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Will Rogers once said, “The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.” The High Priests of Science are well aware of the public’s short memory. In fact, they count on it. Consider, for example, the picture above. It was a common sight 10-15 years ago. The credulous costumed characters in the picture were terribly worried about the plight of polar bears, which they believed were being driven to extinction because climate change (aka global warming) was melting all the ice in the Arctic. Without that ice, the polar bears would have no habitat, and they would all die.
Why don’t we see lots of protests featuring polar bears anymore? Because even the High Priests of Science can no longer deny the fact that polar bears are thriving. Studies show that polar bear populations have more than doubled since 1960. It turns out that polar bears were on the decline because of hunting, not climate change. Now that the hunting of polar bears has been heavily regulated, the animals are once again healthy and plentiful. The High Priests of Science are counting on you to forget their false statements regarding polar bears and climate change/global warming so that they can continue to promote their propaganda.
Now remember, the polar bears were supposedly threatened by the loss of sea ice in the Arctic. The High Priests of Science have continually predicted that the Arctic would eventually be ice free in the summer. In 2008, for example, Dr. James Hansen told the U.S. Congress that in 5-10 years, the Arctic would be ice-free in the summer. Well, it has been 16 years since his testimony, and there is still a lot of ice in the Arctic, even in the summer. Other scientists have predicted ice-free Arctic summers by 2015, 2013, and 2012. The High Priests hope you have forgotten those predictions now that they claim it will happen by 2030, or perhaps 2067.
Of course, those aren’t the only things the High Priests are hoping you’ve forgotten. The Great Barrier Reef is another. In 2012, a study predicted that if we did not reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, the central and southern regions of the Great Barrier Reef would see such a decline that only 5-10% would be covered with coral. Two years later, The Guardian published an obituary for the reef. Ten years later, however, the amount of coral in the northern and central regions of the Great Barrier Reef is at an all-time high, and the southern region is very close to an all-time high. Once again, the High Priests of Science hope you will forget about those predictions.
And then, of course, there is sea level. Sea levels have been rising steadily since the mid 1800s, because that is when the earth started recovering from The Little Ice Age, a time when the earth was unusually cold. Despite the fact that at least a large portion of the rise in sea levels seems to be a result of natural fluctuations in the earth’s temperature, the High Priests of Science have predicted that climate change will accelerate it, leading to all sorts of catastrophes. The East Coast’s beaches were supposed to be gone by 2020, the Maldives were supposed to be underwater by 2018, and New York and Washington were supposed to be covered by the ocean in the year 2000. Of course, none of that happened, but the High Priests are counting on you to forget those predictions so they can make new ones.
The next time you hear a dire prediction about what will happen because of climate change/global warming, remember that those High Priests of Science have been making such predictions for a very long time, and they are constantly being proven wrong.
Of course the high priest of this blog wouldn’t mind people forgetting some things…
Consider here where he was so much smarter than the climate scientists https://blog.drwile.com/arrrrggggg%e2%80%a6what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-argo/#more-239
It turns out the high priest of science he quoted in that post was essentially correct when he said
“There has been a very slight cooling, but not anything really significant…Global warming doesn’t mean every year will be warmer than the last. And it may be that we are in a period of less rapid warming.”
Indeed, the long term trend has been increasing global temperatures.
I know you are trying to make a point, Elm, but I have never claimed to be smarter than anyone else. I simply claim to follow the data, and in 2009, those were the data. Of course, the data have changed, but they still speak strongly against what the High Priests of Science claim. They show that there are no catastrophic effects from the warming (which, once again, is probably mostly natural), contrary to what the High Priests of Science want you to believe.
so, if I am to read your post correctly, what you’re saying is that all the climate predictions that have been made by the “high priests of science” (both quoted by Dr. Wile, and the MANY MANY others not quoted here) are still basically right? I was born in the night, but it wasn’t last night. You givin’ all these clowns a “pass”?
Dr Wile did, in fact, state “And then, of course, there is sea level. Sea levels have been rising steadily since the mid 1800s, because that is when the earth started recovering from The Little Ice Age, a time when the earth was unusually cold. Despite the fact that at least a large portion of the rise in sea levels seems to be a result of natural fluctuations in the earth’s temperature, the High Priests of Science have predicted that climate change will accelerate it….”
So you’re saying the trend is upward, per the quote above, Dr. Wile stated as much, and that the trend is normal based on a previous cooling of the planet, and he has constantly noted that whatever “trend” you point out, is not NEARLY as drastic as the author would have you believe (in previous posts)…… so the bottom line is, and I’m obviously not as smart as you, ‘cos Observation of what’s going on around me in conjunction with ALL of the failed predictions just isn’t enough these days :), your “trend” comment to continually support the “doom” of climate change doesn’t really hold water (Ha! pun intended), UNLESS of course you look at data within a short term period, and that data is in a vacuum (which is obviously where you stand). But if I look at the “long game”, what I see are ALL the failed predictions, and not only FAILED predictions, but outright lies, and ACTUAL improvement in many of these areas……ie, the ozone layer? remember that one? I’m over 50 yrs old, I’ve forgotten more of these “predictions” than many people have even bothered to study……so, the onus is on you here. Convince me that I’m wrong. Regale me with whatever you’ve got and tell me about “trends”….. ‘cos in my time here on this planet, I’m simply seeing alot of lies, hyperbole, and misdirection….. “indeed”
Lol, I’m not sure what the main point of your comment is but I’m not going to try to convince you you are wrong.
The point of my comment was to hit back at the snarky and arrogant tone in Wile’s post not to prove ACC is happening. As for the long term trends, I was trying to zoom the focus out from the couple year period Wile was talking about in the post I linked and look at the past century, and now you are zooming the focus out to include the ice ages and other warmer periods of earths history. Fine, but maybe you should consider no only the temperature but also the rate of increase. No to mention all the other variables that climatologists take into consideration when making climate models. Maybe you should go look at there evidence instead of “observing what’s going on around you” to try to figure out a *global* phenomena.
Also nice try shifting the burden of proof BTW.
Those who want to claim that ACC is real and requires action are most certainly the ones who bear the burden of proof. We know that global temperatures have changed throughout history, and the warming we see now is not at all unusual, since the data show that the Medieval warm period and the Roman warm period were warmer than it is today. Thus, you must show why this time in history is so special, despite the fact that the data say it is not.
And they never retract!!??&%$
Do scientist need to be honest?…well YES.
A LOST OF MORAL CAPITAL IS EVIDENT IN ALL AREAS OF OUR
SOCIAL FABRIC, INCLUDIND SCIENCE.
WHAT TO DO???