Looks like the English have got it pegged.

Back in the 90s, VP Al Gore took a personal interest in NASA. I well knew that Gore’s interference set back the next-gen shuttle by over a decade, and that he diverted many millions of $$ from the ISS to Russia–which Russia spent on a new generation of more accurate ICBMs. I never thought to think what influence Mr. Gore was having on the part of NASA that dealt with climate. Now, I think I know.

“Computer analyses of global climate have consistently overstated warming in Antarctica”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080507132855.htm

1. I sincerely doubt the chart of carbon usage for the century. It’s way over the top, we will almost deplete fossil fuels long before 2100, and yet they trace it as it would forever grow up for centuries. It’s not real. Peak Oil will hit long before 2040, some people even think it is happening now. Peak Coal will be a reality in a few decades more. Perhaps 2030, perhaps 2050. Still, the numbers just don’t add up.

2. IPCC forecasts that the economy woes due to GW would be equal to 5% of GDP of 2100. Let that sink in in your minds. 5%. That’s it. What’s the proposed alternative? Nuke the economy. God, ain’t that a great advice!

The allegations about Soros and Hansen are here:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/09/26/nasa-s-hansen-mentioned-soros-foundations-annual-report

On the other hand, what if in 2025 or so, we experienced globally a series of massive and closely spaced volcanic activity that put up aerosols that were equal to several Mt Pinatubo’s? There could theorectically be a massive cooling for a short time; it could be a short but devastating cooling; then all of the projected warming might seen as a saving grace. My point is that we do not know the future, not even close; and to look at any temperature trend in black and white terms is a sign of hubris and plain stupidity. If the planet was obviously heating up 10 degrees C per decade that would be different. But the IPCC crowd predicts, what? 3-5 degrees C over a century, if current trends continue. I think they are all crazy and arrogant to tell the public and policy makers, who pander to the masses, that we need to cripple our economies for a potential threat that is not the end of the world and that no one really understands today,and will probably not understand for generations. They forget that only progress brings both a higher quality of human life and a cleaner environment for humans and animals — going back to the 15th century gives us only one side of the equation.

i have often heard those stories on hansen, but have never been able to confirm them.

where did you get that data?

thanks.

-m

Hansen apparently got 250 grand from John Kerry’s wife and 720 grand from George Soros for pushing the global warming line. Anyone familiar with Hansen’s total haul?