Let's Talk about Temperature!
Temperature is a remarkably difficult measurement to take. For example...
What is the temperature in your house?
Most people answer 75 degrees F or 21 degrees C or whatever their thermostat says.
But here's the thing...That's not completely true. If we went to their basement or their attic, the temperature would be different. If we measured it all day throughout the house, there would be variation, lots of it!
Climate change deniers love to constantly roll out temperature measurements that are suspect, hard to understand, appear to be manipulated or are just wrong. Sometimes, in specific cases, with specific measurements, they are right. Scientists are humans and individuals and occasionally they make mistakes. But not all of them, and not all the time!
As we improve our ability to measure temperature and the different ways that we measure it we are finding more and more, the temperature of the Earth is going up. There is not question about it.
(P.S. Even my "friend" Patrick Moore states that there has been global warming in his latest video. He just won't admit that humans are the cause of it. More on that tomorrow.)
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Sunday, January 8, 2017
This Guy! Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore, in the early 1970's obtained a Ph.D. in ecology and helped found GreenPeace. However, he has been out of academia since then and out of GreenPeace for 30 years.
For the last several decades Patrick he has gone on tour as a hired scientist. As with most consultants (and I have done my time as a consultant), he has become a puppet of those who are paying him.
Now I will give him credit. I agreed with his perspective on chlorine (dysentery is a Bitch!) and nuclear power (at least until we get the Stellerator running). I have to admit that I don't think he's completely wrong on his stance on clear cutting forests. Forests, if managed correctly, can withstand and benefit from some clearcutting. IF DONE PROPERLY!
However, Patrick, since about 2009, has lost his way, or found a pile of money and sold his sole for it. He is currently telling people that elevated CO2 our atmosphere, due to humans burning fossil fuels, is a good thing. Actually, he makes it very clear, that it is plant food. Well, yes, any grade 10 student would agree Patrick, plants do eat CO2 but the current issue on Earth is that humans are producing way more than plants can possibly soak up. This is seen in the fact that we are now well above 400 ppm CO2 and we're not exactly over run with plants. Yes, I know there is indication they are growing better, in some places, just not sub-Saharan Africa etc...
So what's the big deal?
The big deal is that I do believe that Patrick does actually care about the Earth. He has simply been dragged into the debate on Climate Change and is being paid by the wrong side. The risk of damage to our only planet from human caused climate change is very high. Too high to risk the future of next generations.
To have some one like Patrick go rogue on the environmental movement is even more damaging. He has made thousands turn their back on their concern. He has made it okay for them to stop caring about the Earth. His Twitter account propagates this and attacks those working to pass along good science.
Patrick, its not too late for you to fix this. Stop your lies and discuss the truth!
(No, of course I don't have permission to use his picture!)
Patrick Moore, in the early 1970's obtained a Ph.D. in ecology and helped found GreenPeace. However, he has been out of academia since then and out of GreenPeace for 30 years. For the last several decades Patrick he has gone on tour as a hired scientist. As with most consultants (and I have done my time as a consultant), he has become a puppet of those who are paying him.
Now I will give him credit. I agreed with his perspective on chlorine (dysentery is a Bitch!) and nuclear power (at least until we get the Stellerator running). I have to admit that I don't think he's completely wrong on his stance on clear cutting forests. Forests, if managed correctly, can withstand and benefit from some clearcutting. IF DONE PROPERLY!
However, Patrick, since about 2009, has lost his way, or found a pile of money and sold his sole for it. He is currently telling people that elevated CO2 our atmosphere, due to humans burning fossil fuels, is a good thing. Actually, he makes it very clear, that it is plant food. Well, yes, any grade 10 student would agree Patrick, plants do eat CO2 but the current issue on Earth is that humans are producing way more than plants can possibly soak up. This is seen in the fact that we are now well above 400 ppm CO2 and we're not exactly over run with plants. Yes, I know there is indication they are growing better, in some places, just not sub-Saharan Africa etc...
So what's the big deal?
The big deal is that I do believe that Patrick does actually care about the Earth. He has simply been dragged into the debate on Climate Change and is being paid by the wrong side. The risk of damage to our only planet from human caused climate change is very high. Too high to risk the future of next generations.
To have some one like Patrick go rogue on the environmental movement is even more damaging. He has made thousands turn their back on their concern. He has made it okay for them to stop caring about the Earth. His Twitter account propagates this and attacks those working to pass along good science.
Patrick, its not too late for you to fix this. Stop your lies and discuss the truth!
(No, of course I don't have permission to use his picture!)
Welcome to the Fish in the Pot's Blog!
The Fish in the Pot takes his name from the Seussian character in The Cat in the Hat who warned the children against the deceit and trouble the Cat was getting them into.
Let us be clear, this blog will work to outline and address concerns about climate change.
Make no mistake, the author of this blog is concerned about climate change and thinks that it is human induced. As for who I am. I have a Ph.D. in science from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. I have been a science educator for the last 20 years. As someone who interacts on a daily basis with the next generation, I believe we have a responsibility to leave them a habitable planet. Talk to you soon.
The Fish in the Pot takes his name from the Seussian character in The Cat in the Hat who warned the children against the deceit and trouble the Cat was getting them into.
Let us be clear, this blog will work to outline and address concerns about climate change.
Make no mistake, the author of this blog is concerned about climate change and thinks that it is human induced. As for who I am. I have a Ph.D. in science from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. I have been a science educator for the last 20 years. As someone who interacts on a daily basis with the next generation, I believe we have a responsibility to leave them a habitable planet. Talk to you soon.
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