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New YouTube Video Popular with Alarmists: Who’s a Climate Scientist?

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I have been sent links to this very popular youtube video by various believers in anthropogenic global warming including mainstream media personalities who apparently think its cool. Perhaps you need to be a believer to appreciate it?

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  2. John Sayers says

    Let’s forget about Peer Review and vote for the best video……. simple science, with groove.

    will we get the Robyn Williams top 10?

  3. el gordo says

    A wager was put forward by Dr Chris Hope of the Judge Business School in Cambridge.

    ‘If the global mean temperature in 2015 is more than 0.1 deg C below the global mean temperature in 2008, I will pay £1000. If not, the other party will pay me £1000. The global mean temperaure to be determined by the NASA GISS data set.’

    The Bishop has the story.

  5. Luke says

    You will note even Garnaut got a serve.

    Real behind the scenes scientists – not personalities like Flannery

  8. Robert says

    Remember the scene in Gran Torino where Clint tells off the soft white kid for trying to talk like one of the brothers?

    Just tell me that they used their own money for this exercise. Because something tells me that our public servant rappers have got big snakes in the pockets of those lily-white lab coats.

  11. Robert says

    “…complete with “mutha f******”, a slammin’ gangsta baseline…”

    “Feedback is like climate change on crack.”

    “…agreed to take part in the gansta rap smash even though he says his ‘guilty pleasure is actually metal’…”

    Could there be anything in the world, sadder, older and whiter. My God, they’d be cooler if they had a fondue party with Barry Manilow records.

  13. John Sayers says

    You’re so sour and dour John – 6 are climate scientists.

    6 are climate scientists……….just.

    That’s the problem with the video – it’s either students or recently graduated students. All fed on gravy.

    Are the construction industry, the mining industry and Gloria Jean’s coffee outlets run by the demands of it’s junior staff?

    The world has an overload of stupid Doctorates.

    I’m sorry Luke but I expect a touch of wisdom and dignity from scientists.

  14. Luke says

    You were wrong John. And still Wrong. Roger Jones – ex-CSIRO and very experienced. Face it you’re just some anti-science hillbilly holed up in hippie country having a big sook. Who cares. If you think doing a climate PhD is a breeze then you’re even more stupid than you sound. I suppose you’d like our climate professionals to be unqualified and unpublished like almost all sceptics.

    “I expect a touch of wisdom and dignity from scientists” – well there’s always the vaudeville of a Monkton safari replete with stupid crest.

  15. val majkus says

    The stupid efforts of Government-just who are these people representing?
    http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8248531/carbon-price-backed-by-lower-house

    The Gillard government’s bid to introduce a carbon tax has been boosted with the lower house of parliament backing the idea of a carbon price.

    Labor MP Stephen Jones MP moved a motion calling on the House of Representatives to acknowledge a carbon price as an “essential step in reducing carbon pollution”.

    It also noted the efforts already under way by government and business in developing green jobs.

    Independents Andrew Wilkie, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor and Australian Greens MP Adam Bandt, backed the motion that passed the lower house on Thursday night.

    The coalition and independent Bob Katter voted against the motion that passed 74 votes to 72.

    WA independent Tony Crook was absent from the vote, but has previously indicated he is open to supporting the carbon tax that Labor wants in place by mid 2012.

    The government needs the support of at least four crossbenchers to get the measure through the lower house of parliament.

  17. Mack says

    Yes it will be hilarious if these idiots get you that carbon tax you want (not) eh Luke.
    How will your sense of humour hold out when the cost of living goes up even further than it is already over there.
    Your govt will be laughing. All the way to the bank.

  18. el gordo says

    Luke’s happy to pay extra because he has some weird idea (picked up from the Greens) that CO2 is a ‘pollutant’.

    He knows that’s just Joolya spin, but hasn’t the wit to think for himself.

  19. Stephen Garland says

    It will be good for their CVs.

    Experts in fallacious arguments are always needed in government organisations.

    Including Garnaut was a stroke of genius.

    (sarc)

  20. Mack says

    Yes El Gordo,
    Luke is fully aware the Emperor is not just down to his grundies.

  21. Neville says

    Geeezzz what a surprise Luke likes RAP CRAP, who would have thought so . Yuk Yuk.

    I thought if you couldn’t calculate simple primary school sums then you would certainly be classed as a hillbilly anywhere, anytime.

    Let’s hope that some of these labor independents grow a brain and vote against the co2 tax, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

  23. Mack says

    Thank you Luke , You KNOW it’s fun on our side of the fence.
    You can also see that flow diagrams are not totally the preserve of idle govt. office folk trying to encapsulate reality into little boxes connected by arrows. 🙂

  25. Luke says

    A new extended version where Fox news, Flannery and Monckton all cop it – ROFL

  27. el gordo says

    I think you will find (if you bothered to do a little more research) that Anthony is not a member of the Denialati and leans toward a sceptic frame of mind.

