Scott R. Sullivan

March 14th, 2008 by Scott

Several items in the news recently. Let’s dig right in. First, the numbers are in and this was the coolest winter, worldwide and in the States, since 2001. It was also the 54th coolest winter on record since 1895.

NOAA: Coolest Winter Since 2001 for U.S., Globe - Source: NOAA

Next, the “climate panel” is under scrutiny now that their ‘global warming’ numbers are being called into question. According to the Washington Times:

For example, the researchers who created the hockey stick used the wrong time scale to establish the mean temperature to compare with recorded temperatures of the last century.

Because the mean temperature was low, the recent temperature rise seemed unusual and dramatic. This error was not discovered in part because statisticians were never consulted.

The IPCC … predicting global warming will lead to widespread catastrophe if not mitigated, yet failed to provide the most basic requirement for effective climate policy: accurate temperature statistics.

A number of weaknesses in the measurements include the fact temperatures aren’t recorded from large areas of the Earth’s surface and many weather stations once in undeveloped areas are now surrounded by buildings, parking lots and other heat-trapping structures resulting in an urban-heat-island effect.

Source: Washington Times, March 14, 2008

Why can’t people just accept that the earth’s temperature isn’t a static thing. Temperatures go up. They go down. Everything on this planet swings back and forth like that.

What I want to know is when are the leftist environmentalists going to change their story and start claiming that man-made global warming will bring on a new ice age? You watch, it will swing from global warming to global cooling in the next five years.