It’s all about carbon tax.
In BC we are all paying the carbon tax that the BC government slapped o last year (to add insult to injury we pay GST on the tax)
The carbon tax has worked really well and we are having a cold and snowy winter. But when the tax overdoes it we ship the cold weather east, so other provinces will not have to impose a carbon tax too, because if every province did a carbon tax it would be too much of a good thing.

Global warming is a crock. In my opinion it is nothing more than a three step plan to create a new source of revenue, the carbon tax. Step 1: They released the test balloons to get us thinking about the potential problems of global warming. Step 2: The problems are being created, and the focus is on how it will affect our daily lives and destroy our comfort and safety. Step 3: The solution is already being suggested. Carbon tax to punish those who pollute. My neighbor is 86 years old and a farmer. Weather patterns occur in cycles that are larger than the samples they take to propose the myth of global warming. History shows over the long term that weather patters go through warming and cooling trends. Clearly this past two winters have been evidence of a cooling trend, not global warming. Wake up and smell the coffee: Those would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. (Benjamin Franklin)

Global Warming activists have done a disservice to the environmentalist’s plight as a whole by focusing our attention on a small symptom (fact or not) rather than illustrating the bigger picture. An ever increasing population in a closed system (Earth) is bound to run out of raw materials (like drinking water) which in turn will lead to conflict. A hundred years ago man did not need to be concerned with his effect on the planet but now he does. Explosive population growth and rampent consumerism coupled with a disregard for conservation has shown us that. Current measures for a countries growth (GNDP) count incidents like the Exxon Valdez and Hurricane Katrina as positives activities rather than the catastrophies that they are. The current economic crises gives us pause to rethink what we can afford to have on so many levels. From 4000 sq ft homes for a family of 2 to 4, to huge vehicles with for short comutes, to containers of imported crap through your local Wallmart, it’s not sustainable
Even dogs are smart enough to not crap where they sleep.

Climate change is a very complex issue and becauase of that I have read
5 books on the subject and starting the 6th.
There are far more scientific studies that bring serious doubt to the mainstream media hype than there is to support it. There are many things external to the Earth and indigenous to it that indicate it is not the CO2 level that causes warmer trends. CO2 levels trend higher after the normal warming cycles. We are being sold this century’s greatest fraud to soften us up for many new taxes and Government controls over our lives.
I find it astounding that so many of our public “leaders” are so easily sucked in. I suggest they have read nothing outside the politcally correct
reporting. Shame on their poor judgement.

I encourage you to watch the DVD “Global Warming or Global Governance?”
Doctor Michael S. Coffman Ph.D. and many experts, including Canadians debunk this global warming myth…..
Produced by Sovereignty International and Environmental Perspectives Inc…..

I completly echo your thoughts and agree wholeheartedly.
HP

It is for good reason that believers in man made global warming now wish to describe the issue as “climate change”. This will enable them to retain their jobs,grants and creditability as world climate cools. Fear magnified by the media is more contagious than the straight facts. Unfortunately the UN strikes out again.

There is little doubt that the phrase ‘global warming’ has provided a HUGE source of revenue for ‘would be’ scientists or environmental gurus.
These are the people who want to study something because it is more interesting then actually working. By attaching ‘global warming’ impacts to an otherwise somewhat redundant study, they can obtain government funds to support their gathering of information - for YEARS! Just look at the increase in research $$ in the last decade. It is astounding.
And has been mentioned by other bloggers, if the hype can be maintained then it gives governments the opportunity to impose new taxes…and everyone goes away happy except those of us working and paying the taxes.

What do you think of this?

http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/

Those are interesting graphs. I don’t believe the debate is whether or not the global temperatures are changing. Rather the debate is around the extent to which humans are affecting these changes.

I agree with the comment - Global Warming is a Crock. I am no expert but it certainly appears that the misinformation on this subject is incredible starting with Al Gore and his money grab - Shame on you Al Gore.

Over 650 scientists criticize climate claims by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former vice president Al Gore.

On Dec 11, 2008, a revised U.S. Senate Minority Report was released, featuring the dissenting voices of more than 650 international scientists, many of these current and former UN IPCC scientists, have now turned against the UN.

