University should give Al Gore dunce cap
Bawana
University should give Al Gore dunce cap, not doctorate degree
JAMES TAYLOR
University of Minnesota President Bob Bruininks announced at the
university's February Board of Regents meeting that Al Gore is being
considered for an honorary doctorate in climatology for his 2006
movie, "An Inconvenient Truth." Considering the multitude of
misleading and inaccurate assertions Gore delivered in the film, Gore
is better fitted for a dunce cap.
A complete list of Gore's false and misleading statements would fill
an entire book, but here are some of the highlights:
Gore claims Antarctic ice melt is a "canary in the coal mine"
demonstrating dramatic global warming. However, more than 90 percent
of Antarctica is getting colder and the Antarctic ice sheet as a whole
is growing. Gore misleadingly highlights data from the small section
of West Antarctica that is the exception to the overall trend. Indeed,
the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
forecasts no net ice loss in Antarctica for at least the next full
century.
Gore asserts the Gulf Stream is likely to shut down, plunging the
world into a renewed ice age. But New Scientist and Science magazines
reported in November 2006 that the Gulf Stream shows no signs of
slowing and climate scientists feel a shutdown "is not a realistic
scenario for the 21st century."
Gore claims the alpine glacier atop Mt. Kilimanjaro is melting and
global warming is to blame. As far back as 2003, however, journals
such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research, and International
Journal of Climatology documented that a decrease in mountaintop
precipitation, linked to deforestation at the base of the mountain,
was the true cause of the receding glacier. Indeed, temperature
readings in the Kilimanjaro region are actually declining rather than
increasing.
Gore claims declining rainfall (allegedly caused by global warming) is
leading to a dramatic southern expansion of the Sahara Desert.
However, the New Scientist reported as recently as 2002 that "Africa's
deserts are in 'spectacular' retreat," with vegetation reclaiming
large expanses of barren land across the entire southern edge.
Gore says Himalayan glaciers are rapidly melting, threatening the
water supply of hundreds of millions of people. However, just months
before Gore filmed his slideshow presentation, Insurance Digest
reported Himalayan Mountain glaciers are as large as ever.
Gore warns us the Greenland ice sheet is rapidly disintegrating and
threatening a massive rise in sea level. However, Greenland's ice
sheet was gaining mass until 2003, and the shrinking observed since
amounts to a minuscule fraction of Greenland's existing ice sheet.
Indeed, the IPCC estimates sea levels will rise only a foot or so
during the entire next century
Asserting that global warming is clearly impacting his hometown of
Carthage, Tennessee, Gore said, "Here on this farm, the patterns are
changing. ... In the course as defined by this river, it's happening
very, very quickly." Yet temperature readings in the nearby
communities of Clarksburg, Murfreesboro, and McMinnville show regional
temperatures have actually cooled 3 degrees in the past 80 years.
Gore asserts global warming is causing alpine glaciers in Glacier
National Park to recede. However, temperature readings in the nearby
community of Telluride show temperatures have declined 3 degrees since
1989. Temperature readings in the nearby community of Boulder show
temperatures have declined 6 degrees since 1953.
Gore claims a 5-degree rise in temperatures this century is "on the
low end of the projections." In fact, a 5-degree rise in temperatures
is on the high end of projections offered by the IPCC.
Inaccuracy is the norm rather than the exception in Gore's movie. He
would receive no better than an "F" in any serious course on
climatology. The question is, given the current crisis in our public
schools, does giving a bad scientist an honorary degree really send
the right message?
James M. Taylor (tay...@heartland.org) is senior fellow for
environment policy at The Heartland Institute.
Lloyd
> Mar 22, 2007
> University should give Al Gore dunce cap, not doctorate degree
> JAMES TAYLOR
>
> University of Minnesota President Bob Bruininks announced at the
> university's February Board of Regents meeting that Al Gore is being
> considered for an honorary doctorate in climatology for his 2006
> movie, "An Inconvenient Truth." Considering the multitude of
> misleading and inaccurate assertions Gore delivered in the film, Gore
> is better fitted for a dunce cap.
So why do you think you know more than scientists?
> A complete list of Gore's false and misleading statements would fill
> an entire book, but here are some of the highlights:
> Gore claims Antarctic ice melt is a "canary in the coal mine"
> demonstrating dramatic global warming. However, more than 90 percent
> of Antarctica is getting colder and the Antarctic ice sheet as a whole
> is growing.
False.
HOBART (Reuters) - Rising sea levels and melting polar ice-sheets are
at upper limits of projections, leaving some human population centers
already unable to cope, top world scientists say as they analyze
latest satellite data.
A
United Nations report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) in February projected sea level gains of 18-59 centimeters
(7-23 inches) this century from temperature rises of 1.8-4.0 Celsius
(3.2-7.8 Fahrenheit).
