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Wacky Global Warming News: More Glaciergate

Feb 2

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Swiss Alps

Swiss Alps

Wow, I guess science isn’t what it used to be.  At least not at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations.  In 2007 the IPCC shared the Nobel Peace Prize (along with Al Gore) for their global warming/climate change report.  It’s a report that politicians around the world point to when they want to take away our money and freedom to fight global warming.  Well, at least part of the report is less about science than it is BS.

It turns out that the IPCC has been doing very little science regarding glaciers and mountain ice melt.  In fact the news coming out sounds more like the IPCC is a bunch of third-graders lifting information from the encyclopedia for their report.  First, news broke that the IPCC had included unsubstantiated “speculation” by one scientist contained in an 8 year old article to make a false claim that Himalayan Glaciers would melt by 2035.  Then it was learned that the IPCC also drastically overstated both the size of Himalayan Glaciers and the rate at which they were melting.  Next, Dr. Murari Lal, the scientist behind the part of the report with the bogus claims about Himalayan Glaciers admitted he included the information in order to put pressure on politicians to take action.  There’s also money at the heart of all of this.  But are the Himalayan Glacier errors the end of the story?  Not by a long shot.

The UK Telegraph reports the IPCC has also played fast and loose with their claims about mountain ice melting in the Andes, Alps, and Africa due to global warming.  How?  Claims in this “scientific” report about disappearing ice in the Andes, Alps, and Africa are actually based on an article in a mountain climbing magazine and a student’s dissertation.  The claims about the disappearing mountain ice were in a table of the IPCC’s report entitled “Selected observed effects due to changes in the cryosphere produced by warming”.  It says reductions in mountain ice have been observed from the loss of ice climbs in the Andes, Alps and in Africa between 1900 and 2000.  The problem?  The claims are based on guesses and anecdotes – NOT SCIENCE.  Also, both sources were written by known global warming activists not by objective scientific observers.

Global Warming is far from “settled science” and in fact it’s looking more and more like there’s no science behind it at all. Unfortunately, governments are taking action to “fight climate change” based in part on the massive load of crap in the IPCC report that is being given unwarranted credibility in many media outlets.  Keep yourself informed and let your representative know you’re aware of the scam.  Your money and your freedom are at stake.

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Wacky Global Warming News: Osama Bin Laden Blames US

Jan 30

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Global Warming Activist and Murderer Osama Bin Laden

Global Warming Activist and Murderer Osama Bin Laden

Congratulations to all of you who want to end Western Civilization in order to combat Anthropogenic Global Warming, you now have another high profile supporter – Osama Bin Laden.  In a move I’m sure will be lauded by Global Warming activists around the world, Osama Bin Laden has condemned the United States for its supposed role in climate change and natural disasters stemming from it.

Though he is probably best known as a murdering islamic jihadist responsible for the death of thousands of Americans during the 9/11 attacks, he is apparently quite the environmentalist.  In his role as environmental watchdog he has previously released tapes mentioning global warming and has just released a tape that is dedicated to global warming.

In the new tape which aired on pro-terrorist Arab TV Al-Jazeera the murderous leader of al-Qaida said, “The effects of global warming have touched every continent.  Drought and deserts are spreading, while from the other floods and hurricanes unseen before the previous decades have now become frequent”.   Had it not been in Arabic and presented by someone who kills innocent people in the name of islam it could have been spoken by Nobel Laureate Al Gore.

Bin Laden went on to blame U.S. for rejecting the ridiculous Kyoto protocols to reduce greenhouse gases and called for a boycott to bring the “wheels of the American economy” to a halt.  You know, all the rhetoric you hear from the American left wing.  So, congratulations to all the Global Warming activists out there you finally have another leader for your cause who hates America as much as you do.

