tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post1148855747683909467..comments2024-02-20T16:10:31.948-07:00Comments on First Nerve: Global Wilting: Send Me Dead Flowers by the MailAvery Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-33136940479682863012010-03-26T09:01:08.006-07:002010-03-26T09:01:08.006-07:00The Economist, March 20, 2010, pp 83-86 has what a...The Economist, March 20, 2010, pp 83-86 has what appears to me to be a balanced discussion of what is and is not known about climate scinece. It's not so entertaining, but I don't believe entertainment is the job of science.EdCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-88454794833871535322010-03-25T08:26:48.236-07:002010-03-25T08:26:48.236-07:00i can't even split my voice anymore, avery.
G...i can't even split my voice anymore, avery.<br /><br />GD it all to H!~x~https://www.blogger.com/profile/03096258576176694623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-24471469258208043132010-03-24T20:42:13.940-07:002010-03-24T20:42:13.940-07:00~x~:
I wonder if circular breathing (a la Rahsaan...~x~:<br /><br />I wonder if circular breathing (a la Rahsaan Roland Kirk) could lower your personal CO2 emissions?Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-65863198126049899222010-03-24T20:38:11.291-07:002010-03-24T20:38:11.291-07:00BitterGrace:
Rajendra Pachauri (head of the UN...BitterGrace:<br /><br />Rajendra Pachauri (head of the UN's climate change panel) is up to his eyeballs in conflict of interest. Nobel Laureate & Academy Award Winner Al Gore's many green investments will profit handsomely from government control of the carbon economy; at least he's putting his money where his mouth is.<br /><br />Apparently personal financial interests disqualify one from the debate only when one defends nuclear energy or clean coal, at least in the media's eyes.<br /><br />Skepticism is a valuable trait in a good scientist. It's something we expect from journalists too. If they aren't going to ask the hardnosed questions and follow the money, then why should we buy their newspapers?Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-76908387065157464932010-03-24T17:30:06.617-07:002010-03-24T17:30:06.617-07:00hahaha!
i forgot to check the thing where it tells...hahaha!<br />i forgot to check the thing where it tells me when someone posts after me.<br />i'm wasting precious carbon as i type and headbob to electronica!<br /><br />...there is no way out.<br />none.~x~https://www.blogger.com/profile/03096258576176694623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-57021901754479988942010-03-24T06:58:23.947-07:002010-03-24T06:58:23.947-07:00FWIW, I am a climate change agnostic, sliding towa...FWIW, I am a climate change agnostic, sliding toward believer, but that quote about GMO flowers sets my greedy capitalist detector pinging. Faux green is the color of money.<br /><br />It's worth remembering, too, that the real problem here is lousy journalism. People can spew out all the BS ideas they like, but it takes a news outlet to give them wide currency.BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-37859400645521242702010-03-23T20:13:24.243-07:002010-03-23T20:13:24.243-07:00Nathan Branch:
Grant money's for chumps. You ...Nathan Branch:<br /><br />Grant money's for chumps. You need to establish a Sustainable Fashion Research Center, accuse Gucci of being insufficiently green, then let them do penance by funding your center. Afterwards you give them the prestigious SFRC award and everybody's happy. Repeat as necessary with other fashion houses.Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-16313296169739716232010-03-23T19:58:12.416-07:002010-03-23T19:58:12.416-07:00~x~:
In the time it took you to post that you exh...~x~:<br /><br />In the time it took you to post that you exhaled more carbon dioxide than a dozen hummingbirds.<br /><br />Don't you care about the planet?Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-25267544309469923432010-03-23T19:53:19.631-07:002010-03-23T19:53:19.631-07:00Anonymous:
Lucky thing the East Anglia emails bec...Anonymous:<br /><br />Lucky thing the East Anglia emails became public before the Copenhagen climate meeting. <br /><br />Had the meeting gone as planned, enormous amounts of Western money would be flowing to lesser developed nations in the name of climate research, green economics, etc. Dr. Mahmod would be rolling in dough and the municipal flower beds of Kuala Lumpur would now be a lavishly funded U.N. Climate Change Remediation Demonstration Project.Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-92125590405746346422010-03-23T19:52:07.431-07:002010-03-23T19:52:07.431-07:00EdC:
For what it’s worth, I think the asinine sta...EdC:<br /><br />For what it’s worth, I think the asinine statements of Drs. Mahmod and Mohamad are exactly equivalent to the utterances of highly credentialed climate scientists at well-recognized institutions that are reverentially reported by the NYT. <br /><br />M&M have dropped the pretense of scientific objectivity and become public policy zealots. Their clownishness is in the same league as Dr. Michael Mann’s “hockey stick model,” Dr. Phil Jones’s deceptive data handling, Dr. James Hansen’s ludicrous and vicious rhetoric, and Dr. Rajendra Pachauri’s error-riddled UN report.<br /><br />“Butterflies can’t smell the flowers” is on a par with “The Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035.” The difference is I’m willing to call shenanigans on Mahmod and Mohamad, while the NYT quietly averts its gaze from the unfolding scandal of ClimateGate.Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-27837662877051749062010-03-23T19:10:53.497-07:002010-03-23T19:10:53.497-07:00"Translation: All your grant money are belong..."Translation: All your grant money are belong to us."<br /><br />Hey, that's MY motto!Nathan Branchhttp://www.nathanbranch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-37207123829044282912010-03-23T07:52:24.461-07:002010-03-23T07:52:24.461-07:00face it, there's only one way out people.face it, there's only one way out people.~x~https://www.blogger.com/profile/03096258576176694623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-23693927676335062402010-03-23T06:29:38.584-07:002010-03-23T06:29:38.584-07:00Dr Abdul Latif Mahmod is apparently in need of fun...Dr Abdul Latif Mahmod is apparently in need of funding, and what better place to go than a city that willingly paid $635,000 per month to maintain flower beds. Kuala Lumpur must not have gotten news yet about Climategate...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-27614556380226589232010-03-23T04:50:18.747-07:002010-03-23T04:50:18.747-07:00Let's not judge all scientists studying global...Let's not judge all scientists studying global warming by the most clownish statements of the least competent at the most marginal locations. That would be like judging all psychology by the least competent psychologist who's ever been quoted in the NYT.EdCnoreply@blogger.com