"Observations are in the very upper edge of the projections," leading
Australian marine scientist John Church told Reuters.
"I feel that we're getting uncomfortably close to threshold," said
Church, of Australia's CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research said.
Past this level, parts of the Antarctic and Greenland would approach a
virtually irreversible melting that would produce sea level rises of
meters, he said.
There has been no repeat in the Antarctic of the 2002 break-up of part
of the Larsen ice shelf that created a 500 billion ton iceberg as big
as Luxembourg.
But the Antarctic Peninsula is warming faster than anywhere else on
Earth, and glaciers are in massive retreat.
>Gore misleadingly highlights data from the small section
> of West Antarctica that is the exception to the overall trend. Indeed,
> the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
> forecasts no net ice loss in Antarctica for at least the next full
> century.
Where?
> Gore asserts the Gulf Stream is likely to shut down, plunging the
> world into a renewed ice age. But New Scientist and Science magazines
> reported in November 2006 that the Gulf Stream shows no signs of
> slowing and climate scientists feel a shutdown "is not a realistic
> scenario for the 21st century."
> Gore claims the alpine glacier atop Mt. Kilimanjaro is melting and
> global warming is to blame. As far back as 2003, however, journals
> such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research, and International
> Journal of Climatology documented that a decrease in mountaintop
> precipitation, linked to deforestation at the base of the mountain,
> was the true cause of the receding glacier. Indeed, temperature
> readings in the Kilimanjaro region are actually declining rather than
> increasing.
> Gore claims declining rainfall (allegedly caused by global warming) is
> leading to a dramatic southern expansion of the Sahara Desert.
> However, the New Scientist
Why don't you cite a real scientific journal? Like Science or
Nature. Is it because they back Gore up?
>reported as recently as 2002 that "Africa's
> deserts are in 'spectacular' retreat," with vegetation reclaiming
> large expanses of barren land across the entire southern edge.
> Gore says Himalayan glaciers are rapidly melting, threatening the
> water supply of hundreds of millions of people. However, just months
> before Gore filmed his slideshow presentation, Insurance Digest
Wow, that must be a real scientific journal!
> reported Himalayan Mountain glaciers are as large as ever.
That's false.
> Gore warns us the Greenland ice sheet is rapidly disintegrating and
> threatening a massive rise in sea level. However, Greenland's ice
> sheet was gaining mass until 2003,
False.
>and the shrinking observed since
> amounts to a minuscule fraction of Greenland's existing ice sheet.
False.
> Indeed, the IPCC estimates sea levels will rise only a foot or so
> during the entire next century
Up to 2 feet, and even 1 foot is a disaster for coastal areas (and
would mean storm surges would be much worse).
> Asserting that global warming is clearly impacting his hometown of
> Carthage, Tennessee, Gore said, "Here on this farm, the patterns are
> changing. ... In the course as defined by this river, it's happening
> very, very quickly." Yet temperature readings in the nearby
> communities of Clarksburg, Murfreesboro, and McMinnville show regional
> temperatures have actually cooled 3 degrees in the past 80 years.
Lie. The hottest year on record in the US was 2006.
> Gore asserts global warming is causing alpine glaciers in Glacier
> National Park to recede. However, temperature readings in the nearby
> community of Telluride show temperatures have declined 3 degrees since
> 1989. Temperature readings in the nearby community of Boulder show
> temperatures have declined 6 degrees since 1953.
Also false.
> Gore claims a 5-degree rise in temperatures this century is "on the
> low end of the projections." In fact, a 5-degree rise in temperatures
> is on the high end of projections offered by the IPCC.
> Inaccuracy is the norm rather than the exception in Gore's movie. He
> would receive no better than an "F" in any serious course on
> climatology. The question is, given the current crisis in our public
> schools, does giving a bad scientist an honorary degree really send
> the right message?
>
> James M. Taylor (tay...@heartland.org) is senior fellow for
> environment policy at The Heartland Institute.
Oh geez, a right-wing think tank. You denialists may be dumb enough
to swallow this swill, but nobody else is.
Bawana
> On Mar 24, 9:17 am, "Bawana" <mrbawan...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Mar 22, 2007
> > University should give Al Gore dunce cap, not doctorate degree
> > JAMES TAYLOR
>
> > University of Minnesota President Bob Bruininks announced at the
> > university's February Board of Regents meeting that Al Gore is being
> > considered for an honorary doctorate in climatology for his 2006
> > movie, "An Inconvenient Truth." Considering the multitude of
> > misleading and inaccurate assertions Gore delivered in the film, Gore
> > is better fitted for a dunce cap.
>
> So why do you think you know more than scientists?
I read your posts, lardass.
