Professor Anthony Watts has betrayed the denialist cause this week by raising undue alarmist fears concerning man-made climate change. Talking on the subject of human modification of the climate on his blog, Professor Watt's announced:
"it’s batshit crazy and a powder-keg for priming a global explosion of the law of unintended consequences."
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Please someone tell Professor Watts to calm down! We all know the burden of proof is on scientists to prove harm. The only evidence presented that human alteration of the radiative properties of the climate will cause any problems is climate models (aka computer games) and speculation. I am sure Professor Watts would be the first to recognize that these aren't sufficient grounds to argue that we must take action to prevent such human interference.
Professor Watts use of the word "powder-keg" is deeply alarmist and implies that the atmosphere may explode. This is ridiculous, I do not appreciate his chicken-littlism on this subject by appealing to "unintended consequences" either. If unintended consequences were cause to avert an action we wouldn't get out of bed in the morning!
Professor Watt's seems like a strong man. He can probably lift weights and I bet he always uses his real name online. So why is he seemingly so scared by a little atmospheric fiddling by man? Watts up with that?
It may be that he simply slipped up, and in his zeal to attack an IPCC proposal he forgot the number #1 rule of climate denial which is to maintain denial of the risks of human influence on climate at all times. If that's the case I wonder if he's fit to be running the world's #1 blog. He must be approaching retirement age anyway. Maybe it's time for my blog to take over the reigns. I can't remember ever accidentally admitting there was a risk from human influence on climate.
I have to stop typing now, but hopefully Judith Curry can pick the "should Dr Watts retire" ball up and string it along for a few more weeks.
From our used-to-be favourite blog (until turncoat Professor Watts said the US temperature record was accurate): Reflective aerosols would be sent into space under a series of radical “geo-engineering” measures being considered by the UN climate science body to tackle climate change...
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this comment in response from the mad monk Disputin: "Ever calculated the tonnage of aluminium to make the mirrors, and the launch capacity (about ten tons per launch) required to get them up there?"
Yep, aluminium aerosols should do the trick.
"Unintended Consequences..." Fright-mongering at its best. Reminds me of Donald Rumsfeld's "Unknown unknowns". But we should embrace Unintended Consequences. They are like the lottery or a trip to a casino. The fact that you can't be 117% certain of how something will turn out - that adds excitement to life. So go ahead and take action. Maybe things will turn out OK. Or maybe mold will grow on everything, giant rats will breed in the underground tunnels, or some shrill eco-feminist will whine about the radioactive hot spots. We must forge ahead to conquer our lofty goals!!
ReplyDeleteBut not to "fix" the weather the way a veteran fixes a cat or dog. The real reason that the UN One_World Government's™ pet star chamber (the IP-CCCP) is promoting solar reflectors on every NASCAR ball cap and two-bit chicken shack is to create winning conditions for the next ICE AGE!!! When you combine this scheme with the decline in sunspots, a couple of strategically timed volcanic eruptions and hyper-reflective airplane chemtrails (pictured above), you end up with galloping mile-thick ice sheets - the perfect crisis that can be exploited for decades. Nothing "Unintended" about those "Consequences" in my well-informed opinion.
Praise Cthulu!
This "crazy batshit" intrigues me. Any idea where I can get some?
ReplyDeletethis 'law of unintended consequences' I've never heard before, could you inform me what it comprises? is this a possibility to raise the fees in banks and do the insurances get effected by this law? or even more, does this law prohibit the windmills on my backyard, and the solar panels on my neighborghs' white houses roof?
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ReplyDeleteActually, I too have been concerned for some time that Prof Watts has been going emiticus.
I think it started when the surface stations project was nearing its end. Suddenly, gone were the bright burning certainties of the in-your-face fraud of putting climate data collection centres beside blast furnaces and in the path of jet engines and heat exchangers. In came so0called sober consideration in its stead.
Dr. Watts could have had it all - the towering intellect, the new media savvyness, if not the inventor certainly the populariser of blogscience and let's not forget, possibly the greatest sex symbol in the field of climatologyness with that 'tache. But sadly, he's blowing it all.
In many ways it's really a modern fairy tale of a good man being corrupted, ruined and brought down by allowing his better judgment to become clouded by facts and science.
I pray this isn't the end of the road for Prof. Watts, but it seems that now only the good Lord of Monkton is prepared to call a climate "scientist" a nazi these days. Although I expect the panty wearing politically correct brigade will jump on him for that, just as they have tried to on anybody sending joke death and rape threats and comedy letters full of excrement to climate "scientists" recently.
What happens to Dt Watts happens to everyone who do not have the iron will and temperate of the incorruptible, like me. His story plays throughout time, where the young (and no doubt attractive), idealistic anti-hero tries to take on the establishment. Almost always they become corrupted in their noble cause and only replace what was before with the same thing.
ReplyDeleteLuckily blog science offers a way out of this trap and Inferno, you can carry the torch of true knowledge.
Bah, man is so tiny compared to God's Earth that we can't affect the climate no matter what we do. I thought this was an axiom among the Blog Science community.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't matter whether it is phony CO2, wasteful geo-engineering attempts, or nuking all the commies worldwide. All of those combined can't change the climate; God wouldn't allow it. DUH!!!!!
You are mistaken dr. Inferno. The one lifting weights is the other one: Joe Bastardi, who was silenced by the IPCC by forcing AccuWeather to fire him.
ReplyDeleteIf the IPCC did force Accuweather to fire Joe Bastardi, what kind of oppressive censorship are you supporting. Shut them all up, right? Is your name Lysenko?
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