2005-10-23

Gems from sci.env

Some gems from sci.environment. First, on the good-old global cooling stuff, someone (mynym) has managed to find some old newspaper cuttings that are relevant, all the way back to 1956! This is interesting, because its far earlier than previously suspected. But, its newspapers not science.

Elsewhen, someone who I will be kind enough not to name said:

> Momentum is not conserved in the same way as mass and energy.

And James "take no prisoners" Annan replied:


You just broke my...

   +--------------------------------------------+
   \         1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         /
    \     0                            10 /   /
     \                                   /   /
      \           CRACKPOT METER        /   /
       \                               /   /
        \                             /   /
         \___________________________/___/
          \                             /
           \.........................../
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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous24/10/2005, 17:11

    See, now the septics are going to seize on this as another example of exaggerated claims by climate scientists: The meter is clearly not *broken* -- anyone can see it's just a 10.5 on a scale of 10. :)

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