As representatives of 192 nations prepare to gather in Copenhagen for a UN Climate Change Conference, the theory of man-made climate change appears to be on the verge of collapsing under the weight of revelations of alleged data-manipulation or even fraud. These developments have largely been avoided by the herd of reporters, with the ‘mainstream’ media feeding the people hourly updates on allegations of a golfer’s marital infidelity. (A superb evaluation of the media’s Climate-gate Avoidance Syndrome leading into the weekend may be seen here.) But why isn’t Al Gore’s sudden cancellation of what would appear to be an extremely lucrative speaking engagement in Copenhagen getting the type of attention being lavished on Tiger Woods’ apparent efforts to avoid the press?

Developments in the Climate-gate scandal demonstrate that the problems are not limited to the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia — though that scandal would be significant enough on its own, given the CRU importance in efforts to substantiate the theory of anthropogenic climate change. NASA is also alleged to be engaged in foot-dragging when it comes to releasing that agency’s data regarding climate change and what began as a Freedom of Information Act request may turn into a lawsuit in an effort to get the space agency to produce the requested data.

Now there are allegations of fraud concerning evidence of global warming in New Zealand. Once again, the controversy surrounds accusations of scientists having ‘massaged’ the data. The National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) defends its analysis, but the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition responded by protesting that what is still needed is for the original data to be released for independent verification noting, in part:

Wratt is refusing to release data his organisation [i.e., NIWA] claims to have justifying adjustments on other weather stations, meaning the science cannot be reviewed. However, he has released information relating to Wellington temperature readings, and they make for interesting reading.

Here's the rub. Up until 1927, temperatures for Wellington had been taken at Thorndon, only 3 m above sea level and an inner-city suburb. That station closed and, as I suspected in my earlier post, there is no overlap data allowing a comparison between Thorndon and Kelburn, where the gauge moved, at an altitude of 135 metres.

With no overlap of continuous temperature readings from both sites, there is no way to truly know how temperatures should be properly adjusted to compensate for the location shift.

A researcher has observed that the Kelburn monitoring station is within a few meters of an asphalt parking lot, which could also have a quite dramatic effect on the recorded temperatures.

An article at Spectator.co.uk (“The CIA’s ‘global cooling’ files”) lends a bit of perspective to the unravelling theory of manmade climate change.

A high-priority government report warns of climate change that will lead to floods and starvation. ‘Leading climatologists’ speak of a ‘detrimental global climatic change’, threatening ‘the stability of most nations’. The scenario is eerily familiar although the document — never made public before — dates from 1974. But here’s the difference: it was written to respond to the threat of global cooling, not warming. And yes, it even mentions a ‘consensus’ among scientists.

‘A Study of Climatological Research as it Pertains to Intelligence Problems’, written by the CIA for ‘internal planning purposes’ in August 1974, goes a little way towards explaining why some people over a certain age experience a sense of déjà-vu when climate change is mentioned; in the mid-1970s there really was a lot of scientific discussion about global cooling. With the benefit of hindsight, reading it makes one feel wry and embarrassed. So many of the terms bandied about 35 years ago are still being employed by today’s fear-mongers, about the very opposite phenomenon.

It is as if climate scares had to follow a set pattern. Back in 1974 the usual disasters were projected: the ‘new climatic era’ was said to be bringing famine, starvation, refugee crises, floods, droughts, crop and monsoon failures, and all sorts of extreme weather phenomena. The Sahara would expand. World grain reserves, already at less than a month’s supply, would be depleted. A list of past civilisations brought down by ‘major and minor’ cooling episodes was given, which included the Indus, Hittites, Mycenaean, and the Mali empire of Africa. Any possible benefits to climate change were barely mentioned.

The question is: Will the current questionable theory panic the world into wrongheaded ‘solutions’ in a way the debunked theory which was pushed nearly two generations ago could not? If the fundamental restructuring of the world’s economy planned for Copenhagen is implemented, it will mean a dramatic curtailment of the standard of living taken for granted in the industrialized world. For Americans, it will mean a new round of debilitating taxes as our wealth is strip-mined and shipped off to the Third World to promote ‘green’ technologies in the recipient nations. This isn’t simply a matter of conservation, recycling and turning off the lights and television when you leave a room — that was the ‘kinder, gentler’ environmentalism of an earlier age. What we’re talking about now are reductions in emissions of so-called greenhouse gases which are so dramatic that the increased cost of energy could change virtually every aspect of the lifestyle of middle class Americans. Whether the shaky science driving Copenhagen will lead to a greener Earth is becoming increasingly doubtful; what is certain is that the proposed solution would mean a future for average citizens of narrowing economic horizons, and a far more powerful UN intruding itself into the internal affairs of every nation.

Rt. Rev. James Heiser has served as Pastor of Salem Lutheran Church in Malone, Texas, while maintaining his responsibilities as publisher of Repristination Press, which he established in 1993 to publish academic and popular theological books to serve the Lutheran Church.  Heiser has also served since 2005 as the Dean of Missions for The Augustana Ministerium and in 2006 was called to serve as Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA). An advocate of manned space exploration, Heiser serves on the Steering Committee of the Mars Society. His publications include two books; The Office of the Ministry in N. Hunnius' Epitome Credendorum (1996) and A Shining City on a Higher Hill: Christianity and the Next New World (2006), as well as dozens of journal articles and book reviews.

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Pat Henry

December 07, 2009

189.130.168.192

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breaking the code

We must learn that "climate change" means spiritual atmosphere; and when they spoke of "global warming" they are speaking of the Kingdom of God making rising to make it "too hot" - thus their crisis.

Thank God that Al Gore has reaped the fruit of truth - he's become a deficit to their movement.

rprew

December 07, 2009

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Window of opportunity is closing

"Will the current questionable theory panic the world into wrongheaded ‘solutions’ in a way the debunked theory which was pushed nearly two generations ago could not?"

What is of concern here is that the "coming ice age" turned "global warming" turned generic "climate change" mantra of the globalists has failed to produce the desired results and the whole fabric of deceit is becoming unraveled. People worldwide are beginning to wake up and the window of opportunity is rapidly closing. As a result, the globalists are in a panic and trying to ramrod the economic controls into reality before the entire structure self-destructs.

Larry Brown

December 07, 2009

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I can appreciate the difficulty of determining the global temperature even for a day at a single point on Earth. The temperature might vary from say 32 to 72 during the day. So how do you determine THE temperature of that day at that point? There are several ways to do it, but which is correct?

Dwight Lane

December 07, 2009

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Another major concer of mine is that when the treaty is signed the country signing it also relinquishes it's sovereign right to back out at any time it wants. To get out of the treaty you must have 100 percent of the other countries support to get out of the contract. That is some nasty rigging. It is time to get out of the U.N.

DDW

December 07, 2009

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Once again

All I can think of is a line from "I, Claudius": "Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out". And if this whole climate thing isn't anything more than a huge loblolly of lies and deceit, then I don't know what is.

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