tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post8098430351428676937..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: "Watts Up With That?": sniping the snipers...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-8893395264355558432015-02-12T02:45:41.995+00:002015-02-12T02:45:41.995+00:00Thanks. I have trouble with names.Thanks. I have trouble with names.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-48265219001254859592015-02-11T19:15:16.815+00:002015-02-11T19:15:16.815+00:00Padders: it was Richard A. Muller -
http://www.us...Padders: it was Richard A. Muller -<br /><br />http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/07/30/have-the-koch-brothers-changed-their-mind-about-climate-changeSackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-68742495584462950452015-02-11T03:32:36.338+00:002015-02-11T03:32:36.338+00:00I believe that Sobers has it backwards. In fact, o...I believe that Sobers has it backwards. In fact, oil and gas heavily fund the skeptics. For one small example, the Koch brothers funded a UCLA Physics professor to find fault with the data and interpretation (I can never remember his name). He turned out to be an honest scientist. Once he did the study, he couldn't find errors, and announced it publically. This made a lot of the skeptics very unhappy, which is why they tend not to mention this incident.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-21336318020770520392015-02-10T21:13:39.574+00:002015-02-10T21:13:39.574+00:00That's what I'm looking for. A commenter o...That's what I'm looking for. A commenter on WUWT directed me to the FAQs where Watts gives a plausible explanation of the funding issue.<br /><br />I'd like to get to the bottom of this warming hoo-ha.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-71968251068917053982015-02-10T20:38:51.111+00:002015-02-10T20:38:51.111+00:00Do a little research into how much cash the big oi...Do a little research into how much cash the big oil companies shovel to the climate change brigade, it dwarfs the odd dollar or two that 'might' teach a sceptic.<br /><br /> What you need to understand is a very important point - the sceptics are men and women of principle, not hacks for hire. They leave that to the 'scientists', 'researchers', PR men and paid shills that infest the climate change brigade. By and large sceptics are amateurs, ordinary men and women who can see a massive lie being foisted on the public, and wish to expose it.Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407417389022146963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-75824596569681398172015-02-10T18:49:33.961+00:002015-02-10T18:49:33.961+00:00AKH, I blame my naivety. I see contrarians in this...AKH, I blame my naivety. I see contrarians in this field as gentlemen players, I had not realised that both sides are professionals followed by fanatics. <br /><br />When I have some time, I aimto get to the bottom of this, probably by first writing to GISS and asking them to confirm that they adjusted data, then explaining how and why and justifying themselves. After all, we adjust reading scores for children according to age at testing, so there may be some respectable rationale. Then I can go back to WUWT and co and get a genuine debate going.<br /><br />Better still, an expert scientist like yourself could start the ball rolling?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-67395625939464984542015-02-10T12:51:50.529+00:002015-02-10T12:51:50.529+00:00The claws are out. Higham licks his lips with ant...The claws are out. Higham licks his lips with anticipation.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-83154416565164032442015-02-10T09:08:47.371+00:002015-02-10T09:08:47.371+00:00It isn’t warming as predicted so rightly or wrongl...It isn’t warming as predicted so rightly or wrongly your comment will be seen by many as politicking from the CAGW bunker.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-37870802141133574412015-02-10T06:50:08.003+00:002015-02-10T06:50:08.003+00:00Sobers, as far as I am concerned all points of vie...Sobers, as far as I am concerned all points of view are welcome to the debate. In this debate though, as with so many others these days, there is not much debate, merely a taking of sides. Who will be the impartial judge?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-54036347146360406752015-02-10T01:05:46.636+00:002015-02-10T01:05:46.636+00:00How many are funded by gas and oil? Pretty much al...How many are funded by gas and oil? Pretty much all of the grass-roots (astroturf) organizations.<br /><br />As for the scientists, the ones who could produce peer-reviewed science contradicting the current view would be lionized, and well-supported.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-9389429284962966212015-02-10T00:11:31.938+00:002015-02-10T00:11:31.938+00:00And? More to the point, are the allegations true -...And? More to the point, are the allegations true - has the data been systematically tampered with? <br /><br />And to be frank, $25K? It would funny, if it wasn't pathetic. Try looking how many millions are funneled into the pro-AGW campaigns by people like George Soros and Tom Steyer, as well as billions by the poor benighted taxpayer of course. <br /><br />Face it, the skeptics are nickel and dime merchants when it comes to selling their souls for cash. Its the guys on the other side of the argument who have the real conflicts of interest when it comes to money. How many scientists are going to ask any hard questions about 'climate change' if their salaries and grants rely on them providing evidence its all true?Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407417389022146963noreply@blogger.com