Ivar Giaever, a Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, was quoted as saying: “I am a skeptic … Global warming has become a new religion. Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly….As a scientist I remain skeptical…The main basis of the claim that man’s release of greenhouse gases is the cause of the warming is based almost entirely upon climate models. We all know the frailty of models concerning the air-surface system.”

Warming fears are the “worst scientific scandal in the history…When people come to
know what the truth is, they will feel deceived by science and scientists.” - UN IPCC
Japanese Scientist Dr. Kiminori Itoh, an award-winning PhD environmental physical
chemist.

“So far, real measurements give no ground for concern about a catastrophic future
warming.” - Scientist Dr. Jarl R. Ahlbeck, a chemical engineer at Abo Akademi
University in Finland, author of 200 scientific publications and former Greenpeace
member.

Read the entire report: http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=83947f5d-d84a-4a84-ad5d-6e2d71db52d9&CFID=938287&CFTOKEN=82354846

Is the world getting warmer? - Yes.

Has it ever been this warm before? – Most definitely…much warmer and long before “carbon emissions.”

Should we clean up industrial pollution? – For sure, but don’t loose sight of how the “global warming” hysterics is conveniently letting the polluters off the hook.

We know who puts the mercury and other dangerous toxins into our air, soil, food, and the Hydrofluorosilic Acid (HFSA) into our drinking water. We know exactly what companies are doing it, and where their industrial facilities are located.

So what do we do? – We come up with old new green plans (carbon taxes) just another consumer tax revenue generated, government plan to steal more money from the so-called middle class…realistically known as the poor.

This is a swindle if ever there was one, and Al Gore being awarded with a Nobel Prize is the proof that’s needed…something stinks in Denmark…and Greenland too.

Every one that believes we are doomed by the “global warming trend,” needs to watch the following documentary.

CBC - Global Warming Doomsday Called off - 44 min - Apr 21, 2007
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3309910462407994295

And, here is a very useful reference tool for tracking your sea ice.

The Cryosphere Today - Compare Daily Sea Ice: http://igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/test/print.sh?fm=10&fd=31&fy=1995&sm=10&sd=31&sy=2008

Pro-life advocates have long mistrusted the so-called Kyoto Protocol, and similar climate schemes, as being usually tied to population control.

I am very pleased that finally more and more people have an opportunity to read articles like this one. I wish somebody could tell me which big money is behind the “global warmers”, because I strongly believe that it always helps to follow the money trail. To mind come the “solar panelists”, the “wind power generatorists”, and maybe some others. Unfortunately, politicians all over the western world somehow use the fearmongering for their benefit - vote for me, and I shall save not only you but even the whole planet! Kyoto, or the EU commitment to reduce CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020 are just for laughs but unfortunately they are costng billions of dollars that could be spent more wisely.The fact that Mr. Gore was aworded the “Peace price” is in my opinion an insult to all the previous recipients, and indicates to me the deterioration of our sociaty values.

Is the “global warming” today any worse than it was when the Vikings inhabited southern Greenland, and raised crops and cattle, back in 900-1000 AD?
This whole swindle is put on by semi-scientists and their hypnotised follwers; David Suzuki, Al Gore, Gordon Campbell, Stephen Dion, and such ilk. The obvious reason for the politicians jumping onto the bandwagon is to raise money in the form of a carbon tax. Thank god that Canadians were wise enough to dump Dion in the last election.

Just the flavour of the year for the lefties. Always getting alarmed about something. Scientists know that global warming is taking place on Mars.
So the lefties should try and convince the Martians not to drive around so much in their SUV’s.

Earth Day and earth hour are lefty schemes to get publicity. We are trying to save energy ALL year, not one day or hour. Am I going to bother with earth hour? No way.

Such rubbish these loser lefties talk. It all stems from the fact that they are such illiterate, infantile failures in real life that they want to “feel better about themselves” by imposing their wills on the rest of us. Most of them were fed left-wing propaganda at school or “university-lite” and they were too lazy, cowardly and dim to question what they were taught. The Toronto Star - a comic book newspaper for the non-thinking masses - doesn’t help. As The Star is the largest-selling newspaper in the country, it doesn’t say much for the intellectual capacity of Canadians who seem to believe the climate change nonsense that the paper (and the CBC) spouts.

The useless Obama is going to wreck the US economy with additional consumer taxes in all directions, and the worst tax hike will be to satisfy the loonies who pretend that climate is a problem.

