Saturday, January 07, 2012

Brad Johnson Does It Again

Brad Johnson of Think Progress Green has done it again:
July 25, 2011: "As the Arctic ice collapses, global weather patterns are changing in unpredictable ways. The jet stream is being pushed 'further south and bringing arctic cold to much of Eurasia and Japan' and 'increased precipitation and colder temperatures in the winter' in North America...."
January 6, 2012: "Fueled by billions of tons of greenhouse pollution, a surge of record warmth has flooded the United States, shattering records from southern California to North Dakota."
Reminder: The think tank who runs Think Progress refuses to reveal its funders. You can be sure Consistency Inc. isn't one of them.

6 comments:

Steve Bloom said...

Those jet streams have been all over the place lately. Increased atmospheric instability leads to interesting stuff, doesn't it?

Attacking non-experts who at least make an attempt to point it out isn't very helpful, IMHO.

charlesH said...

Yo Bloom,

According to AGW theory co2 warming leads to more stability not less.

The reason is that with co2 warming the cold dry high latitudes warm more than the warm humid tropics with reduces the temperature gradients available to drive storm intensity.

Dano said...

According to AGW theory co2 warming leads to more stability not less.

Except the areas where there will be increasing extremes, of course.

That is: not.

Best,

D

charlesH said...

Dano,

You never say anything that leads me to believe you know anything about the science behind AGW.

Seems to me your interest in AGW is due to the fact that you have a financial stake in "green" energy?

Dano said...

Two false premises in a row, charles! You're on a roll.

That is: your statement about 'stability' was patently false. As I showed in the link.

No need to make up stuff or flap your hands to hide it, as anyone can scroll up a few millimeters and see.

HTH.

Best,

D

Steve Bloom said...

Thanks, Dano. charlesH's problem is that he has a weak grasp on the distinction between the science as opposed to the distortions thereof that he preferentially consumes.