Conspiracy theories abound, as does obfuscation. > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:11 AM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: Off topic: Researchers uncover potent greenhouse > gas > > > At 9:15 AM -0700 10/28/08, Dale Kelly wrote: > >Graig wrote > >> We have been in a period of global cooling since 1998, with a rather > >> dramatic drop in 2007. > > > >Your Global Cooling proposition is not supported by the facts as > presented > >in the following NASA global mean temperature records. You simply cannot > >prove a predisposition by cherry picking data to support that position. > >The NASA records clearly show that 2007 was actually warmer than 1998. > >However, data for the first seven months of 2008 do show a > relative cooling, > >though these cooler temperatures are still significantly warmer than the > >mean average temperature baseline. Rather than miss > characterizing this as > >"Global cooling, it is best described by "the temperature rise > in 2008 has > >slowed somewhat" > > > >http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/tabledata/GLB.Ts.txt > > This data is for meterological stations, not NASA satellite > surface temp data. > > The meterological station data is highly suspect due to violations of > the rules for placements of these stations. There is considerable > information about this on the web. > > But this is largely irrelevant, as much of the data upon which Gore > and others based their finding was just plain wrong, or cherry picked > for effect. > > I prefer to look at historic data overall, as Easterbrook did, and to > project based on real world data, not computer models for the future. > > There is nothing in the data to suggest that increased CO2 levels and > increased temperatures in recent decades have been caused by man. > There is considerable evidence in his paper to suggest a 40 year > cycle that is linked in part to solar activity. Easterbrook made > mincemeat of the IPCC predictions, which have no basis in fact. > > The whole global warming scam has been brought to you by the same > people who have spent the last 30 years looting personal savings, the > stock market and the real estate market. Maybe we should have been > more concerned about the impact of sub-prime mortgages and the abuse > of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to "guarantee" these mortgages as they > were proliferated as investment securities worldwide. But Chris Dodd > and Barney Frank said there was nothing to worry about... > > Looking at the current election cycle, I would have to characterize > PRAVDA as a more believable source of information than the U.S. > media... > > Regards > Craig > > Regards > Craig > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration > settings at FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > word unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.