  28. cohenite says

    You are such a fool luke and deltoid is an idiot; from Watts et al:

    “Temperature trend estimates vary according to site classification, with poor siting leading to an
    43 overestimate of minimum temperature trends and an underestimate of maximum temperature
    44 trends, resulting in particular in a substantial difference in estimates of the diurnal temperature
    45 range trends. The opposite-signed differences of maximum and minimum temperature trends are
    46 similar in magnitude, so that the overall mean temperature trends are nearly identical across site
    47 classifications.”

    This is a devastating rebuttal of AGW which is predicated on an increase in minimum temperature and a decrease in DTR; neither of these are apparent from the temperature record.

  29. NikFromNYC says

    I’ve included a delightful argument about the lack of surging sea levels in my latest anti-alarmist payload here:

    I present The Thinking Man’s Quick Guide to Global Warming:

    Astronauts: http://oi52.tinypic.com/vwzel5.jpg
    Tides: http://oi56.tinypic.com/9u5jis.jpg
    Thermometers: http://oi51.tinypic.com/34qjmgn.jpg
    Ice: http://oi52.tinypic.com/2upvlvm.jpg
    Earth: http://i49.tinypic.com/2mpg0tz.jpg
    Psychopaths: http://oi51.tinypic.com/2po8tas.jpg
    Thinker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n92YenWfz0Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player%20

  30. debbie says

    There’s nothing wrong with a bit of light comedy and a bit of fun.
    The video didn’t prove much either way.
    It was pretty funny though.
    I prefer this type of humour to the superior, sarcasm that usually comes from these types.
    It’s nice to see that they do in fact have a semse of humour and are capable of making fun of themselves for a change…that would be rather than at the expense of others which is their usual brand of humour.

  31. Mack says

    Menne et al identifies a COOL bias! in the CRS sites by “homogenising” in these MMTS readings which are even worse for UHI effect ?! Limited by cable length !
    That is the way I read it. Lies Lies and damn statistics.
    Because we have some rotten catfish in our fishpack, if we just replace them with rotten but larger snapper the fish quality will improve and they won’t tell the difference.

  32. Luke says

    HAHAHAHAHAHA – the sky just fell in Cohenite. You lot will never live this down. Watts whole reason for existence just disappeared. I can hardly stand it – my sides are aching.

    Desperate DTR drivel which you well know is a spatially and temporally complex beast.

    Watts stuff side-swipes McTricktrick as well

    And you guys will now – wait for it – “have to hide the decline …..” LMAO

  33. cohenite says

    “spatially and temporally complex beast”; very good luke, I can see an alternative career in reviewing the latest z grade horror schlock movies opening up for you.

  34. Mack says

    The cool bias should have read “cool bias” . You know the sort of bias you shonks have perfected.
    For such a widely read smartarse you’re pretty thick.

  35. Luke says

    Well go and have a look at DTR Cohers – you know I always have something on my mind. Mate you aren’t going to wiggle out of this one. Will Watts do another tour to apologise for scaring all those pensioners?

    But meanwhile the very hot blond scientist in the above video has done some great work to keep your wheels spinning for a while.
    http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~agallant/GallantGergis_WRR_2010WR009832.pdf

    An experimental streamflow reconstruction for the River Murray, Australia, 1783–1988

    and guess what ? well you know already don’t you !

  37. el gordo says

    Sir…sir… this comment ‘we estimate that the 1998–2008 streamflow deficit has an approximate 1 in 1500 year return period.’

    I find that hard to believe, ENSO doing what it does throughout paleo history.

  38. Mack says

    Sorry about that ad hom Luke,
    I thought your comment May 15th 7.43pm was referring to my previous comment.

  40. John Sayers says

    val – apparently Oakshotte was seen at the back of the crowd checking out the rally.

  41. James Mayeau says

    There has to be something better on Youtube.

    Like this, the new campaign ad for Barack Obama in 2012.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gw8up1te0Y&nofeather=True

    Text

    It’s revolutionary. The culmination of trillions of dollars, and a half decade of
    government research, has discovered the most readily available resource known to man.
    Obama: “Under my plan electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.”
    Introducing Hot Air. By combining hydrocloro-bullhockey with lithium-di-yeswecan,
    Hot Air can power the Democrats to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in
    Europe.
    Obama’s Energy Secretary: “The good news is our emissions are way down because of
    the recession.”

    And billions more in recent commitments could yeild the biggest Hot Air returns yet.

    Obama: “If I thought that by drilling offshore we could solve our problem, I’d do it.”

    Obama pledges billions to Brazilian oil;

    “The oil you recently discovered off the shores of Brazil, we want to be one of your
    best costumers.”
    “Because I’m capping greenhouse gases, that will cost money, they will pass that
    money on to consumers.”

    Barack Obama – $4.00 a gallon.

    Obama: “Yes we did”

  42. lawrie says

    Luke my man,

    These freakin idjits are NOT JUST scientists they are:

    f***ing motherf****ing scientists

    There surely must be a difference even in your superior intellectual world.

  45. hunter says

    Young twits had better hope they do not have to rely on their musical skills, yet they seem stuck with trying to make something of their failed science skills.
    Truly a microcosm of the problem facing they youth of today:
    Much energy with little talent, depending on parroting what they are told, badly.