The Primary Driver Of Climate


Apparently we have forgotten a lot. We knew more a hundred years ago it would seem. I have been working on this aspect for almost a decade now and I agree this is more right than any of the believers at NOAA, NASA as well as the British counter parts and the IPCC.

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The Cause Of An Ice Age

It has been known for over 110 years that the primary driver of climate on Earth is variations in the planet’s orbit and rotation. Because the Earth’s orbit is elliptical, some seasons are longer than others. Depending on which way the planet’s axis is tilted at any given time, this can either mean either long summers, or long winters.

Precession of the Earth’s axis over time produces alternating cold and warm periods, and opposite in the opposite hemispheres.

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Long before climate science went completely brain dead under the stewardship of James Hansen, this was well understood, and was also understood to be the cause of the MWP – which the Climategate criminals  have since tried to erase.

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31 Jan 1903 – CLIMATE AND HISTORY.

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Geothermal Heat “Key Factor” In Melting Thwaites Glacier


Hey they found the missing global warming heat — its under the glacier!

Visualizing The Spectacular Stupidity Of The New York Times


Maybe the moon is going to move closer to the earth because of all the CO2 in the atmosphere?

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While levels worldwide are expected to rise an average of two to three feet by 2100, they could surge more than six feet along the Atlantic seaboard. The study named Boston, New York, and Norfolk, Va., as the three most vulnerable metropolitan areas.

Rising Seas – NYTimes.com

Fortunately, Manhattan has had a tide gauge for the past 150 years. which shows a small linear rise in sea level, due almost entirely to land subsidence. There has been no acceleration as CO2 has risen, indicating no correlation.

The graph below plots the New York Times prediction in red, and the measured data in blue. It gives a good indication of the mindless stupidity going on at the New York Times.

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Data and Station Information for NEW YORK ( THE BATTERY)

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Analysis: energy storage cannot solve the problem of intermittency of wind or solar power


Its not hard to run the numbers and find that this is true — i spend the time and did this a number of years ago it wind and solar just do not work.

Tampering With Climate Data Is Not A New Problem


But it’s OK if NOAA does it!

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In 1907, the US Weather Bureau discussed tampering with meteorological data.

They described it as a crime, and said that it was up to the “independent press” (i.e. bloggers) to repress all “cheats and hoaxes” and  “defend the truth and the best interests of the whole nation as against the self-interest of a few”

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Certain Facts About The Scientific Incompetence Of NASA Are Not In Dispute


What else can you say … 😦

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From The NASA web site

Certain facts about Earth’s climate are not in dispute:

The heat-trapping nature of carbon dioxide and other gases was demonstrated in the mid-19th century.2Their ability to affect the transfer of infrared energy through the atmosphere is the scientific basis of many instruments flown by NASA. Increased levels of greenhouse gases must cause the Earth to warm in response.

This is complete nonsense. If the absorption of relevant wavelengths is already saturated, there is no mechanism for the Earth to warm in response to “increased levels of greenhouse gases”

Ice cores drawn from Greenland, Antarctica, and tropical mountain glaciers show that the Earth’s climate responds to changes in solar output, in the Earth’s orbit, and in greenhouse gas levels. They also show that in the past, large changes in climate have happened very quickly, geologically-speaking: in tens of years, not in millions or…

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Understanding The Scientific View Of Climate Sensitivity


The horse seems confused he just doesn’t understand the new math!

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Global temperature shows no correlation with CO2, so scientists make up some crap about heat hiding in the Pacific Atlantic Ocean

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What is completely clear in paleo data, is that the cart is pulling the horse – and the horse closely follows the movement of the cart about 800 years later.

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‘Missing heat’ in the Atlantic – It doesn’t work like that


The problem the believes have is not only that temperatures have not gone up but if the heat was to go deep it would first have to be hotter at the surface; otherwise the heat would have to jump over the surface to get to the deeper layers.

Icelandic Bárðarbunga volcanic eruption begins


If it erupts it will be because of climate change and that will be the reason the year 2014 will be colder than it should have been.

More Harsh Winters Could Spell Disaster For The Electrical Grid


And with reduced generation capacity thanks to the EPA there is less reserve capacity in the GRID now. After all with global warming we don’t need heat in the winter any more!