Rick writes: Compassion is also what we were born to do. I happen to believe that a compassionate response to the suffering of others reflects a higher level of human development than indifference excused by some philosophical rationalization.
...but your compassion for the poorest of the poor -- those who are and will continue to suffer because of global warming alarmist philosophy -- stops at their door. --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of wle...@... > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Dieing is beautiful Rick we have all done it & > come again > > > > Dyeing is what we were born to do Rick part of evolution here & all over the > Univ. Enjoy it now or next times > <http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201d201a5/12> > > Compassion is also what we were born to do. I happen to believe that a > compassionate response to the suffering of others reflects a higher level of > human development than indifference excused by some philosophical > rationalization. > > > > > In a message dated 2/14/2010 6:47:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > r...@... writes: > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The jig is up! Phil Jones confesses! > > > You really do want 10s of millions of people to die from this global warming > thing, don't you, Rick? > They will die if nothing is done. > > Why are you so attached to such tenuous science? > I am not a scientist, and neither are you, but unless the 97% of > climatologists who support AGW are corrupt, the science is not tenuous. > Isn't it a hint to you that governments are behind the funding of all the > research that shows there to be global warming? > Governments fund most cancer research too. Is that also suspect? What do > governments have to gain from this? > And questionable politicians such as Al Gore? > I don't find him questionable. Good guy IMO. > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > Quite the opposite: > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/24/climate-professor-leaked-e > > mails-uea > > > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> ] > > On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk > > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:04 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] The jig is up! Phil Jones confesses! > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/ygwbn7v > > > > Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no > > global warming since 1995 > > > > By > > <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y > <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Jonathan+Petre> > &authornamef=Jonathan+Petre> > > Jonathan Petre > > Last updated at 5:12 PM on 14th February 2010 > > > > * Data for vital 'hockey stick graph' has gone missing > > * There has been no global warming since 1995 > > * Warming periods have happened before - but NOT due to man-made > > changes > > Professor Phil Jones > > > <http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/13/article-1250872-0845A9BA000005DC- > > 871_233x377.jpg> > > Data: Professor Phil Jones admitted his record keeping is 'not as good as > it > > should be' > > The academic at the centre of the `Climategate' affair, whose raw data is > > crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble > > `keeping track' of the information. > > Colleagues say that the reason Professor Phil Jones has refused Freedom of > > Information requests is that he may have actually lost the relevant > papers. > > Professor Jones told the BBC yesterday there was truth in the observations > > of colleagues that he lacked organisational skills, that his office was > > swamped with piles of paper and that his record keeping is `not as good as > > it should be'. > > The data is crucial to the famous `hockey stick graph' used by climate > > change advocates to support the theory. > > Professor Jones also conceded the possibility that the world was warmer in > > medieval times than now - suggesting global warming may not be a man-made > > phenomenon. > > And he said that for the past 15 years there has been no `statistically > > significant' warming. > > The admissions will be seized on by sceptics as fresh evidence that there > > are serious flaws at the heart of the science of climate change and the > > orthodoxy that recent rises in temperature are largely man-made. > > Professor Jones has been in the spotlight since he stepped down as > director > > of the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit after the > leaking > > of emails that sceptics claim show scientists were manipulating data. > > The raw data, collected from hundreds of weather stations around the world > > and analysed by his unit, has been used for years to bolster efforts by > the > > United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to press > > governments to cut carbon dioxide emissions. > > > > > > More... > > > > * > > > <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1250813/The-professor-s-amazing-c > > limate-change-retreat.html> MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: The professor's > amazing > > climate change retreat > > Following the leak of the emails, Professor Jones has been accused of > > `scientific fraud' for allegedly deliberately suppressing information and > > refusing to share vital data with critics. > > Discussing the interview, the BBC's environmental analyst