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By Breaker (Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 08:02:50 AM EST) (all tags)

It's either one hell of a hoax or some scientists are going to be seeking new sinecures pretty soon.

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Attn: Climate Change Fetishist Infidels! | 27 comments (27 topical, 0 hidden)

Oh great by codemonkey uk (2.00 / 0) #1 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 08:40:38 AM EST

Hoax or not, relevant or not, this is going to be waved in the face of every serious discussion of climate change, for the next twenty years.

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More than likely. by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #2 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 08:52:45 AM EST

I don't know how it will be proved or disproved though.

One thing I can't get my head around is whose hand is out for the money.

Always, follow the money.

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It's a pretty serious allegation by nebbish (4.00 / 2) #3 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 08:59:37 AM EST

So should become part of the wider debate soon, upon which we can get some more information. I don't really know what to make of it at present.

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Yeah by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #8 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 09:25:31 AM EST

Don't think anyone in the MSM has picked it up yet though.

Things could get interesting.

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NY Times has it up by lm (2.00 / 0) #19 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 08:05:13 PM EST

Hacked E-Mails Fuel Climate Change Skeptics

The smoking gun looks more like a tempest in a tea pot to me.

Kindness is an act of rebellion.

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: They need fuel? by Merekat (4.00 / 2) #24 Sat Nov 21, 2009 at 07:49:12 AM EST

Looks to me like they can run on close to nothing.

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For those who can't be bothered to click through by TheophileEscargot (4.00 / 4) #4 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 09:08:22 AM EST

Amongst the hacked data is a 1999 email mentioning "adding the real temps to each series for the last 20 years" .

This was in the context of a temperature graph of proxy data (e.g from ice cores or tree rings) which didn't include the last 20 years, so they added instrumental data to the end of the series.

:owever, the climate change deniers have decided it really means adding to the temperature numbers themselves as part of a conspiracy to fake the figures, which is what they think is "explosive"
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: (Comment Deleted) by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #7 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 09:24:29 AM EST

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Thanks for the clarification by gazbo (4.00 / 1) #6 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 09:23:19 AM EST

I was trying to figure out what they meant by that (rather than just taking a ridiculous guess to suit their fantasies, which is what the comments on the article seem to do.

What did the "decline" refer to though? If it were just a lack of data then that's strange terminology?

I recommend always assuming 7th normal form where items in a text column are not allowed to rhyme.

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Well done by nebbish (2.00 / 0) #9 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 09:27:44 AM EST

Must. Stop. Skim. Reading

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Sinecure by ambrosen (4.00 / 1) #10 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 09:45:50 AM EST

That's an interesting word to use. Care to explain why you used it. It looks as if they're people with jobs to me. Probably temporary jobs that run from grant to grant.

Largely by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #11 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 10:04:33 AM EST

Because if they are discredited as scientists, no real research agency will want them.

So the only work available would be figurehead postings where doing real science isn't required.

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You implied they already have sinecures by darkbrown (2.00 / 0) #12 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 11:02:40 AM EST

When you said "some scientists are going to be seeking new sinecures pretty soon."

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: No. by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #25 Sat Nov 21, 2009 at 03:26:28 PM EST

You thought I implied that.

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I don't believe you. by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #13 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 12:03:02 PM EST

I thought it was just more of your "everyone else is an idiot" polemic.

Matched with some of the old "if you want to work in the public (or semi-public) sector, then you must be a corrupt grafter" polemic.

And it pissed me off.

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: Then don't! by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #26 Sat Nov 21, 2009 at 03:29:38 PM EST

You've asked what I meant, I've explained what I meant.
If that doesn't fit in with your expectation then I'm sorry.

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Research agencies know where the money is. by NoMoreNicksLeft (2.00 / 0) #18 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 06:35:35 PM EST

And if fake scientists bring it in, they'll hire those over real scientists any day.

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take for what it's worth by lolwhat (4.00 / 0) #14 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 02:22:28 PM EST

http://market-ticker.org/archives/1648-Global-Warming-SCAM-HackLeak-FLASH.html

Apparently - if this is to be believed - some attempts have been made to prevent certain info from getting released in response to FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) requests. This could include intentional destruction of correspondence. Why would that need to be done - if it were indeed done, that is?

"OMG conspiracy theorist!" Whatever.
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As soon as I found out about the Al gore by Dewey Wang (4.00 / 0) #20 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 08:08:09 PM EST

Enron connection with this co2 market it's pretty clear it's another 'scarcity' scam.

It's just more taxes to make us more & more poor... Are we serfs already?

Will people stand around while they charge us for a trace gas?

0.8% of the atmosphere is CO2. Carbon is VITAL TO LIFE.

The whole thing is a sham.

You'll never see the CO2 people taking action for real environmental disasters. In Tennessee there was a coal slurry spill, WORSE then the Valdez disaster.

I'm sure you've never heard of it, because nobody is reporting it.

Hoax or no by ucblockhead (2.00 / 0) #21 Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 11:22:24 PM EST

...the arctic ice extent (and the coming Northwest passage) is a bit more compelling...
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My questions are: by lolwhat (2.00 / 0) #22 Sat Nov 21, 2009 at 04:20:14 AM EST

How much of that (and other supposed climate changes) is being caused by us, the human race, and how much of it is caused by natural forces? Would even a complete cessation of CO2-producing human activities stop it? Is CO2 even the major greenhouse gas? Are cap-and-trade and other political "solutions" worth experimenting with - keeping in mind that it directly benefits the usual winners (Goldman Sachs), while hurting those of us who actually contribute to the economy, all on the mere chance that a global climate catastrophe would be inevitable otherwise? Why should we undertake these changes, when rather substantial doubt exists as to the verity and verifiability of large amounts of data on which many influential climate studies were based? Why should we listen to people like Al Gore, when he says that the Earth's core has a temperature of a few million degrees? Why should we listen to people like Dr. Tim Mitchell, whose name comes up in the exposé, and who may have allowed his religion (evangelical Christianity) to influence his very strong views on climate change?
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If cigarette packs are required to have pictures of diseased lungs, college brochures should be required to have photos of grads working at Starbucks.

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: Re: Tim Mitchell by lolwhat (2.00 / 0) #23 Sat Nov 21, 2009 at 04:23:21 AM EST

I should have said, "Why should we listen to people like Dr. Tim Mitchell, whose name comes up in the exposé, and who may have allowed his religious (evangelical Christian) views to influence his climate change analyses?"
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If cigarette packs are required to have pictures of diseased lungs, college brochures should be required to have photos of grads working at Starbucks.
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: SuperFreakonomics by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #28 Sat Nov 21, 2009 at 03:40:22 PM EST

Has some interesting takes on global warming. Some scientists reckon that faking a few volcanos is enough to halt a global warming trend.
IIRC they think it'd cost ~100million USD.

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Do you mean by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #27 Sat Nov 21, 2009 at 03:38:33 PM EST

[This one?

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: No by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #29 Sat Nov 21, 2009 at 04:21:44 PM EST

I mean the Northwest Passage.
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The antarctic ice sheet is /losing/ mass by lm (4.00 / 1) #31 Sun Nov 22, 2009 at 09:13:23 PM EST

From the Beeb:

The Grace measurements suggest there was no net ice loss between 2002 and 2006. . . . But since then, East Antarctica has been losing 57 billion tonnes (Gt) per year. . . . The loss still looks small by contrast with West Antarctica, which is losing 132Gt per year.

But to be honest, I think this story about antarctic ice is far more interesting. But I'm perverse like that.

Kindness is an act of rebellion.

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