As Mark Twain might have put it, there are three kinds of lies — lies, damned lies and global warming science.
His post makes interesting reading with section from a paper by an MIT professor…
Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at MIT, has recently written a paper, “Climate Science: Is it currently designed to answer questions?” that is discouraging. I think that truth in all the sciences eventually wins, but, boy, it sometimes takes a looooong time. Selected passages:
I find this statement particularly troubling, although I’m sure Erika Stutzman and Clay Evans, editors at the local paper see no issue with it at all…
I should add that simple disagreement with conclusions of the IPCC has become a common basis for rejecting papers for publication in professional journals–as long as disagreement suggests reduced alarm.
I think these guys know who butters they’re bread, and with the stimulus package there’s going to be buttered bread falling from heaven!
