no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Commentary By
Ed Feulner

Edwin J. Feulner’s 36 years of leadership as president of The Heritage Foundation transformed the think tank from a small policy shop into America’s powerhouse of conservative ideas. Read his research.

Remember when global warming meant the planet was supposed to, well, warm up? Temperatures would rise, and all manner of ecological calamity would ensue?

Me too. So it was surprising to find myself shivering, like other Americans, through several days of arctic chill and extreme cold, only to hear Al Gore blame it on global warming.

He didn’t use the w-word, though. “It’s bitter cold in parts of the U.S., but climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann explains that’s exactly what we should expect from the climate crisis,” Gore tweeted on Jan. 4.

It’s bitter cold in parts of the US, but climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann explains that’s exactly what we should expect from the climate crisis.



See, it’s a “climate crisis” now. But it’s hard to blame him for trying some rebranding. After all, prediction after prediction has come to naught.

But no matter: Like other Doomsday prophets, Gore just acts like the last missed deadline didn’t happen and comes up with a new one.

Which is why it’s important to remind ourselves of what Gore has said in the past.

Consider, for example, how he said global warming would cause the north polar ice cap to be completely free of ice within five years. When did he say that? Nine years ago.

News flash: The Arctic still has ice. Indeed, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, “ice growth during November 2017 averaged 30,900 square miles per day.” Oops.

So how about the evidence for the latest cold snap?

Gore’s source, Michael Mann, says the ultra-chilly temps we’ve been enduring are “precisely the sort of extreme winter weather we expect because of climate change.” As the planet warms, he says, we’ll see more cold snaps and “bomb cyclones.”

Seems counter-intuitive, but Mann suggests this is because warming is “causing the jet stream to meander in a particular pattern” that leads to these cold spells.

I use the word “suggests,” however, because this is simply a theory—one that other scientists are not sold on. (Gore and the rest of the climate-crisis crowd often act like their ideas are universally accepted—that the scientific community is in complete agreement with them. But there is more room for doubt and disagreement than they care to admit.)

Just ask Kevin Trenberth, a scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

“Winter storms are a manifestation of winter, not climate change,” he recently told the Daily Caller. “The Arctic is greatly affected by climate change, and it has a feedback effect—but not in winter.”

Even if Gore and Mann are correct about the link between global warming and cold snaps, the record works against them there, too.

“The frequency of cold waves have decreased during the past 50 years, not increased,” University of Washington climatologist Cliff Mass says. “That alone shows that such claims are baseless.”

The term “bomb cyclone” is new to most of us, but it’s been around for a while. Climatologist Judith Curry recently told the Caller that it was coined almost 40 years ago by Fred Sanders of MIT, who spent a lot of time studying such storms.

Moreover, there are about 50 or 60 bomb cyclones every year, but most of them occur too far out to sea for us to notice.

Gore and his fellow travelers may have trouble admitting that they could be wrong. But their never-look-back crusade isn’t helping scientific research.

“It is very disappointing that members of my profession are making such obviously bogus claims,” Cliff Mass said. “It hurts the science, it hurts the credibility of climate scientists, and weakens our ability to be taken seriously by society.”

That’s what happens, though, when we bend facts to fit theories—and not the other way around. And remember, Al, as the old song goes, “Baby, it’s cold outside.”

Originally published by the Washington Times.

Highlander66 Loc: Illinois

It’s refreshing to see more pushback against the climate change alarmists. It’s getting more difficult for them to hold an increasingly unsustainable position in the face of evidence to the contrary. Actual non political climate scientists have been questioning and disagreeing with the narrative for years and have been pushed aside and shouted down. I recommend a book called ‘ecoscam’ Written I believe in 1991 that is as accurate now as it was then about climate alarmism.

arapaho Loc: America

Another twit with no concept of the difference between climate and weather!

But that is what can be expected from following what used to pass as an almost but not quite sane conservative voice that is now a right wingnut group of ideolog fanatics producing irrational propaganda as fodder for idiots.

bylm1-Bernie

I don't think calling Feulner a twit, a wingnut or an ideologue fanatic does much to further your stock. It just proves how desperate warmists are to sell their stupid, disproven theories such as Mann's "Hockey Stick" crap. I'm sure you won't be deterred from continued efforts to sell this stuff.

arapaho Loc: America

People who don't know the difference between weather and climate and engage in Climate Change discussions are alarmists, not to mention desperate and stupid twits. Align yourself with them if you choose. It definitely pegs you.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

We used to call them winter storms, and blizzards. Now they're " "bomb cyclones".
Sounds scary, huh?

Gimme a friggen break!

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

First there was 'global cooling' (1970s), then we had 'global warming' (1980s/90s), when that didn't work either, we heard about 'climate change' (2000s/10s), and now, because the entire planet is giving off a global yawn followed by a loud eye-roll, we have yet another attempt to reboot with the latest scary catchphrase, 'climate crisis'.

Making sense of this whole story takes a major feat of mental athleticism. It's too early in the morning for me...

I.R. Wayright

"we have yet another attempt to reboot with the latest scary catchphrase, 'climate crisis'."
.....and you should never let a crisis go to waste.

JoyV

In the last 6 years or so, the Arctic ice sheets have been getting larger and lasting longer into the spring. The Pacific Ocean temperature has dropped by more that a degree and a half (From 35,000 years ago during the paleolithic ice age to the 1980s, the global temperatures increased by 3%). But that is proof of global warming OR is simply weather and not climate change. While a single ice sheet breakup in Antarctica a few years ago was touted as PROOF or global warming. Yes. Our world went through a period of warming which very likely was exacerbated by human activity. But it appears we may now be entering a period of cooling. No global climate model can be accurate as there is still far too many factors than any human can be aware of. These doom and gloom and fear are hallmarks of fascist rulers. Get everyone to support the leader/s because otherwise the boogyman will get you. The danger is sooo great there is no hope of survival unless you do just as you are told.

Have humans affected the earth? Undoubtedly. Is it the end of the world? I doubt it. If the fear-mongers are correct and you do just as they say, will the earth be returned to pre-industrial age climate? If you think so I have some beachfront property in my state of AZ I'd like to sell you.

I.R. Wayright

The real key to "climate change" is the naturally occurring cycles of the sun.
Politicians can't change it or tax it so they try to sneak one by us.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Can you shoot me a price on that property Ma'am? I'm thinkin that I might be interested in it if the price is right.

I can hold on to it, maybe fix it up a little, then after the next blizzard with a scary name, I might be able to flip it for a profit!😆

JoyV

Yes. The sun is almost certainly the biggest factor. Sun spot activity or lack therein and cyclical variations in our orbit around the sun though being by far the most significant factors, are ignored by global warming alarmists.

JoyV

Only $10,000 for 10 acres. 10 beachfront and 1 deep. Cash up front.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

I'm sorry Joy, but I can't take advantage of you like that! It's just not in me!
Yesterday, I sold 300 ft. of beautiful, white sand, blue ocean property here in the Texas panhandle for five times that.
I felt so bad that I built them a lifeguard stand out of some old barn wood that I had...

Just bide your time. Eventually a sky screamer will come along, and make you a better offer.

JoyV