It is indeed rare to find anything debunking the GW myth in the mainstream media. Kudos to the National Post. Fortunately, few people who are really interested rely on traditional media and instead do their own research via the web. I believe the majority of those who do, fall into the camp of ‘deniers’. For any NCC’ers interested, here’s a good place to start for information. There are plenty of links from it. http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=2674e64f-802a-23ad-490b-bd9faf4dcdb7
Poor Al. His track record continues as a loser. This time it’ll really be when Hell freezes over!

I think the ‘ global warming ‘ hype is an economic crime against this planet. I believe those that pump this stuff out should be investigated and criminal charges laid.

Far fetched, you say …

I say, as a result of the bogus global warming scare billions or even trillions of dollars has been & will be spent to combat something that doesn’t even exist.
Financiers are being charged with swindling hundreds of millions of dollars from investors by means of ( e.g ) ‘ pyramid schemes ‘, so why shouldn’t the proponents of global warming also be charged for their economic crimes ?

Somebody is making a lot of money out this fiasco. Let them be brought to account as a warning to others who jump on the pseudo-scientific bandwagon.

CARBON? O.O4% ENOUGH SAID, ( The real experts should know, not strong voice Gore and company who THINK they know)

Never solve the situations, only add to them.

All of them should be arrested and charged with misleading the public for starters.

Tell them to get a real job and WORK for a living not off the backs of the workers.

I conclude all above contributors are unable to read, independently think and make possible conclusions. I suggest them to shed their fear of being controlled and engage in truly independent journey of learning. As we know in knowledge, the number of followers means nothing; in a democratic political system these numbers mean everything. Our planet is just fine. It is humankind in peril, as usual, by its own defaults and inabilities to recognize and deal efficiently with fragile balances of the Universe. Eventual extinction of human kind, as we know it, is inevitable. It is up to us when and how it will happen.

Regarding global warming (or the more appropriately called climate change), for your enjoyment google “Kanya Kusano”.

WELL I COULD USE SOME GLOBAL WARMING, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT IT HAS BEEN A VERY COLD WINTER, WE ARE NOW INTO MARCH AND STILL EXPERIENCING VERY COLD WEATHER. I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY SKEPTICAL WHEN OUR POLITITIANS JUMP ON A NEW BAND WAGON TO MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK IMPORTANT OR TO FIND MORE LIKELY CANDIDATES TO FURTHER THEIR AGENDA OF GETTING ELECTED.

There is no credible scientific evidence for global warming. Prior to his passing, Michael Crichton wrote a brilliant treatise in an adequate novel call State of Fear that provided real data with real citations that shows what all the respondents have said. Global warming initiatives are just another attempt for a group or government to exercise control over others. And the only real global warming occurs when bloated gasbags like Al Gore begin running at the mouth.

I wonder if all those schools (such as in B.C.)that insisted on featuring only Al Gore’s movie “An Inconvenient Truth” in their classrooms would now be willing to share articles such as this for a balanced perspective?

It’s time to test these leftist teachers - are they professional enough to provide a balanced perspective in their classrooms as their profession would seem to demand or are they merely sleazy, hypocritical indoctrinators?

google “what is a billion” and check it out , its kind of cool
and then consider this . when you stick your hand out , the weight of the air pressing down on it is about 14.7 pounds per square inch , multiply that by the surface of the earth and you will not come up with a small paltry number but 5.5 quadrillion tons . quad comes after tri . this is a number that is mostly incomprehensible by man , it is so huge
when people talk about carbon capture , i dont even know what they are talking about , but to me it sounds retarded
the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is about a half a percent. about 90% of this half a percent is man made . i just dont see the problem
the best description i have seen of climate change is in this years edition of The Farmers Almanac , check it out

I think global warming is a very serious issue with hard evidence like to just discard the idea and keep digging the oil sands.

I reviewed all the responses on your website, and I for a moment thought all comments were from the Republican Party in the U.S. I don’t want to take a chance for the sake of my grandchildren to dismiss the global warming issue as most have. There are just as many arguments for the other side, and many are from respected and qualified scientists. I suggest everyone should keep an open mind, because if the naysayers are wrong the consequences will be disastrous - and you can’t blame it entirely on the media. There still remains a lot of scientific evidence that is frightening.

