Cato Boy Richard Lindzen

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lindzen#Climate_sensitivity


Contrary to the IPCC's assessment, Lindzen said that climate models are inadequate. Despite accepted errors in their models, e.g., treatment of clouds, modelers still thought their climate predictions were valid.[50] Lindzen has stated that due to the non-linear effects of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, CO2 levels are now around 30% higher than pre-industrial levels but temperatures have responded by about 75% 0.6*°C (1.08*°F) of the expected value for a doubling of CO2. The IPCC (2007) estimates that the expected rise in temperature due to a doubling of CO2 to be about 3*°C (5.4*°F), ± 1.5°. Lindzen has given estimates of the Earth's climate sensitivity to be 0.5*°C based on ERBE data.[51] These estimates were criticized by Kevin E. Trenberth and others,[52] and Lindzen accepted that his paper included "some stupid mistakes". When interviewed, he said "It was just embarrassing", and added that "The technical details of satellite measurements are really sort of grotesque." Lindzen and Choi revised their paper and submitted it to PNAS.[53] The four reviewers of the paper, two of whom had been selected by Lindzen, strongly criticized the paper and PNAS rejected it for publication.[54] Lindzen and Choi then succeeded in getting a little known Korean journal to publish it as a 2011 paper.[53][55] Andrew Dessler published a paper which found errors in Lindzen and Choi 2011, and concluded that the observations it had presented "are not in fundamental disagreement with mainstream climate models, nor do they provide evidence that clouds are causing climate change. Suggestions that significant revisions to mainstream climate science are required are therefore not supported
 
Andrew Dessler published a paper which found errors in Lindzen and Choi 2011, and concluded that the observations it had presented "are not in


fundamental disagreement with mainstream climate models, nor do they provide evidence that clouds are causing climate change. Suggestions


that significant revisions to mainstream climate science are required are therefore not supported
 
Cato Institute[edit]
In an announcement on December 27, 2013, the Cato Institute said that at Cato, Lindzen's focus would be on "the interaction between science and policymakers" and that he would study "whether the move from largely private funding to public support has introduced biases into science and the public policies informed by science."[12]


yeah because corporations are so honest huh idiots
 
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CATO is cited here, to boost the prestige, the credibility of the contrarian?

The literature I've read indicates, in many if not most examples, the climate predictions have been exceeded:
- sea level rise faster than predicted
- global mean temp. increasing faster than predicted
- severe storms and floods occurring more than predicted
- etc.

Lindzen can say anything he likes. But I have confidence in peer review. I consider anthropogenic climate change a scientific consensus. And if not, where's the harm?

Do the risk to benefit calculation yourself.
I'd rather suffer the penalty of inexhaustible renewable energy, than the inconvenience of the termination of human life on Earth.

But that's just me.
 
Cato Institute[edit]
In an announcement on December 27, 2013, the Cato Institute said that at Cato, Lindzen's focus would be on "the interaction between science and policymakers" and that he would study "whether the move from largely private funding to public support has introduced biases into science and the public policies informed by science."[12]


yeah because corporations are so honest huh idiots




the libertarian claim of CATO


that the entire sceintific field is EVIL because they are not paid by CORPORATIONS


fucking insanity
 
they dont want to government to control anything

they seek to LIMIT the power people have in this democracy
 
"the libertarian claim of CATO
that the entire sceintific field is EVIL because they are not paid by CORPORATIONS"

&

"they dont want to government to control anything
they seek to LIMIT the power people have in this democracy" e #9 & 10
I have no idea where you've gotten this cocky-pop from. It's stupendous drivel.

Libertarianism is about expanding the Liberty of individuals. You have it exactly backward.
 
I have no idea where you've gotten this cocky-pop from. It's stupendous drivel.

Libertarianism is about expanding the Liberty of individuals. You have it exactly backward.

Holy crap Batman, the woman is effing insane. What else do you need to know?
 
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