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Two Princeton, MIT Scientists Say EPA Climate Regulations Based on a ‘Hoax’
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In addition to scientific arguments about why global warming is overblown, the scientists also cite data showing large discrepancies between global warming models and actual observations. In some cases, Mr. Happer and Mr. Lindzen say, data has been disingenuously manipulated to fit the climate-change narrative.
“The most striking example of that is the temperature record,” Mr. Happer said. “If you look at the temperature records that were published 20 years ago, they showed very clearly that in the United States by far the warmest years we had were during the mid-1930s.
“The most striking example of that is the temperature record,” Mr. Happer said. “If you look at the temperature records that were published 20 years ago, they showed very clearly that in the United States by far the warmest years we had were during the mid-1930s.
Two Princeton, MIT Scientists Say EPA Climate Regulations Based on a ‘Hoax’
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1.) Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored)
Homes destroyed by a storm in New York state in 1962. Photograph: Bettmann/Getty/Guardian Design
The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom
by Alice Bell
“In August 1974, the CIA produced a study on “climatological research as it pertains to intelligence problems”. The diagnosis was dramatic. It warned of the emergence of a new era of weird weather, leading to political unrest and mass migration (which, in turn, would cause more unrest).
The new era the agency imagined wasn’t necessarily one of hotter temperatures; the CIA had heard from scientists warning of global cooling as well as warming. But the direction in which the thermometer was travelling wasn’t their immediate concern; it was the political impact.
They knew that the so-called “little ice age”, a series of cold snaps between, roughly, 1350 and 1850, had brought not only drought and famine, but also war – and so could these new climatic changes.”
SOURCE :
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/05/sixty-years-of-climate-change-warnings-the-signs-that-were-missed-and-ignored
2.) National Intelligence Estimate
Climate Change and International Responses Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040
NIC-NIE-2021-10030-
SOURCE :
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/NIE_Climate_Change_and_National_Security.pdf
3.) Science
U.S. Intelligence Officials Warn Climate Change Is a Worldwide Threat
Their annual assessment says climate hazards such as extreme weather, droughts, floods, wildfires and sea level rise threaten infrastructure, health and security.
By Neela Banerjee
SOURCE :
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30012019/worldwide-threat-assessment-climate-change-intelligence-agencies-national-security/
Homes destroyed by a storm in New York state in 1962. Photograph: Bettmann/Getty/Guardian Design
The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom
by Alice Bell
“In August 1974, the CIA produced a study on “climatological research as it pertains to intelligence problems”. The diagnosis was dramatic. It warned of the emergence of a new era of weird weather, leading to political unrest and mass migration (which, in turn, would cause more unrest).
The new era the agency imagined wasn’t necessarily one of hotter temperatures; the CIA had heard from scientists warning of global cooling as well as warming. But the direction in which the thermometer was travelling wasn’t their immediate concern; it was the political impact.
They knew that the so-called “little ice age”, a series of cold snaps between, roughly, 1350 and 1850, had brought not only drought and famine, but also war – and so could these new climatic changes.”
SOURCE :
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/05/sixty-years-of-climate-change-warnings-the-signs-that-were-missed-and-ignored
2.) National Intelligence Estimate
Climate Change and International Responses Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040
NIC-NIE-2021-10030-
SOURCE :
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/NIE_Climate_Change_and_National_Security.pdf
3.) Science
U.S. Intelligence Officials Warn Climate Change Is a Worldwide Threat
Their annual assessment says climate hazards such as extreme weather, droughts, floods, wildfires and sea level rise threaten infrastructure, health and security.
By Neela Banerjee
SOURCE :
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30012019/worldwide-threat-assessment-climate-change-intelligence-agencies-national-security/
Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored)
The long read: The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty
It's worth noting that I know of no one denying climate change, however they are questioning the theory that it is of anthropogenic origin.
I am old enough to remember when it was global cooling.
I am old enough to remember when it was global cooling.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
The Epoch Times - Bias and Credibility
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE A questionable source exhibitsone or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
1.) The Epoch Times
AllSides Media Bias Rating™: Lean Right
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The bias meter value for The Epoch Times is 2.5. -6 is the furthest "Left" value and 6 is the furthest "Right" value.
2.5
Lean Right
What does this mean?