In the 1970’s and ’80’s the conventional scientific view was that the earth was in an interglacial period and could tip back into another ice age at any time. A number of studies have shown that the last several ice ages exhibit a regular pattern, and a 2008 report in Nature magazine predicted that based on that pattern, we would be entering another ice age some time within the next 10,000 years.

Scientists know for sure that only 10,000 years ago almost all of Canada and northern Europe was under 2 km of ice. Simple risk assessment indicates that another ice age is a greater risk than runaway global warming. The global warming activists had better hope that their theory about human-caused warming is true, as that may be all that saves our decendents from having to move south to Mexico as the next ice sheet advances.

I live in Sayward, northern Vancouver Island. A successful local gardener told me my problem is the cold wind, so I have built an 8′ high wall around my garden to help warm it up. Where is global warming when we need it. Another thinker says it’s the UN’s Trojan Horse. And we know there was a warm period 800-1300 AD when things unlikely were grown in England, Norway,Vinland, etc. Most people, unfortunately, go on believing what the CBC reports.

Global Warming or Global Governance

This documentary showcases the interviews of climate scientists and biologists from numerous sources, who explain step by step, why Al Gore and the global warming alarmists are incorrect. And, in some cases, blatantly so, too. It also provides evidence that the global warming agenda is being funded with tens of billions of dollars as a mechanism to create global governance. Hear from congressmen, experts and even well-known news broadcasters how global governance puts global institutions that are not accountable to the American people in control of every aspect of our economy. The U.S. government is very close to making this a reality. Very close. Every American, every citizen of the world, needs to hear the other side of the global warming story.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4860344067427439443

The roots of global governance
(New World Order – One World Governance – One World Order – Our GLOBAL Neighborhood)
goes well back over a hundred years.

“The powers of financial capitalism had another far reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent private meetings and conferences”. (Page 324)
Excerpt from “Tragedy & Hope” by: Carol Quigley – American historian

Ask yourself…why you’re never told that much higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide can provide a huge benefit to the people, and the earth’s environment…

Society always needs some looming catastrophe. I grew up in a time of bomb shelters in every new home and being taught how to hide under your desk when the bomb went off. I believe the “great minds” that promote the global warming theory are as flawed as the “great minds” that wanted Galileo charged with heresy for saying Sun was the center of the Universe.
I also remember in the early 1980 when a local weather expert said that by the mid 1990 we would no longer be able to grow serial crops in the Peace River Region of Alberta because of the current onset of another ice age. National Geographic even did an article around 1984 about this looming catastrophe. The belief that CO2 the cause global warming is bunk, it may not even contribute to it at all.

Finnegan’s comments beg the question, where is the rational, reported debates between & among knowledgeable scientists, pro and con, on “man-made climate change”. The MSM seems unwilling to open that line of discussion with the exception of occasional “Denier” series articles by Lawrence Soloman in the National Post.

Count me as an extreme skeptic on “man-made” climate change until someone can explain how changes in avg. temperatures on Mars parallel those on Earth. None of the MSM gets into the sunspot activity effect, the “little Ice Age” phenomenon, the ice-cap level in the Arctic now being back to historic highs, etc. Offending or exposing to criticism the MSM collective ego is apparently more important than getting to the truth. Newspaper barons, take note and give your editorial boards an appropriate kick in their self-importance.

Global warming comes into the category of fashionable causes which allow well-fed, well-heeled urban chatterers to beat their breasts and declare their horror at the wickednes of the world. I call this behaviour spiritual masturbation. Such behaviour allows these people to give some pseudo-meaning to lives otherwise filled by shop-till-you-drop activities.

For the record, the atmosphere is currently carbon dioxide deficient. Geological ages ago, CO2 levels were up to ten times higher than they are today, and the Earth was a much greener, lusher place. If CO2 levels drop to about 200 ppm, plant life slows down (just ask any commercial greenhouse operator), and if they drop to 150 ppm, plant life will start to die, and all animal life will shortly follow. The very last thing we need now is any form of carbon limitation or sequestration.

Re> Al Gore…do you realize when he was Vice.pres..with Clinton, I understand he did absolutley NOTHING about Global “warming” …in the meantime..he has made I beleive, over 12 Million Dollars from his presntations..and running around in his SUV…I beleive he is hipocritical..eh what.

