Comments on: Climate Confusion at the Washington Post http://climateprogress.org/2007/01/08/climate-confusion-at-the-washington-post/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:47:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: CarlD http://climateprogress.org/2007/01/08/climate-confusion-at-the-washington-post/#comment-2121 CarlD Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:13:48 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/01/08/climate-confusion-at-the-washington-post/#comment-2121 Funny, it was cold and snowy in the western US, and average in the northeastern US. There were extremes in both directions at other places around the globe. Where those caused by global warming too? There have been heat waves throughout history (there was a big one in the northeastern US in mid-January in 1932), and cold spells too. Global warming has only warmed the earth about 1 F since 1900--that hardly accounts for temperatures 30 F above normal. Just because you assert that the present warm spell was a combination of global warming and El Nino does not make it so. Have you ever heard of the concept of scientific proof? You have provided none whatsoever about the current warm spell, you have merely asserted it. That's why I trust meteorologists far more when they give their expert opinion that the northeastern warm spell was due to El Nino and not global warming. Funny, it was cold and snowy in the western US, and average in the northeastern US. There were extremes in both directions at other places around the globe. Where those caused by global warming too?

There have been heat waves throughout history (there was a big one in the northeastern US in mid-January in 1932), and cold spells too. Global warming has only warmed the earth about 1 F since 1900–that hardly accounts for temperatures 30 F above normal.

Just because you assert that the present warm spell was a combination of global warming and El Nino does not make it so. Have you ever heard of the concept of scientific proof? You have provided none whatsoever about the current warm spell, you have merely asserted it. That’s why I trust meteorologists far more when they give their expert opinion that the northeastern warm spell was due to El Nino and not global warming.

]]> By: CarlD http://climateprogress.org/2007/01/08/climate-confusion-at-the-washington-post/#comment-2122 CarlD Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:30:32 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/01/08/climate-confusion-at-the-washington-post/#comment-2122 The price of being a good climate writer is that you don't get to write about the weather. The price of being a good climate writer is that you don’t get to write about the weather.

]]> By: JJWFromME http://climateprogress.org/2007/01/08/climate-confusion-at-the-washington-post/#comment-2123 JJWFromME Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:54:26 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/01/08/climate-confusion-at-the-washington-post/#comment-2123 <i>it was... average in the northeastern US.</i> 68 degrees on January 6 is not average weather here in Boston. 25 degrees is normally considered warm. The front page story in the Boston Globe quoted a scientist who said that it was a combination El Nino and climate change. it was… average in the northeastern US.

68 degrees on January 6 is not average weather here in Boston. 25 degrees is normally considered warm.

The front page story in the Boston Globe quoted a scientist who said that it was a combination El Nino and climate change.

]]> By: air purifier http://climateprogress.org/2007/01/08/climate-confusion-at-the-washington-post/#comment-2788 air purifier Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:24:09 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/01/08/climate-confusion-at-the-washington-post/#comment-2788 yeh, that's global warming, it doesn't seem government is taking any actions to solutions. yeh, that’s global warming, it doesn’t seem government is taking any actions to solutions.

]]> By: danny http://climateprogress.org/2007/01/08/climate-confusion-at-the-washington-post/#comment-17840 danny Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:45:09 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/01/08/climate-confusion-at-the-washington-post/#comment-17840 If it's too hot, it's because of global warming; if it's too cold, it's because of global warming; too many hurricanes: global warming; fewer than average: global warming. Al Gore can't lose this crusade. If it’s too hot, it’s because of global warming; if it’s too cold, it’s because of global warming; too many hurricanes: global warming; fewer than average: global warming. Al Gore can’t lose this crusade.

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