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Originally Posted by EonBlue
Do you honestly believe that the engineers and physicists that are responsible for launching rockets, satellites and Mars rovers are the ones who are involved in "climate science".
They are not.
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NASA - Global Prediction, Monitoring and Response
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Originally Posted by EonBlue
Do you honestly believe that any "climate scientists" employed by NASA work on space flight operations?
They do not.
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I didn't say that. I said that Nasa as an agency, as a whole, is a group that deserves our attention.
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Originally Posted by EonBlue
FYI - here is a chart of the atmospheric temperatures as measured by a satellite launched by NASA:
Does that seriously want to make you run into the streets screaming "panic!" like you do?
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Yes. The chart you displayed clearly shows the warming trend. Again it doesn't take much to get us into problems. Don't forget that we are looking at the average temperature of the entire planet and specifically, the average temperature of the ocean. A few degrees warmer means less ice, for less time, and more water. More water (and warmer water) is just the beginning of the problems too.
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Originally Posted by EonBlue
The branch of NASA that is focused on climate studies is the GISS which was run by James Hansen from 1981 to 2013 and since then by Gavin Schimdt. They are both noted climate alarmists/activists who are in charge of the temperature data.
If you honestly believe they are beyond fudging the data to support their cause then you are way past naive.
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Why do you call them "Alarmists" and "Activists"?
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Originally Posted by EonBlue
Incidently, do you believe that Richard Lindzen is a "real scientist"?
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Yes he's a real scientist, but a lot of what he says is a little off. He seems to ignore certain things such as our planet's thermal inertia (Which locally anyway, is why in Canada at least, the weather continues to get colder after Dec 21st each year when we get more and more sunlight. The actual explanation says "
the degree of slowness with which the temperature of a body approaches that of its surroundings and which is dependent upon its absorptivity, its specific heat, its thermal conductivity, its dimensions, and other factors".
He also claims that there has been no warming since 1997, and ignores the hottest years on record (2010, 2014). Many other things he says are not supported by other scientists.
Is he right or wrong? Who really knows? I'm hoping he's right but the evidence disagrees with him.
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Originally Posted by EonBlue
He is now one of the scientists subject to Obama's climate "witch hunt".
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Why do you call this a "Witch Hunt"?
Serious question for you.
Here's a scientist making a claim. He can be right or wrong of course. Why not simply say that he is "right" or "wrong"? If the president (or anyone) says a scientist is wrong, why use the term "witch hunt"?
In other words, why demonize the person?
According to Wikipedia,
The Demonizing the enemy, Demonization of the enemy or Dehumanization of the enemy[1] is a state propaganda technique which promotes an idea about the enemy being threatening evil aggressor with only destructive objectives.[2] Demonization is the oldest propaganda technique aimed to inspire hatred toward the enemy necessary to hurt them more easily, to preserve and mobilize allies and demoralize the enemy.
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Originally Posted by EonBlue
And what do you know that he doesn't?
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Nothing of course. I'm not a scientist. I'm just a guy who doesn't want to see his home planet go to shit, or its humans manipulated into doing so by burning too much fossil fuels. That's it...
peace.