The earth is a very compicated bit of machinery and we should all still try not damage the earth any more than we already have. I think that all this talk of global warming is “good” as it makes all of us realize that we have only,at the moment, one home! Let us try to keep as good a care of this ‘home’. as we can. It does not matter who is right about global warming we still have only one earth. Let us all try as much as we can to make our home worth living in! Dave S

From what I have read, Global Warming started this time, around 1850. It occurs roughly in 1500 year cycles. The warming is of great benefit to us all, during these cycles. So what is all the fuss about?…Dave Yalden

I agree with your comments. I have found that the National Post has the most information on Global Warming and the Carbon nonsense. The articles are by people
that know what they are talking about.

I’d rather believe Tim Ball than Al Gore. What credibility does Al Gore have? Tim Ball PH.D. knows what he is talking/writing about.

How can you possibly say that global warming is good?? Look at the facts.
Animals are becoming extinct all around the world because of this. Our North and South Pole are vatly becomig nothing but rock, while our ocean levels are rising faster that an aroused male. Skeptics need to take a look at the world and what has become of it. Global warming is not good, no matter how you look at it. Sure our winter may have been a bit harsh, but did you ever stop and think maybe its because the warm weather has created more precipitation going into our atmosphere? A result of this, would be our winters. On that subject, if you don’t like our winter’s, WHY ARE YOU CANADIAN? Canada is know for its winters.

I watched David Suzuki’s most recent TV mock-umentary on global climate and mans impact. He obviously doesn’t even swatch or listen to his own TV shows because one of the scientists on his show said plainly and clearly that “global warming cyclical and predictable” and that is an exact quote from Suzuki’s own show that aired a few times last fall and earlier this winter. I think on the CBC or on TVO.

“global warming is cyclical and predictable”

What makes you think that “the news media” will backdown on their support for the “Global Warming” scientists ? This has been a great horse to ride and they can’t think of how to get off , even though careful science is proving that “Globale Warming” is not taking place at this time .
Too lazy or ignorant to delve into stories in any depth , such as this , the news media just go on presenting a silly series of lies . Then when the pill gets to big to handle they will suddenly make the necessary about face , and feel good about it . Let’s hope the government doesn’t spend us poorer than we are now following the “popular press “

I have believed for years that our earth goes through stages and we are going through a warmer stage at this period of time. (obviously not this winter) I believe that the human population, especially the rich countries of the world, should concentrate their efforts on feeding the poor, stop the over fishing, stop spending billions if not trillions on space, to name three of the many more important human issues, globally and involving individual countries.

To: Kayly…the main subject of contention, especially as it relates to “global warming,” has to do with so-called, man made, carbon dioxide emissions, as being the number one suspect or culprit to climate warming. I can’t agree that global warming is all bad, because it allowed for the Vikings to live a somewhat normal life (like grow crops) on Greenland, many years ago however. Your point; regarding more precipitation going into our atmosphere as a result of the warm weather, is somewhat of a misnomer…you can have very warm weather, in and around desert areas, with little or no precipitation. Also, precipitation usually comes from the clouds, as a result of evaporation…perhaps condensation is what you meant. And you should perhaps consider this too; with a warming planet (increased heating), there will actually be more evaporation of the water on the surface…less water and or precipitation falling, leading to more droughts, with perhaps even less snow in the winter too, yeah! This also means that sea levels would be dropping, which has been recently proven by many scientist, unlike the Nobel Al Gore, who claims they’re rising, but then again, the man is still playing with “the hockey stick.” Hopefully, I speak for several bloggers here; I don’t understand why you had to resort to what appears to be, a racist comment remark, and directed at someone simply for the comment above; “we could use some global warming.” Wow, are you feeling the results of the heat or what? A little off subject material, about being CANADIAN. CANADA in all upper case spelling, is actually different than the geographic landmass, Canada or Kanada, as the original people (First Nations) referred to it, before it was taken from them with force, and the use of weapons of mass destruction. A created entity (aka a corporation) was created with the word CANADA and, CANADIANS therefore, would be the rightful shareholders of this corporation…not such a bad thing, really, if only we could all collect our rightful dividends, that is.