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Wacky Global Warming News: Glaciergate

Jan 26

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Himalayan Glacier Traverse

Himalayan Glacier Traverse

Glaciergate, that’s what it’s being called now.  Glaciergate is the continuing  story about how members of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) lied when they published their 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning report.  A report which claimed, among other things, that the Himalayan Glaciers would disappear by 2035 due to global warming.  Why would they lie?  What could they gain?  Well, as I said in my first Himalayan Glaciers entry it’s about money.

Glaciergate, and Global Warming in general, is really about money and power.  For politicians seeking power Global Warming is a convenient fraud on which to base restrictions upon individual behavior and taxes on every facet of life.  They’re already doing it in Europe and trying to do it in the United States.  For “scientists” Global Warming is still about money.  And how do scientists who don’t make a product get money?  They get it from grants.  Grants come from private individuals and foundations, charitable groups, and governments who have taxed their citizens.  Most of the time that means it’s your money being used.  In glaciergate a money trail is forming that appears to lead to the Chairman of the IPCC, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri.  As Christopher Booker of the UK Telegraph reports in Pachauri: the real story behind the Glaciergate scandal:

the scientist from whom this claim originated, Dr Syed Hasnain, has for the past two years been working as a senior employee of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), the Delhi-based company of which Dr Pachauri is director-general. Furthermore, the claim – now disowned by Dr Pachauri as chairman of the IPCC – has helped TERI to win a substantial share of a $500,000 grant from one of America’s leading charities, along with a share in a three million euro research study funded by the EU

Let’s recap…scientists employed by the United Nations, lauded by the Nobel Peace Prize committee, and funded by your hard-earned money have repeatedly lied about climate changes purported to be so serious that we all have to give up every modern convenience to prevent extinction of our species…did I miss anything there?  Oh, and where is Al Gore?  Why isn’t Al Gore talking about all of this?  I’ll tell you why.  He’s afraid of losing millions of dollars in the carbon credit market that his company is involved in.

Despite the mounting evidence that Global Warming is a hoax politicians are continuing their efforts to combat it.  Here in the United States the Congress is still trying to pass the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill.  Do us all a favor and let your Congressmen and Senators know you are against Cap and Trade.

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Wacky Global Warming News: Himalayan Glaciers Part 3

Jan 25

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Climbers and Sherpas traversing Himalayan Glacier

Climbers and Sherpas traversing Himalayan Glacier

People sometimes don’t believe it when I say that this wacky Global Warming thing isn’t what they think.  Most people believe that scientists are completely objective and are warning us of impending doom.  They also think that people like Al Gore are just out to save us from ourselves and couldn’t possibly have any evil motives.  They think scientists and rotund ex-Vice-Presidents would never lie.  Wrong, wrong, and wrong.  What’s the latest evidence?  How about a damning admission by a “scientist” authoring the UN’s Nobel Peace Prize winning 2007 climate change report?  That’s what happened.

Dr. Murari Lal, the scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel Prize-winning UN report that Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035  admitted it was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders. In other words, he knew the information was faulty but still included it to get politicians to fix a non-existent problem.  He didn’t say that he was hoping the politicians would give him more grant money in order to do more “research” but he didn’t not say it either.

Global Warming, particularly anthropogenic global warming, is a hoax that is meant to take away your freedom and your money.  Legislation to “combat the effects of climate change” like the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill (H.R. 2454) will increase energy costs and taxes while doing nothing for the environment.  Tell your Representatives and Senators we don’t need Cap and Trade.

Previous entries:
Wacky Global Warming News: Himalayan Glaciers Part 2
Wacky Global Warming News: Himalayan Glaciers

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Wacky Global Warming News: Himalayan Glaciers Part 2

Jan 25

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The whole “the world is melting because of CO2″ Global Warming thing is pretty wacky.  Remember the entry about Himalayan Glaciers melting by 2035?  Well, it turns out there’s more to the story than just one scientist’s speculation being used by other scientists too lazy to check sources.  You guessed it.  There’s more mistakes about the Himalayan glaciers in the same 2007 report.  You know, the report that resulted in a Nobel Peace Prize for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Global Warming doomsayer Al Gore.

