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Nature's sharp corrections: Global Warming

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We treat the ocean and most of our fresh waterways as open sewers.
We are more creative over here. We dumped our industrial waste into the rivers which run into the sea. We also dumped industrial waste into the harbors, you can fish but you can't eat what you catch. We clever monkeys.
 
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China, India, and the USA, produce 50% of the total CO2 emissions. The rest of the world produces the other 50% of the emissions. So while we point the finger at the three largest emitters, the rest of us can keep emitting more CO2 every year.

We need to put more and more pressure on those three largest emitters!
 
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Sorry but to suggest Duncan Steel is not aware of stratospheric cooling is absurd - you clearly don't know him.
I suggest you go back and read your previous posts.
You presented a link as evidence of Steel being aware of stratospheric cooling, yet the link and Steel’s expanded version which I supplied doesn’t even refer to the word stratosphere let alone the subject of stratospheric cooling.

You have been caught out making up stories.


This piece of codswallop is nothing more than a tired old attack on expertise by equating it with elitism.
If you think astrophysicists and climate scientists can play interchangeable roles then you clearly come from some alternate Universe.
The Steel links are a perfect example of an astrophysicist (if that is what he actually is) being clearly out of his depth when it comes to climate science matters.

You don’t know what you are talking about there is not a shred of maths in either paper.
I’ve already pointed out a serious flaw in both papers, failure to consider stratospheric cooling.
No expert or someone even reasonably familiar with climate change science would make such a glaring omission.

In case you didn’t know according to your link Steel’s paper comes from the “The Global Warning Policy Forum” which according to The Independent in 2014 is "the UK's most prominent source of climate-change denial".
It's not surprising in an echo chamber no one has picked up any flaws in Steel's paper; in a recognized peer reviewed science journal it would not be good enough to publish.
 
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'Climate science' is a broad umbrella. It covers many disciplines, with scientists from many different backgrounds and skill sets. Here are some notable ones.

List of climate scientists - Wikipedia

 
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If you think astrophysicists and climate scientists can play interchangeable roles then you clearly come from some alternate Universe

That is exactly what I am not saying.

I find your accusative attitude disturbing.
 
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It's not surprising in an echo chamber no one has picked up any flaws in Steel's paper; in a recognized peer reviewed science journal it would not be good enough to publish.

Well I will leave you to insult Duncan Steel - that is a lot easier than respond to what he has presented.
 
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Yes I note how opinions are being sited as 'socially dangerous' as freedom of speech is being challenged.
There used to be robust debate - now we close down who dares to disagree...
Have I, or anyone else, prevented you from expressing your views? No. So please don't cry wolf when there isn't even a poodle in the vicinity.
If you wish a more robust debate you might finally address my request to provide a link to the paper. Had you taken care of that we could be discussing the paper instead of your attempt to deflect the discussion to freedom of speech.
 
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Of course not... I was talking about social decay not our interaction.

I posted a link to the paper (unless I unwhitingly made a mistake) no one complained that they couldn't read it but I will recheck thanks...
 
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Of course not... I was talking about social decay not our interaction.

I posted a link to the paper (unless I unwhitingly made a mistake) no one complained that they couldn't read it but I will recheck thanks...
Point me to the post number if possible.
 
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In case you didn’t know according to your link Steel’s paper comes from the “The Global Warning Policy Forum” which according to The Independent in 2014 is "the UK's most prominent source of climate-change denial".

While they may have grabbed onto it - Prof. Steel does not deny global warming is occurring.
 
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“This star, our own good earth, made many a successful journey around the heavens ere human being were made, and whole realms of creatures enjoyed existence and returned to dust ere humans appeared to claim them.
After human beings have played their part in creation’s plan, they may also disappear without any general burning or extraordinary commotion whatever.”

-- John Muir, 1916

As I look around at how badly we have desecrated this planet, I don't have to jump far to wonder if we are some of the last generations.
 
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Nonsense I did no such thing... there must have been some misunderstanding.

As much as this thread has gone pair shaped you need to held be accountable for your posts.
This is what you stated.
Sorry but to suggest Duncan Steel is not aware of stratospheric cooling is absurd - you clearly don't know him.

If I didn’t know better the implication behind this remark is you know Duncan Steel and have first hand knowledge he is aware of stratosphere cooling.
Since this is clearly 100% baloney and your link contradicts Steel having any knowledge of stratospheric cooling the question arises how do you know Steel is aware of stratospheric cooling?

There is only one possible conclusion; you don’t know whether Steel is aware or not while Steel himself is clearly oblivious of stratospheric cooling as it destroys his argument in downplaying the effects of AGW.
Making things up to make a point is an exercise in dishonesty.
Q.E.D.

I find your accusative attitude disturbing.


Well I will leave you to insult Duncan Steel - that is a lot easier than respond to what he has presented.

Victim role playing and falsely accusing me of insulting Duncan Steel is not only dishonest but an ad hom attack.
A reviewer wouldn’t even bother to read either of Steel’s papers as it fails to meet the basic standards of supplying references, test results etc.
My response to his presentations were clearly made in post#33 including the link which is an update on the 1967 paper and in subsequent posts.
Clearly all of this has gone way over your head and thinking I’m insulting Steel instead is so ridiculously absurd.

While they may have grabbed onto it - Prof. Steel does not deny global warming is occurring.

Isn’t ironical Steel’s paper turns up climate change denial website.
 
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Wrong again...

You said "Steel himself is clearly oblivious of stratospheric cooling as it destroys his argument in downplaying the effects of AGW."

Read the paper - Steel does not downplay AGW, He just presents other effects that are a more prime driver...
 
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Amuse me.
Give me a step by step argument how downplaying AGW leads to the conclusion of an awareness of stratospheric cooling.
The use of flowcharts and/or truth tables are acceptable.
 
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Here is the journal copy:

http://journalofcosmology.com/JOC22/Steel_PPPIGW.pdf

This is in Wickramasinghe's "Journal of Cosmology"

Climate science isn't Cosmology.
Orbital motions and dynamics (the purported driver mentioned in the earlier post) isn't cosmology.

This is frankly a questionable journal and ADS no longer indexes it. (It also has the worst Journal website I've ever seen, not just current websites old ones too.)
 
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Thanks for link.
Maybe the journal should be renamed "Journal of Cosmology and the Kitchen Sink" given the relevance the paper has in cosmology.
 
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