The self-contradictions of Marc Morano
Derek Jones
The self-contradictions of Marc Morano
Posted by ScruffyDan on July 8, 2009 at 12:34 pm | Comments (36) |
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The fact that Marc Morano doesn�t present a synthesis view of the science
of global warming will come as no surprise to my regular readers or anyone
who knows of him. Morano grasps at anything that might (but frequently
doesn�t) cast any doubt whatsoever on global warming, regardless of
whether it contradicts other points he has previously pushed.
As we have discussed earlier this lack of synthesis is a sure fire way to
identify deniers. Of course we already knew that Marc Morano was a denier,
but his latest rants focus a bright light on the depth of his
self-contradictions.
His first rant is about temperature trends since 2006! Anyone with a clue
can already spot problems with this, but lets ignore those for now. Morano
states:
The latest global averaged satellite temperature data for June 2009
reveals yet another drop in the Earth�s temperature. This� means
[that] despite his dire warnings, the Earth has cooled .74�F since
former Vice President Al Gore released "An Inconvenient Truth" in
2006� Gore � who is fond of saying the Earth has a "fever" � has not
yet addressed the simple fact that global temperatures have dropped
since the release of his global warming film.
Now Gore, may or may not have addressed this �fact� (I don�t keep close
tabs on Gore, I prefer to get my science from scientists not politicians),
but just a couple of months ago there was a paper in Geophysical Research
Letters that directly addressed this issue.
But as difficult as it may be lets ignore these errors from Morano and
move on. His next rant features the shocking admission from Gavin Schmidt
(of RealClimate fame) that climate models can�t predict weather.
Another government scientist � NASA climate modeler Gavin Schmidt �
admitted last week that the "chaotic component of climate system [aka
weather]�is not predictable beyond two weeks, even theoretically."�
Schmidt made this admission during a recent interview. Read the whole
thing, it really is quite interesting.
So did you spot Morano�s self-contradiction?
That�s right, in one breath Morano claims that a short term cooling of
global temperatures somehow invalidates climate models and casts doubt on
global warming, and then in the next breath admits that climate models
can�t predict short term temperature trends with any confidence, and
therefore can�t be invalidated by any short term cooling of global
temperatures, and thus no doubt is cast on global warming.
Denialist cake is the best, the more you eat it, the more of it you have!
UPDATE: Looks like Morano is still reading this site, he just called me a
�climate fear promoter� and sent a bunch of traffic to my site. Thanks!
That is what I get for accepting the conclusions of every single
scientific body of national or international standing.
I guess he prefers to pick on the small fish (me) rather than the big dogs
(climatologists) who will really tear his arguments apart. That�s alright,
Morano�s arguments are so boneheaded that it doesn�t take much to trash
them! Even I can do it.
Claudius Denk
> It's turtles all the way down
> The self-contradictions of Marc Morano
> Posted by ScruffyDan on July 8, 2009 at 12:34 pm
>
> of global warming
Uh, IMO it's not his job to synthesize the products of the over-active
imagination of AGW whackos.
> will come as no surprise to my regular readers or anyone
> who knows of him. Morano grasps at anything that might (but frequently
> doesn’t) cast any doubt whatsoever on global warming, regardless of
> whether it contradicts other points he has previously pushed.
He makes perfect sense on his videos on youtube.
> As we have discussed earlier this lack of synthesis is a sure fire way to
> identify deniers.
Is "identifying deniers" something you have trouble with?
> Of course we already knew that Marc Morano was a denier,
> but his latest rants focus a bright light on the depth of his
> self-contradictions.
Oh brother.
Uh, . . . er. What?
>
> Denialist cake is the best, the more you eat it, the more of it you have!
>
> UPDATE: Looks like Morano is still reading this site, he just called me a
> ‘climate fear promoter’ and sent a bunch of traffic to my site. Thanks!
> That is what I get for accepting the conclusions of every single
> scientific body of national or international standing.
>
> I guess he prefers to pick on the small fish (me) rather than the big dogs
> (climatologists) who will really tear his arguments apart. That’s alright,
> Morano’s arguments are so boneheaded that it doesn’t take much to trash
> them! Even I can do it.
I can't figure out what it is you suppodedly did.