Tue
Sep 26 2006
08:53 pm
Confusion Preventer in Chief
By: redmondkr

Most of us are aware by now that Mr. Bush has declassified the NIE report and accused his political opponents of an attempt to "create confusion in the minds of the American people" with the notion that his Iraq war has become a recruiting poster for al Qaeda.

ABC News is reporting that he is saving us from more confusion by blocking release of a report that suggests a link between global warming and the strength and frequency of hurricanes.

Don't you feel safer knowing there is a benign father figure in Washington protecting us from such alarmist propaganda?  I know I do, although I wonder what other confusing information he is hiding from us.

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Socialist With A Gold Card's picture

Alarmist propaganda

Submitted by Socialist With ... on Tue, 2006/09/26 - 9:05pm.

I wonder what other confusing information he is hiding from us.

I hear tell he's suppressing a report from the EPA that concludes Hugo Chavez's remark about "the stench of sulfur" was absolutely correct.

--Socialist With A Gold Card

"I'm a socialist with a gold card. I firmly believe we need a revolution; I'm just concerned that I won't be able to get good moisturizer afterwards." --Brett Butler

 

Brian A.'s picture

It's called moral clarity

Submitted by Brian A. on Tue, 2006/09/26 - 11:20pm.

From his "Mission Accomplished" speech through  his remarks today, Mr. Bush has been all about cutting through the fog of confusion.

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

Les Jones's picture

"ABC News is reporting that

Submitted by Les Jones on Tue, 2006/09/26 - 11:30pm.

"ABC News is reporting that he is saving us from more confusion by blocking release of a report that suggests a link between global warming and the strength and frequency of hurricanes."

Well, hurricanes this year were unusually infrequent and mild. Thanks, global warming!

Or does global warming only cause bad weather? 

And for anyone who's curious, I'm convinced global warming has happened. I'm not convinced it's caused by human activity or even primarily caused by ditto - maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But I sure enjoy making fun of global warming gnostics who are 100% positive about it.

And yeah, I think Bush should stay the hell out of the way of publishing scientific reports. What's in the report might be true or it might not, but the truth of the matter will eventually come to be known through the long process of scientific questioning. Nature will not be fooled. 

Hey, Les, why don't we just call each other assholes and get it over with. - Somebody on the old Southknoxbubba.net (if that was you, claim your quote and win net.fame!)

Les Jones's picture

"I would like you to cite

Submitted by Les Jones on Wed, 2006/09/27 - 9:58am.

"I would like you to cite peer-reviewed research that asserts that global warming is not anthropogenic or diminishes the effect of human activity on this phenomenom."

Here you go.

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 32, L18713, doi:10.1029/2005GL023849, 2005

Estimated solar contribution to the global surface warming using the ACRIM TSI satellite composite

N. Scafetta

Physics Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

B. J. West

Physics Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Mathematical and Information Science Directorate, U.S. Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Abstract

We study, by using a wavelet decomposition methodology, the solar signature on global surface temperature data using the ACRIM total solar irradiance satellite composite by Willson and Mordvinov. These data present a +0.047%/decade trend between minima during solar cycles 21–23 (1980–2002). We estimate that the ACRIM upward trend might have minimally contributed ∼10–30% of the global surface temperature warming over the period 1980–2002.

Received 17 June 2005; accepted 26 August 2005; published 28 September 2005.

Index Terms: 1616 Global Change: Climate variability (1635, 3305, 3309, 4215, 4513); 1650 Global Change: Solar variability (7537); 1626 Global Change: Global climate models (3337, 4928); 1699 Global Change: General or miscellaneous; 1739 History of Geophysics: Solar/planetary relationships.

 

Hey, Les, why don't we just call each other assholes and get it over with. - Somebody on the old Southknoxbubba.net (if that was you, claim your quote and win net.fame!)

rikki's picture

You guys likely agree that

Submitted by rikki on Wed, 2006/09/27 - 10:33am.

You guys likely agree that warming trends are caused by a mixture of solar and anthropogenic factors. Don't you?

rikki's picture

It's hot, but it's output

Submitted by rikki on Wed, 2006/09/27 - 11:22am.

It's hot, but it's output varies slightly, and it's currently on an upswing. Over the past 600k years, variation in solar output correlates strongly with variation in atmospheric CO2, so some of the current CO2 increase is attributable to the Sun. On the other hand, never in those 600k years have CO2 levels gotten as high as they are right now, so anthropogenic emissions are clearly significant, even dominant, in accounting for the observed change in atmospheric composition.

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