climate change would be alethephobes.