The ice age ended 10,000 years ago-which leaves me to conclude that global warming began 10,000 years ago.There have been 10 ice ages in the last one million years-that go figure is 100,000 per each.We have a way to go yet.Within the big cycle there are smaller cycles and yet smaller cycles within these.When Eric was booted out of Iceland he went to Greenland where they ran livestock for 400 years.Cycles whithin cyclesbut steadily warming.A university in Sweden states that the polar regions have not had an ice cap for the greater part of time.Bogus science suceeds in arousing emotion,doubt and a herd like following.

Dear Christopher; While I agree, for the most part with what you say and it made me stop and think more in depth. Global warming has been in effect for a much longer time than it has been in the media, and yes we humans do play a role in the speeding up of this.
Although people have taken notice of this and have smartened up, creating less carbon emission, helping to mend the ozone layer. This is a good sign that has created our winters to be heavier and more sever than in privious years.
You are right, I did mean dondesation.
On the matter of what you call “racist comment”, we live in Canada and one of our rights is to allow us freedom of speach. You may not like what I had to say, but accusing me of resorting to racial commentary, thats low. Maybe actually knowing how to contruct thoughs, you would know that writers need to be partial to both sides of the story.
When did we resort to a histroy lesson? I’m sure we all know how Canada came about, well you have to in order to be Canadian. Seeing as how I am a direct decendend of the Lake Hurron natives. The historical networking of Canada is in no way what we are talking about.
I never once refered to another person, just to a general type of persons.

You are right I did mean condensation****

For a real criticism of Al Gore’s ridiculous ideas in his movie, An Inconvenient Truth, read Christopher Monckton’s article, 35 INCONVENIENT TRUTHS, the errors in Al Gore’s movie.

Kayly…Huron Indian…seriously, I had you pegged for being stranded with Scottish DNA, especially with a name like yours, but then again…who can tell these days, right? You should really try and set aside some time to view this documentary, perhaps in two or three part intervals: “Global Warming or Global Governance” http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4860344067427439443
Beside this video, and quite complementary, there are written reports that both scientifically and, more recently, accurately, question the whole “Inconvenient Truth.” Who would have thought, certainly not Al Gore; the name of this, his documentary, would keep him from sleeping nights. The man looks more bloated, and of waxy complexion every time I see him. You should read the Edward J. Wegman report: It covers the following subject; Climate Change 2001: Third Assessment Report, featured alarming statistics concerning the rapid rise in global temperatures during the decade of the 1990s and suggested that this rapid rise was due principally to anthropogenicly (us humans – too much sheep and pig farming) generated greenhouse gas emissions, specifically carbon dioxide. This document was taken to be a strong justification for the Kyoto Accord. Featured prominently in the IPCC report was the work of Dr. Michael Mann, Dr. Raymond Bradley, and Dr. Malcolm Hughes (Mann et al., 1998, 1999) [MBH98, MBH99] – Mann et al., were responsible for the controversial “hockey stick” graph. The papers featured temperature reconstructions going back as far as 1000 years. The methodology found in Mann et al. employed a statistical technique known as principal components analysis (PCA). Challenges to the way in which PCA was used have arisen from McIntyre and McKitrick (2003, 2005a, 2005b) [MM03, MM05a, MM05b]. The challenges are based on rather subtle mathematical nuances. The findings
found MBH98 and MBH99 to be somewhat obscure and incomplete and
the criticisms of MM03/05a/05b to be valid and compelling. After MBH99, Stephen McIntyre and Ross McKitrick [MM03] published their critique of the 1998 paper, citing calculation errors, unjustified truncation or extrapolation of source data, obsolete data, geographical location errors and incorrect calculation of principal components. They also claimed that using the MBH98 methodology and the Northern Hemisphere average temperature index for the period 1400-1980 shows that temperatures in the 15th century exceeded those of the late 20th century. In particular, they claim that MBH98’s incorrect usage of PCA alone resulted in the well-known “hockey stick” shape. (Hmmm)
http://climateaudit.org/pdf/others/07142006_Wegman_Report.pdf

As a former newspaper journalist I’d like to take issue with what the NCC’s position on climate change.
Until 2007, it was impossible to write an article that came to the conclusions that are now readily apparent in the melting of the polar ice and the thawing of permafrost.
Weather and climate are two different things. Fluctuations in weather are insufficient to explain or stop the deep thaw that is threatening northern communities and the movement of ocean water that keeps the climate stable - i.e. keeps the seasons in order.
Environmentalists don’t make money by crusading, and the problem is no closer to being solved, despite floods of economic stimulus cash.
If we were to skip one growing season, we would all be famine-stricken, and the problem of over-population and over-consumption abundantly clear. World grain stocks are at an all-time low.
We’re headed for a crisis for which we are completely unprepared; so we can change our ways now, or suffer the consequences.

