[Stoves] In praise of kerosene

Sat May 11 10:01:30 CDT 2013

Kevin,

It was indeed bad word smithing to have started with the term "Global Warming".  "Global Climate Disruption" is much more accurate, and, I would expect, inevitable at this late stage.    The models are only imperfect, not wrong.  Models can only be as good as the imperfections of our human knowledge, which can never be perfect, so forget that argument.  I doubt very much that you claim perfect knowledge, so what are the imperfections in your knowledge preventing you from seeing?  As my friend Errol Morris likes to say "believing is seeing".

You are basically willfully reading the science incorrectly.  The models are imperfect but not "wrong" per se.  If you read the items I forwarded to the list, you might get a better understanding of the heat going into the ocean, that, while imperfectly understood, is not a good thing.

If you wait for the "perfect model" then your grandchildren will surely have very unkind words to say about you.  Even the British Royals have recently had some strong words to say about climate change deniers such as you appear to be.  This will be just as true for the many "stovers" who are also climate change deniers.

At some deep meta level, the problem for many is that Climate Disruption is the ultimate nail in the coffin of unearned white male privilege.  Which may also help explain why it is white males in the USA who go on gun violence sprees, not others.  IE, this is about a whole lot more than CO2 in the atmosphere.  It is about clinging a way of life with a fatal internal contradiction: "modern" industrialism powered by fossil carbon.  As Hansen says, this is a truly Faustian bargain.

Cling if you must.  I do not envy you trying to explain this to your grandchildren.

Regards,

Jock

On May 11, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Kevin <kchisholm at ca.inter.net> wrote:

> Dear Jock
>  
> The IPCC told us that "Global Warming" was the problem. They predicted how much the air temperature would rise, and they were wrong. Their models were wrong. Now they are telling us about the dangers of "Climate Change", and not global warming. The fundamental problem is that their models have been shown to be faulty.
>  
> "Consensus" is a "Political Process to get agreement." "Consensus Science" is thus "Political Science", and not "Real Science."
>  
> I like this quote from the referenced article:
> " “The climate may be heating up less in response to greenhouse-gas emissions than was once thought,” read the article’s tagline. “But that does not mean the problem is going away.” "
>  
> # With their models having been proved to be faulty, how do they know there is a problem?
>  
> Kevin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jock Gill
> To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
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> Subject: Re: [Stoves] In praise of kerosene
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> Steve,
> 
> Actually you have that wrong.  The oceans are warming up significantly, a very bad thing. It true that land temperatures have not warmed as much as was expected.  However this only buys a few extra years before climate disruption becomes severe.
> 
> All thesis well explained here:  http://nyti.ms/15sfbrd
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jock
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> On May 11, 2013, at 7:56 AM, Steve Taylor <steve at thetaylorfamily.org.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Do you imagine that the higher and higher the concentration, the worse it gets ? Even the IPCC acknowledges that isn't the case. 15 years of rapidly rising CO2 concentrations, and zero change in global temperature, acknowledged by many, including the UK Met Office. 
>> 
>> 
>> On 11 May 2013 12:43, Paul Olivier <paul.olivier at esrla.com> wrote:
>> Are you serious?
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Steve Taylor <steve at thetaylorfamily.org.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> Please read this - just in from the New York Times:
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/science/earth/carbon-dioxide-level-passes-long-feared-milestone.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130511&_r=0
>> 
>> 
>> Or. 0.04% 
>> 
>> Since we are all in favour of burning bio-mass, shouldn't we prefer a higher level of CO2, which would significantly promote plant growth, and encourage the growth of the stuff we want to burn ? 
>> 
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