"Global Warming refers to an increase in the planet's average temperature and there's no question that thats happened over the past 100 years. Over the last 50 years its increasingly clear that that warming and more recent warming is because of human activities."
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"Well, first of all at present we can't look at any one event and link it to Global Climate change."
Where did this come from? A scientist. To be fair, his comments were made back in April, months before Sciencey Guy James revised the numbers used to compute the Global Warming Scare. So, it is possible with the revised numbers a scientist, like Phillip Mote may revise his comments.
Science Guy Phillip may be a fair-minded scientist...simply retelling campfire stories he's heard about the impact of Global Warming on Agriculture. According to his
bio (pdf) his "research interests include Northwest climate and its effects on snowpack, streamflow, and forest fires." (sic)
His
resume is also interesting. The guy likes teaching. Started out in a Christian high school in Watsonville, CA. All good.
But listen to his interview from
blip.tv. Notice simple things...like an end to cold spells in Florida and California. It went by unchallenged by the "interviewer" but begs the question, "When can we expect cold snaps to end in the south?"
And then? He goes on to say that water from agriculture comes in large part from snowmelt. The conclusion? Warmer weather means less snow. Therefore, less water for agriculture. Which begs the question, "Does warmer weather mean less precipitation? Will it stop raining?" The reason why so much of our water for agriculture comes from snowmelt is because water freezes when its cold. Could we get water for agriculture from rain? Hmm. Point is, before we tear down all the dams we should look at the role played by the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation before we pull out the TNT and start blasting. Maybe even build more dams. Which would mean a potential increase in the amount of power generated by electric generators.
When you're paid to think inside the box, it isn't surprising to see a lot of "inside the box" thinking.
Contrast this with comments from NOAA administrator Conrad C. Lautenbacher. "I am in the business of trying to produce the best science so that policy makers have the best evidence on which to make those policies."
From an interview with Australian Broadcasting Corporation's
Lateline;
SARAH CLARKE: But, unlike Australia, the US says there's still not enough scientific evidence to suggest that climate change is occurring now.Recent events like the European floods, the big brown cloud over Asia, even the Australian drought have been linked to a pattern of extreme weather events attributed by many to global warming.But it's a link the US is not ready to make.
VICE-ADMIRAL CONRAD LAUTENBACHER: That's very hard to attribute individual climate events and individual weather -- severe storms and that sort of thing -- to very long-term trends.
SARAH CLARKE: A comment that's enraged environmentalists.
DANNY KENNEDY, CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK: To have an American political appointee coming here to Australia now to drag us back a decade in terms of discussing and debating the scientific merits of action on global warming is really sort of a smack to all of us who are experiencing and trying to deal with the problem of global warming.
SARAH CLARKE: Green groups have seized on evidence from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- a group of 1,500 international climatologists.It concluded the '90s were the warmest decade for more than a century, and its models predict floods, droughts, forest fires and tropical cyclones will become more frequent in the coming century.But the United States says the forecasts are simply too bold.
VICE-ADMIRAL CONRAD LAUTENBACHER: There are significant uncertainties.The models that we have today, first of all, have been built up by individual groups around the world and there are significant differences in those models.
Notice any difference in approach? Which would you prefer your children listen to? It comes up because it's going to be Dr. Mote talking to kids about global warming.
WASHINGTON STATE CLIMATOLOGIST PHILIP MOTE GUEST EXPERT ON OMSI PODCAST OCT. 4
Posted: October 3rd, 2007 1:51 PM
PORTLAND, Ore. (Oct. 3, 2007) Washington State Climatologist Dr. Philip Mote will be answering questions about global climate change on OMSI's weekly podcast series Sound Science on Thursday, Oct. 4. Sound Science is presented in a radio show format with OMSI program developer and host Anders Liljeholm interviewing science experts on a broad range of subjects and inviting them to answer questions from listeners around the world.
"I am pleased to be able to offer Sound Science listeners the unique opportunity to hear Dr. Mote's insights on such an important topic," said Anders Liljeholm, OMSI program developer. "I think they will find this episode particularly enlightening."
This episode of Sound Science is part of the International Action on Global Warming initiative (IGLO), a global network of science museums educating the public about climate change. On Oct. 4, cities across the country are talking about the causes and consequences of global warming as part of the National Conversation about Climate Change.
OMSI is Oregon Science Museum. But, I'll bet you won't hear any skeptics at tomorrow's event. He's paid to pander. You can listen to the podcast here:
www.omsi.edu/podcast.
