O'Reilly and Global Warming

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Bill Reilly, know it all Fox analyst with huge viewing audience recently said he believes in AGW.  Of course he points to his infallible "research" as the reason for his belief.  When challenged by a viewer in a letter he says he gets his information from NOAA, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.  The stats he cites are the bogus old Hockey Stick stats of :
1. 8 of the last 10 years have been the warmest on record
2. Average Global Temperature has increased 3 degrees since 1970

Us skeptics know that the Hockey Stick Chart has been thoroughly debunked and we are actually in a cooling period since about 1998. About what's with NOAA?  Anyone know why they are still promoting this bunk?

[Mike Davis]

Funding! It is all about money! NOAA is now the alarm capital of the world with their new methods of adjustments. The head of the NOAA and all senior scientists need to be put out to pasture now! They were very involved in the IPCC reports and released a report claiming it is worse than we thought because we adjusted the data to show how bad it is getting. See this site:
http://www.globalchange.gov/
From the mouths of #######.
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[Sunsettommy]

Quote:2. Average Global Temperature has increased 3 degrees since 1970

He really believe this lie?

He must have meant .3 degrees,that is still a little high too,but no longer a big lie.

I have always consider Mr. O'Reilly erratic in his beliefs on the topics.If he is indeed another AGW believer,then he is plain wrong.

[Steve LeMaster]

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Quote:2. Average Global Temperature has increased 3 degrees since 1970

He really believe this lie?

He must have meant .3 degrees,that is still a little high too,but no longer a big lie.

I have always consider Mr. O'Reilly erratic in his beliefs on the topics.If he is indeed another AGW believer,then he is plain wrong.


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Yes, he does believe this tripe. Where he gets his information from, I don't know since he never cites it.

[Doug Danhoff]

He should stick to partisan politics his forte.  He is a media animal and perhaps he believes he can convert liberal AGW believers into his political beliefs if he agrees with them on this.  Or perhaps he is just to focused on his area of belief to do the research needed. 
Anyone who wanted to be taken seriously on anything must have several sites of reference to their stated beliefs....he should know that.

Doug

[mcclane]

I challenge any greenie to turn up the thermostat in their home by 1 degree C and leave it for a week.  See if they turn up dead or not.  Then have them turn down the thermostat by 1 degree C, and see if they survive that.  If they do, then +/- 1 degree C difference on the earth really isn't going to make that much of a difference.

[Sunsettommy]

[quote author=mcclane link=topic=90.msg565#msg565 date=1247781308]
I challenge any greenie to turn up the thermostat in their home by 1 degree C and leave it for a week.  See if they turn up dead or not.  Then have them turn down the thermostat by 1 degree C, and see if they survive that.  If they do, then +/- 1 degree C difference on the earth really isn't going to make that much of a difference.
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In my house the thermostat is set at 75 degrees for the summer.Feel fine with that and what is more the power consumption goes down.Plus I cover over the windows on the afternoon side of the house,greatly reducing AC run time.

I wonder if they paint their homes green?