AllSides Media Bias Meter™
How we determined this rating:
* Independent Review Editorial Review: Aug 2020, Aug 2019 Community Feedback: 23,022 ratings Blind Survey: May 2022, Aug 2020
* AllSides has high confidence in this bias rating.
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The Epoch Times is featured on the AllSides Media Bias Chart™.
The Epoch Times is a news media source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Right.
What a "Lean Right" Rating Means
Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Lean Right display media bias in ways that moderately align with conservative, traditional, libertarian, or right-wing thought and/or policy agendas. A Lean Right bias is a moderately conservative rating on the political spectrum.
SOURCE : https://www.allsides.com/news-source/epoch-times-media-bias
2.) The Epoch Times Bias and Reliability
Bias: Hyper-Partisan Right
Reliability: Unreliable, Problematic
Overview
Ad Fontes Media rates The Epoch Times in the Hyper-Partisan Right category of bias and as Unreliable, Problematic in terms of reliability. The Epoch Times is an international newspaper founded in 2000 by Chinese-Americans who had fled Communism in China. It is published online in 22 languages and in 36 countries. Based in New York City, it is owned by the Epoch Media Group. It publishes in both print and online around the world.
Overall Score
The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for The Epoch Times according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.
Reliability: 19.80
Bias: 19.59
Panels of analysts from Ad Fontes Media regularly review representative sample content to rate it for reliability and bias. Each panel of analysts comprises one left-leaning, one right-leaning, and one center-leaning analyst.
The team considers a variety of factors when rating content. To determine its reliability score, we consider the content’s veracity, expression, its title/headline, and graphics. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the sample content’s overall reliability score.
To determine sample content’s bias score, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting or analysis from other sources on the same topic. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the content’s overall bias score.
The bias rating, demonstrated on the Media Bias Chart®️ on the horizontal axis, ranges from most extreme left to middle to most extreme right.
The reliability rating, demonstrated on the chart’s vertical axis, rates sources on a scale from original fact reporting to analysis, opinion, propaganda and inaccurate/fabricated information.
Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 40 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.
Bias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to +42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being minimally biased, equally balanced, or exhibiting a centrist bias.
SOURCE : https://adfontesmedia.com/epoch-times-bias-and-reliability/
3.) The media giant you’ve never heard of, and why you should pay attention
The Epoch Times is published in 21 languages, in 33 countries and has a huge following among anti-vaxxers and the far Right. And that’s just for starters
“The Epoch Times is not backed by a government wishing to cause trouble for its rivals, unlike some more notorious operations. For many years an obscure critic of China's Communist Party, the publication rose to prominence in the West through its full-throated backing of Donald Trump during the 2016 US presidential election, then began to spread conspiracy theories prevalent on the American Right. But, at times, it has also appeared to be driven as much by the desire for clicks and influence as to put forward a particular view of the world.”
SOURCE : https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/epoch-times-media-giant-youve-never-heard-of-and-why-you-should-pay-attention/
1.) The Epoch Times
AllSides Media Bias Rating™: Lean Right
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12.9k
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The bias meter value for The Epoch Times is 2.5. -6 is the furthest "Left" value and 6 is the furthest "Right" value.
2.5
Lean Right
What does this mean?
AllSides Media Bias Meter™
How we determined this rating:
* Independent Review Editorial Review: Aug 2020, Aug 2019 Community Feedback: 23,022 ratings Blind Survey: May 2022, Aug 2020
* AllSides has high confidence in this bias rating.
*
Unless otherwise noted, this bias rating refers only to online news coverage, not TV, print, or radio content.
The Epoch Times is featured on the AllSides Media Bias Chart™.
The Epoch Times is a news media source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Right.
What a "Lean Right" Rating Means
Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Lean Right display media bias in ways that moderately align with conservative, traditional, libertarian, or right-wing thought and/or policy agendas. A Lean Right bias is a moderately conservative rating on the political spectrum.
SOURCE : https://www.allsides.com/news-source/epoch-times-media-bias
2.) The Epoch Times Bias and Reliability
Bias: Hyper-Partisan Right
Reliability: Unreliable, Problematic
Overview
Ad Fontes Media rates The Epoch Times in the Hyper-Partisan Right category of bias and as Unreliable, Problematic in terms of reliability. The Epoch Times is an international newspaper founded in 2000 by Chinese-Americans who had fled Communism in China. It is published online in 22 languages and in 36 countries. Based in New York City, it is owned by the Epoch Media Group. It publishes in both print and online around the world.
