Comments on: Tom Harris Teaches Heartland Institute Fake Science to Students

By: Is Patrick Michaels Trying to Pass Us a Counterfeit $20 Bill? « Global Warming: Man or Myth?

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:46:35 +0000

[...] farmers that CO2 is plant food is like telling a person on fire that they should take vitamins because vitamins are good for you. [...]

By: Marco

Marco — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:34:26 +0000

Fact is that global temperatures HAVE changed in the last 15 years! yes, Christian, these are the facts, especially if you want to bring in the 1960s and 1970s. Of course, for someone frequenting WUWT, facts are a rather fluid concept, where, if they fit your opinion, they are indeed facts, and if not…well, then they are not facts, but there must be something wrong with the measurements.

What climate scientists know very well, and pseudoskeptics spending most their time on WUWT claim these scientists don’t, is that on short time scales natural vairability can be larger than the underlying trend. Thus, the focus on the pre-1960s dip (there was no cooling going from the 60s to the 70s) is just another example of pseudoskeptics looking desperately for something they can abuse to fool those who have even less understanding of complex issues than themselves. It worked on you!

It’s also quite telling you did not even try to rebut Scott’s description of how the warnings from climate scientists have nothing to do with funding, as funding does just about nothing to a climate scientist’s financial situation. That was a despicable LIE; so, in true WUWT style, you come with a “look! there! squirrels!”

By: Christian Bultmann

Christian Bultmann — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:42:27 +0000

You repeat stating as actual facts what in reality are only opinion, yours or those you happen to agree with. Fact is global temperatures did not change in the last 15 years. Fact is climate models fail to predict actual events in the short term and long term predictions. In the global cooling phase in the 60th and 70th CO2 went up and temperatures went down.

Whats most despicable is when an old guy telling children that the north pole is melting and santa has to move so he and his foundation can extort money from them or there parents. Leaving the children who don’t know better living in constant fear for there future.

By: Scott Mandia

Scott Mandia — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:50:35 +0000

Please see these two blog posts to clear up some confusion:

1) http://profmandia.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/

2) http://profmandia.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/

By: Marco

Marco — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:33:22 +0000

It appears Christian believes that an opinion completely devoid of factual argumentation is worth as much as a scientific opinion based on facts.

It also appears Christian fell for the lie that 40 years ago the prevailing scientific opinion was that we were about to enter a new ice age. It’s sad if that’s true, as it shows Christian is unable to take in actual facts, and thus will never learn.

By: Christian Bultmann

Christian Bultmann — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:29:26 +0000

A scientific opinion is still only an opinion, much like the prevailing scientific opinion from 40 years ago that never materialized. In fact the scientific opinion in regards to climate change is largely based on the need for scientists continue getting funding. From that point of view I would argue that Tom Harris opinion on the matter is less byest by finacial and political interests. Sins the inception of the environmental sciences doomsday prediction had been there main tool to generate funding with little or no real scientific fact backing up there arguments. Did M.Mann study tree rings or did he just wrote a program that found the results he wanted to see within a preselected sampling of tree rings he hoped produce sad results?

By: Marco

Marco — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:44:20 +0000

Going back through the article, a reason for invasive species moving northwards is given, something that is well known to biologists. So, please provide a rebuttal that invasive species moving northwards cannot be related to climate change.

By: geocron

geocron — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:26:48 +0000

going back though your article it seem to me that you also confuse invasive species as a climate change issue and some how link it to co2…..

By: geocron

geocron — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:49:19 +0000

i honestly feel that this article was poorly written, and using poison ivy as factor seems to be an emotional appeal, along with all the other reasons listed. there is no evidence of true scientific data. i think that the moon is one of the factors not accounted for in drought and storm behaviors… did you know that the moon drifts 3.74 centimeters from the earth every year?? co2 is not the reason why city have such bad air. city’s have bad air because to build them we destroyed the local biosphere aka city’s need more trees.(will help some of the problem threw detox) and if you ever read the study’s of how buildings/structures effect local weather you would learn that they tend to stabilize the temperature in there vicinity that could account for the reason why there is less “fresh” air in the city’s, from lack of a temperature catalyst to move air and create wind. i wouldn’t consider co2 as the problem because removing it will not solve anything. taxing it is even worse of an idea. instead of targeting carbon why don’t you conduct study of what effects the local environment and change things locally instead of trying to change the world? like target sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides because they cause acid rain and are actual disasters unlike co2 which from a biological point of view is quite helpful. the link between drought and co2 is quite flimsy compared to other factors. in fact so flimsy that it is laughable.

but excuse me that’s just my opinion.ohhh and i don’t even have a car, and have no ties to any organisation. i also don’t know Tom Harris and what he teach’s, but it seems to me that nether do you.

so troll away climate alarmist

By: Heartland Institute: Indefensible un-American Behavior « Global Warming: Man or Myth?

Fri, 04 May 2012 13:35:02 +0000

[...] Tom Harris who teaches fake science in a Canadian University. Thinks dead plants will enjoy increased CO2. [...]