No, that is my point, Chuck: that the the argument is about how "facts" are
presented rather than whether or not it is happening.
I know that the IPCC is a large body with perhaps a political element to it
(political in scientists' terms, not politicians'). I trust that the larger
proportion of scientists is right, at home and abroad.
And meanwhile I continue to try to save energy where I can: I don't leave
lights on (or laptops connected) where I don't need them.
De-funding by whom? Like the UN's de-funding by non-payment, perhaps?
Chris
On 3 Oct 2013, at 22:43, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You missed the point. The first graph, which is very easily interpreted
> as showing climate model failures (all of them) was what was in the
> draft report only a few weeks ago. No climate model predicted the
> warming hiatus of the past 15 years and actual temperatures have fallen
> outside the 95% confidence interval for lowest predicted temperature
> (the orange, green, red and blue bands). That the models have failed
> badly is and has been known for a long time (since it's been developing
> for years and the basic data is public). But there was a mad scramble
> amongst the political side to obscure the data for the final report.
> They certainly did. They got you too since you didn't bother to read
> and understand it. They're a success at your expense. McIntyre's last
> comment is: "None of this portion of the IPCC assessment is drawn from
> peer-reviewed material. Nor is it consistent with the documents sent to
> external reviewers." I'm afraid that is indefensible for a scientific
> document that purports to use only peer-reviewed material.
>
> Yes, everyone has an axe to grind, especially the IPCC which I think is
> at risk here of being defunded.
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