Overall Score
The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for The Epoch Times according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.
Reliability: 19.80
Bias: 19.59
Panels of analysts from Ad Fontes Media regularly review representative sample content to rate it for reliability and bias. Each panel of analysts comprises one left-leaning, one right-leaning, and one center-leaning analyst.
The team considers a variety of factors when rating content. To determine its reliability score, we consider the content’s veracity, expression, its title/headline, and graphics. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the sample content’s overall reliability score.
To determine sample content’s bias score, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting or analysis from other sources on the same topic. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the content’s overall bias score.
The bias rating, demonstrated on the Media Bias Chart®️ on the horizontal axis, ranges from most extreme left to middle to most extreme right.
The reliability rating, demonstrated on the chart’s vertical axis, rates sources on a scale from original fact reporting to analysis, opinion, propaganda and inaccurate/fabricated information.
Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 40 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.
Bias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to +42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being minimally biased, equally balanced, or exhibiting a centrist bias.
SOURCE : https://adfontesmedia.com/epoch-times-bias-and-reliability/
3.) The media giant you’ve never heard of, and why you should pay attention
The Epoch Times is published in 21 languages, in 33 countries and has a huge following among anti-vaxxers and the far Right. And that’s just for starters
“The Epoch Times is not backed by a government wishing to cause trouble for its rivals, unlike some more notorious operations. For many years an obscure critic of China's Communist Party, the publication rose to prominence in the West through its full-throated backing of Donald Trump during the 2016 US presidential election, then began to spread conspiracy theories prevalent on the American Right. But, at times, it has also appeared to be driven as much by the desire for clicks and influence as to put forward a particular view of the world.”
SOURCE : https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/epoch-times-media-giant-youve-never-heard-of-and-why-you-should-pay-attention/
The Epoch Times Media Bias Rating
Learn the AllSides Media Bias Rating of The Epoch Times. AllSides rates the media bias of hundreds of news outlets, media sources and writers.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CPL LaForest Gray - The Epoch Times has always been Fascist Propaganda! Unfortunately I Know Some of My Fellow Spooks, Information Warfare types that Work for "Epoch Times"
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Can Skiing Survive Climate Change?
Climate change poses an existential threat to the ski industry. A warmer climate means less snow and less now menas a shorter season for snowboarders and skiiers.
SOURCE : https://www.npr.org/2022/04/14/ [login to see] /can-skiing-survive-climate-change
2.) Will skiing survive? Resorts struggle through a winter of climate and housing woes
This last winter was supposed to be a post-Covid rebound for America's $50 billion ski industry. But persistent drought linked to climate change, labor shortages and frustrated customers stuck in traffic and in long lift lines has made getaways less attractive.
A 'huge' carbon footprint
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/31/ [login to see] /will-skiing-survive-resorts-struggle-through-a-winter-of-climate-and-housing-woe
3.) How climate change threatens to close ski resorts
From the Swiss Alps to the Rocky Mountains, ski resorts are grappling with the impacts of climate change. How are they adapting in a warming world?
The Alps experienced record high temperatures over Christmas and New Year, reaching 20.9C (70F) in northwest Switzerland.
From the Swiss Alps to the Rocky Mountains, resorts are grappling with the impacts of climate change by trying to provide sufficient snow cover and rapidly adapt to the changing conditions, while envisaging what their future looks like in a warming world.
Besides measures to reduce its own emissions, such as by investing in renewable energy and building Europe's largest wood-fired heating plant, Anzère is planning ahead for a time where skiing may no longer be viable.
Climate change is turning skiing into an endangered pastime. Ski seasons are becoming shorter and slopes are turning green as temperatures rise. Heavy rainfall in Alpine resorts contributed to snow melting and slushy conditions.
When temperatures rise, the atmosphere ends up holding more water vapour which leads to more rainfall, says Marie Cavitte, a glaciologist and climate researcher at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. "[When] temperatures increase, [water vapour] falls as rain instead of falling as snow," she adds.
"That is what is happening at low altitude ski stations, which are below 1,600m (5,250ft). There we are seeing a lot more rain on snow events which increase the melting of existing snow."