To: Anna-Maria Galante -
As a current commercial pilot (aviation), I could never accept your opinion on weather, and climate, being two different things. Other than semantically that is. You can’t have one without the other, and they are both influenced by the same forces or sources…nature if you will. If someone were to ask you; what’s the climate is like in Canada? I imagine you’d say; it’s cold in the winter with lots of snow and ice, and hot and humid with lots of haze in the skies over Toronto, in the summer…that’s explaining the type of weather patterns we experience, owing or attributed to Canada’s climate. Here are some detailed descriptions or definitions of these two words: - Weather: State of the air or atmospheric conditions with respect to heat (Bahamas) cold (Canada), wetness, dryness, calm (little or no wind), storm (high winds – hurricanes), clear skies (haze due to pollution….smog – combination of smoke (typically industrial) and fog, cloudy skies, or any other meteorological phenomena (all of the above…creating climates): - Climate: Average conditions of the atmosphere near the earth’s surface, over a long period of time, taking into account; temperature, precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail, ice pellets, fog…Canadian weather), humidity, wind, barometric pressure tendencies and, other such meteorological (weather) conditions or phenomena (fog). It’s precisely due to this direct correlation, and function of weather on our climactic conditions, which causes and explains these influences; “Fluctuations in weather, stopping the deep thaw (causing an ice age) that is threatening northern communities and the movement of ocean water (gravitational influence caused by the moon) that keeps the climate stable - i.e. keeps the seasons in order.” You won’t have stable climates or orders of the seasons, if the weather itself, is also unstable or out of order. Now, why is the weather no longer stable? Well, it might have something to do with astronomic (space and time) influences…the changing orbits (positions), and or axis (rotation – faster or slower) of the planets in our system…gravity…galactic. Now, it all depends on whether you’re Al Gore and, have had a nobel prize handed to you, that would determine whether a so-called “environmentalist can make money crusading.” There are many other countries in this world of ours, where food can be grown in quantities, enough to feed every human being on this planet, and more. Some so-called educated “smart” people, in this world, choose to view our food as suitable alternatives, or energy substitutes for Sport Utility Vehicles. And, they also perform “GMO” experiments with our foods, whereby the food can no longer supports its own seeds, let alone you. They (the Monsanto’s, et al) will eventually control whether farmers will be able to grow food, or not, that is, without a price and permission, controlled by them. I can surely agree with the following point you make however; “over-consumption is and has been abundantly clear.” No offence intended…main stream media (MSM) has seen to that, and continues to support that concept too. You do give me some cause to wonder however, whether you’ve been influenced by MSM to believe, or support conspiracy theories, such as that coming from the likes of the Council on Foreign Relations and the infamous “Club of Rome.” Have you, like many others, succumbed to their stories of “over-population?” By the way, we can change the situation of grain quantities in just one growing season. It’s due to economic games…supply and demand…corn and wheat for gas (ethanol). The real crisis which we’re headed for, and are completely unprepared to undergo, speaking for myself anyway, is the third world war. The nuclear generated climate, which will be the ultimate cause of millions of violent deaths, given to actual human sacrifices (population control) i.e., the most typically used method (wars) of controlling the number of human lives since “the great one – WW-one” It’s been forming, taking shape in our atmosphere, and in particular, influencing the climactic relations in the Middle East for many, many years now. Coincidentally, it’s been a growing opinion that; the United States are “seeding these clouds” which will ultimately influence the weather, which will create the mother of all storms in that climatic region of this world…

Lorne Gunter is, um, “fact challenged”.

http://deepclimate.org/2009/03/05/lorne-gunter-on-global-cooling-part-1/

http://deepclimate.org/2009/03/10/fact-checking-national-post-style-lorne-gunter-on-global-cooling-part-2/