Roger Harrabin > > said he had spoken to colleagues of Professor Jones who had told him that > > his strengths included integrity and doggedness but not record-keeping and > > office tidying. > > Mr Harrabin, who conducted the interview for the BBC's website, said the > > professor had been collating tens of thousands of pieces of data from > around > > the world to produce a coherent record of temperature change. > > That material has been used to produce the `hockey stick graph' which is > > relatively flat for centuries before rising steeply in recent decades. > > According to Mr Harrabin, colleagues of Professor Jones said `his office > is > > piled high with paper, fragments from over the years, tens of thousands of > > pieces of paper, and they suspect what happened was he took in the raw > data > > to a central database and then let the pieces of paper go because he never > > realised that 20 years later he would be held to account over them'. > > Asked by Mr Harrabin about these issues, Professor Jones admitted the lack > > of organisation in the system had contributed to his reluctance to share > > data with critics, which he regretted. > > > > > <http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/13/article-1250872-0847D53D000005DC- > > 535_468x295_popup.jpg> Enlarge Chart > > > > But he denied he had cheated over the data or unfairly influenced the > > scientific process, and said he still believed recent temperature rises > were > > predominantly man-made. > > Asked about whether he lost track of data, Professor Jones said: `There is > > some truth in that. We do have a trail of where the weather stations have > > come from but it's probably not as good as it should be. > > `There's a continual updating of the dataset. Keeping track of everything > is > > difficult. Some countries will do lots of checking on their data then > issue > > improved data, so it can be very difficult. We have improved but we have > to > > improve more.' > > He also agreed that there had been two periods which experienced similar > > warming, from 1910 to 1940 and from 1975 to 1998, but said these could be > > explained by natural phenomena whereas more recent warming could not. > > He further admitted that in the last 15 years there had been no > > `statistically significant' warming, although he argued this was a blip > > rather than the long-term trend. > > And he said that the debate over whether the world could have been even > > warmer than now during the medieval period, when there is evidence of high > > temperatures in northern countries, was far from settled. > > Sceptics believe there is strong evidence that the world was warmer > between > > about 800 and 1300 AD than now because of evidence of high temperatures in > > northern countries. > > But climate change advocates have dismissed this as false or only applying > > to the northern part of the world. > > Professor Jones departed from this consensus when he said: `There is much > > debate over whether the Medieval Warm Period was global in extent or not. > > The MWP is most clearly expressed in parts of North America, the North > > Atlantic and Europe and parts of Asia. > > `For it to be global in extent, the MWP would need to be seen clearly in > > more records from the tropical regions and the Southern hemisphere. There > > are very few palaeoclimatic records for these latter two regions. > > `Of course, if the MWP was shown to be global in extent and as warm or > > warmer than today, then obviously the late 20th Century warmth would not > be > > unprecedented. On the other hand, if the MWP was global, but was less warm > > than today, then the current warmth would be unprecedented.' > > Sceptics said this was the first time a senior scientist working with the > > IPCC had admitted to the possibility that the Medieval Warming Period > could > > have been global, and therefore the world could have been hotter then than > > now. > > Professor Jones criticised those who complained he had not shared his data > > with them, saying they could always collate their own from publicly > > available material in the US. And he said the climate had not cooled > `until > > recently - and then barely at all. The trend is a warming trend'. > > Mr Harrabin told Radio 4's Today programme that, despite the > controversies, > > there still appeared to be no fundamental flaws in the majority scientific > > view that climate change was largely man-made. > > But Dr Benny Pieser, director of the sceptical Global Warming Policy > > Foundation, said Professor Jones's `excuses' for his failure to share data > > were hollow as he had shared it with colleagues and `mates'. > > He said that until all the data was released, sceptics could not test it > to > > see if it supported the conclusions claimed by climate change advocates. > > He added that the professor's concessions over medieval warming were > > `significant' because they were his first public admission that the > science > > was not settled. > > > > > > Read more: > > > <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250872/Climategate-U-turn-Astonish > > > ment-scientist-centre-global-warming-email-row-admits-data-organised.html?IT > > O=1490#ixzz0fYQdHR1C> > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250872/Climategate-U-turn-Astonishm > > > ent-scientist-centre-global-warming-email-row-admits-data-organised.html?ITO > > =1490#ixzz0fYQdHR1C > > >