At low altitude resorts in Europe, snow depth is shrinking by 3-4cm (1.2-1.6in) every 10 years, says Cavitte.
SOURCE : https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230124-how-climate-change-threatens-to-close-ski-resorts
Bonus :
Observed snow depth trends in the European Alps: 1971 to 2019
SOURCE : https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/1343/2021/
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A.) Climate Change Is Making Flooding Worse. Here's How.
One effect of climate change is that a warmer atmosphere creates more intense precipitation events.
SOURCE : https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/07/29/climate-chang-flooding/
B.) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
ESTIMATE
Climate Change and International
Responses Increasing Challenges to
US National Security Through 2040
NIC-NIE-2021-10030-A
SOURCE : https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/NIE_Climate_Change_and_National_Security.pdf
C.) ASP SECURITY PROJECT
The Intelligence Community and Climate Change
Posted By Daniel Oliver-Smith on Jan 11, 2011
In an article posted yesterday, Northwestern University’s Medill National Security Reporting Project discusses the U.S.
intelligence community’s history with and concern over the growing security risks posed by climate change.
For nearly two decades now, climate change has been recognized as a security risk by many within the U.S. intelligence community.
From contracting with university scientists to collaborating with other governments, the intelligence community has worked to understand and prepare for the many security implications posed by climate change.
For example, according to one CIA climate change analyst interviewed, most recent research has included the flooding last year in Pakistan:
“We wanted to know: What are the conditions that lead to a situation like the Pakistan flooding? What are the important things for water flows, food security …radicalization, disease, and displaced people?”
With almost twenties years of work under their belts, one would assume that the U.S. Intelligence community would be a leading authority on climate change. However, the endeavors of the intelligence community to understand the security risks of climate change have been hampered over the years by partisan politics and climate change skeptics, miring almost all efforts by the intelligence community to assess the dangers of climate change.
According to a congressional oversight report, the George W. Bush administration, Retired General and former CIA director (2006-2009), Michael Hayden, reported, In recent years, the military, lawmakers, and policy analysts have all begun to express how ill-equipped the U.S. is to deal with the risks posed by climate change. The military claims it lacks the intel to properly plan their missions and the intelligence community reports it lacks the functional structures to address an issue such as climate change.
According to one 23-year veteran of the CIA.
SOURCE : https://www.americansecurityproject.org/the-intelligence-community-and-climate-change/
Climate change poses an existential threat to the ski industry. A warmer climate means less snow and less now menas a shorter season for snowboarders and skiiers.
SOURCE : https://www.npr.org/2022/04/14/ [login to see] /can-skiing-survive-climate-change
2.) Will skiing survive? Resorts struggle through a winter of climate and housing woes
This last winter was supposed to be a post-Covid rebound for America's $50 billion ski industry. But persistent drought linked to climate change, labor shortages and frustrated customers stuck in traffic and in long lift lines has made getaways less attractive.
A 'huge' carbon footprint
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/31/ [login to see] /will-skiing-survive-resorts-struggle-through-a-winter-of-climate-and-housing-woe
3.) How climate change threatens to close ski resorts
From the Swiss Alps to the Rocky Mountains, ski resorts are grappling with the impacts of climate change. How are they adapting in a warming world?
The Alps experienced record high temperatures over Christmas and New Year, reaching 20.9C (70F) in northwest Switzerland.
From the Swiss Alps to the Rocky Mountains, resorts are grappling with the impacts of climate change by trying to provide sufficient snow cover and rapidly adapt to the changing conditions, while envisaging what their future looks like in a warming world.
Besides measures to reduce its own emissions, such as by investing in renewable energy and building Europe's largest wood-fired heating plant, Anzère is planning ahead for a time where skiing may no longer be viable.
Climate change is turning skiing into an endangered pastime. Ski seasons are becoming shorter and slopes are turning green as temperatures rise. Heavy rainfall in Alpine resorts contributed to snow melting and slushy conditions.
When temperatures rise, the atmosphere ends up holding more water vapour which leads to more rainfall, says Marie Cavitte, a glaciologist and climate researcher at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. "[When] temperatures increase, [water vapour] falls as rain instead of falling as snow," she adds.
"That is what is happening at low altitude ski stations, which are below 1,600m (5,250ft). There we are seeing a lot more rain on snow events which increase the melting of existing snow."