In addition to the lie about the glaciers melting by 2035, they also say the total area of Himalayan glaciers “will likely shrink from the present 500,000 to 100,000 square kilometers by the year 2035”. Ha!  Another lie, there are only 33,000 square kilometers of glaciers in the Himalayas.  Also, the report claims the Pindari Glacier shrank by 2,840m — a rate of 135.2m a year. The actual rate of shrinkage when the lies are discarded is only 23.5m a year.  All of this has finally been admitted by the head of the IPCC Dr Rajendra Pachauri, who dismissed calls for his resignation.

Global Warming is a lie.  A scam that politicians are using to separate you from your money and freedom through needless taxes and regulation.  Don’t let them do it.

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Wacky Global Warming News: Himalayan Glaciers

Jan 21

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A warning that “climate change” (code for Global Warming) will melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035 turns out to be total crap based on scientific blunders.  A couple of years ago an agency of the United Nations issued a report supposedly based on the very latest scientific research into the horrors of Global Warming.  It turns out that the estimate of Himalayan glacial melt was based on an 8 year old article in a science journal that even the author admits was “speculation”.  Speculation?  Is speculation the “settled science” Al Gore refers to, or is speculation really just a “guess: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence”?

None of this is a surprise really since the whole Chicken Little view of the climate appears to have been developed based on competition for grant money and recognition rather than actual science.  Scientists of the World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown.

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More Crap From Al Gore – Interior Of Earth Several Million Degrees

Nov 19

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Apparently Al Gore, non-inventor of the internet, believes that the lyrics to the song “Walkin’ On The Sun” by the group Smashmouth could be part of his global warming slide show.  Why would I say that?  Well, I base it on the former second-banana’s segment on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.  When O’Brien asked if geothermal energy was really viable Gore replied:

It definitely is, and it’s a relatively new one. People think about geothermal energy – when they think about it at all – in terms of the hot water bubbling up in some places, but two kilometers or so down in most places there are these incredibly hot rocks, ’cause the interior of the earth is extremely hot, several million degrees, and the crust of the earth is hot…

Wow, I never knew we all lived on a STAR.  What?  We don’t live on a star?  But Mr. Global Warming said the Earth’s core is “several million degrees” and he must be right because he’s a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Oscar winner.  Doesn’t that mean he knows more than anyone else?  No.

I think I was in 5th grade science class when I was told the core of the earth is several thousand degrees.  My science teacher is in good company too.  At the Physlink website they break down the Earth’s core temperature issue:

It is approximately 4000°C at the centre of the Earth. To put this in context:

  1. The centre of the Sun is approximately 15 million°C
  2. The surface of the Sun is 5500°C
  3. Iron melts at 1535°C (when at atmospheric pressure)
  4. Water boils at 100°C (when at atmospheric pressure)
  5. Human skin is comfortable with temperatures up to about 60°C
  6. The highest temperature recorded on the Earth’s surface is 58°C (Libya 1922)

It is not possible to directly measure the temperature at the centre of the Earth and four thousand degrees is nothing more than our most well-established piece of guesswork to date.

Al Gore is not a scientist.  He’s not a climatologist, geologist, or a meteorologist.  He’s a con-man, a huckster making millions off of the unwarranted fear of global catastrophe.  He is also someone who testifies about climate issues in front of other non-scientists in the U.S. Congress while they consider “Cap and Trade” legislation that will drive up taxes and energy costs for Americans.  Make sure your Representatives and Senators know that you know the hot air is from Al Gore, not Global Warming.