At low altitude resorts in Europe, snow depth is shrinking by 3-4cm (1.2-1.6in) every 10 years, says Cavitte.
SOURCE : https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230124-how-climate-change-threatens-to-close-ski-resorts
Bonus :
Observed snow depth trends in the European Alps: 1971 to 2019
SOURCE : https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/1343/2021/
——————
A.) Climate Change Is Making Flooding Worse. Here's How.
One effect of climate change is that a warmer atmosphere creates more intense precipitation events.
SOURCE : https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/07/29/climate-chang-flooding/
B.) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
ESTIMATE
Climate Change and International
Responses Increasing Challenges to
US National Security Through 2040
NIC-NIE-2021-10030-A
SOURCE : https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/NIE_Climate_Change_and_National_Security.pdf
C.) ASP SECURITY PROJECT
The Intelligence Community and Climate Change
Posted By Daniel Oliver-Smith on Jan 11, 2011
In an article posted yesterday, Northwestern University’s Medill National Security Reporting Project discusses the U.S.
intelligence community’s history with and concern over the growing security risks posed by climate change.
For nearly two decades now, climate change has been recognized as a security risk by many within the U.S. intelligence community.
From contracting with university scientists to collaborating with other governments, the intelligence community has worked to understand and prepare for the many security implications posed by climate change.
For example, according to one CIA climate change analyst interviewed, most recent research has included the flooding last year in Pakistan:
“We wanted to know: What are the conditions that lead to a situation like the Pakistan flooding? What are the important things for water flows, food security …radicalization, disease, and displaced people?”
With almost twenties years of work under their belts, one would assume that the U.S. Intelligence community would be a leading authority on climate change. However, the endeavors of the intelligence community to understand the security risks of climate change have been hampered over the years by partisan politics and climate change skeptics, miring almost all efforts by the intelligence community to assess the dangers of climate change.
According to a congressional oversight report, the George W. Bush administration, Retired General and former CIA director (2006-2009), Michael Hayden, reported, In recent years, the military, lawmakers, and policy analysts have all begun to express how ill-equipped the U.S. is to deal with the risks posed by climate change. The military claims it lacks the intel to properly plan their missions and the intelligence community reports it lacks the functional structures to address an issue such as climate change.
According to one 23-year veteran of the CIA.
SOURCE : https://www.americansecurityproject.org/the-intelligence-community-and-climate-change/
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Climate change poses an existential threat to the ski industry. A warmer climate means less snow and less now menas a shorter season for snowboarders and skiiers. NPR correspondent Kirk Siegler first covered the issue 15 years ago as local station reporter in Aspen. Now he returns to that world-renowned destination and tells Short Wave co-host Aaron Scott about one resort's efforts to push the nation toward clean energy while it continues...
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty
And 2023 saw record or near record snowfalls .... I know of no one who denies that climate change is happening, but more than a few, including these two gentlemen, each with almost 60 years of studying atmospheric physics or meteorology, question the anthropogenic origins of it.
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There for a minute I thought you were going to present something credible .
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty
So is it not credible because it goes against "consensus"? Many of mankind's greatest discoveries were made by people who challenged the consensus in their day. In fact, that's a major part of science, testing and challenging theories and laws. I would say a paper by couple of PHD professors with lifetimes of research and study, each with a over a hundred peer reviewed papers, and one of whom specialized in atmospheric studies, the other who has specialized in studying atmospheric radiation, have a fair amount of credibility.
If you do not agree with their conclusions, then show where the facts given in the paper are false. Science is done when you compare observations and measurements to your theory. If they don't agree, or are not reproducible, then your theory is incorrect. In the case of the climate models currently in use, they have been consistently wrong. Then why persist in using them despite the clear disparity between predictions and measured results? Just follow the money.
BTW your opinion would be a lot more credible if you were not hiding behind anonymity. Not that it would cause me to change my mind here.
If you do not agree with their conclusions, then show where the facts given in the paper are false. Science is done when you compare observations and measurements to your theory. If they don't agree, or are not reproducible, then your theory is incorrect. In the case of the climate models currently in use, they have been consistently wrong. Then why persist in using them despite the clear disparity between predictions and measured results? Just follow the money.
BTW your opinion would be a lot more credible if you were not hiding behind anonymity. Not that it would cause me to change my mind here.
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