Oh, in case you think I’m making this up…here’s the video:


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Happy Earth Day – Please Don’t Murder Anyone

Apr 22

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Today is April 22nd….Happy Earth Day! Earth Day is a pseudo-holiday co-created by a murderer to honor the planet and to raise the consciousness of man’s effect on the environment. Yes, you read correctly. Earth Day was reportedly born from the mind of left wing environmental whack-job Ira Einhorn, aka the Unicorn Killer. Einhorn murdered his girlfriend and stored her dead body in a trunk in his apartment. You’d think he would have buried her in the Earth to fertilize it…Happy Earth Day.

What does that have to do with anything? Well, a couple of things. First, if Adolf Hitler had founded Earth Day would you celebrate it? No? But it’s ok if a woman beating murderer started it? Also, it just seems weird that so many left wing environmental, animal rights, anti-war weirdos care so little for humans. It’s also strange how so many of them make the same grandiose claims….Like Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore, Einhorn also claimed to have invented the internet. Happy Earth Day.

In the interest of disclosure I have to say that the other co-founders of Earth Day did write a letter claiming that Ira Einhorn had nothing to do with Earth Day. They wrote this letter despite his 30 minute appearance on the stage during the first Earth Day. They did this in 1998, 28 years after the first Earth Day and not very long after the fugitive Einhorn was found living in France. Sounds like CYA to me. Happy Earth Day.

Anyway, I just thought you should know about this stuff and I’m gonna leave you with a thought…..two “environmentalists” claim to have invented the internet and the internet uses more electricity generated by coal and oil than just about any other electrically powered system ever devised. Happy Earth Day, Please Don’t Murder Anyone.

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Antarctic Sea Ice Has Expanded

Apr 21

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An April 18th article in The Australian newspaper says, “A paper to be published soon by the British Antarctic Survey in the journal Geophysical Research Letters is expected to confirm that over the past 30 years, the area of sea ice around the continent has expanded.”

What? How can that be? According to Al Gore all the Arctic and Antarctic ice is melting due to man-made global warming and will soon swamp a coastline near you. However, someone with better scientific credentials than Gore, a government major in college, has actually studied the Antarctic ice and found more than before. According to the article “Australian Antarctic Division glaciology program head (Dr.) Ian Allison said sea ice losses in west Antarctica over the past 30 years had been more than offset by increases in the Ross Sea region, just one sector of east Antarctica.” Yes, you read it right. Ice increases in one sector of East Antarctica are more than the decreases in West Antarctica….so we have MORE ICE in Antarctica NOT LESS. Tell me again how that means the climate is warming.

More Antarctic ice hints at cooling instead of warming. Man-made global warming is a hoax and it’s an expensive one. European countries are already collecting taxes related to gases supposedly related to global warming including bovine flatulence and BBQ’s on the weekend. Tell your government representatives that you are against taxes to defeat global warming. Do it now because the U.S. Congress is set to pass legislation to “combat climate change” and that’s going to mean you pay more for everything for no good reason.

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Does Your Carpet Contribute To Global Warming?

May 12

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Ok, I still don’t buy the idea of man-made global warming but many people do and those people are some of the biggest hypocrites alive. Many of these “Global Warming is Doomsday” types do things on a reguar basis that, according to their own “science”, contributes to CO2 emissions and global warming. Among the things these hypocrites do is install carpet in their offices, homes and apartments.

I know what you’re thinking…C’mon Ben…Carpet? Yes. Just think about it a minute. There are a few reasons that common household or office carpet contributes to global warming:

1. Modern carpet is made from synthetic fibers usually derived from petroleum (oil). The manufacturing process uses lots of electricity which is usually produced by CO2 producing electric plants.
2. Carpet is very heavy and must be transported great distances from the manufacturer to the distributor’s warehouse by CO2 producing, petroleum burning trucks and trains.
3. Carpet must come from the warehouse to the location it will be installed in by more trucks.
4. Carpet must be regularly cleaned by electric vacuum cleaners and electrically powered steam cleaners. Remember, electricity is produced by generators powered by coal or petroleum.

People don’t need carpet and the global warming crowd needs to recognize this and get carpet banned in all U.S. homes and offices starting with their own.

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