This is a bit disturbing, though in retrospect, not surprising. One of our local IPCC wonks at Chico State University, Jeff Price, is a biologist, but lectures me about climate all the same. - Anthony
by Paul Chesser, Climate Strategies Watch
I had intended to return to this point when I originally posted about this debate last week, but time got away from me. Thankfully, my colleague Roy Cordato brought it up today:
During the question and answer session of last week's William Schlesinger/John Christy global warming debate, (alarmist) Schlesinger was asked how many members of United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were actual climate scientists. It is well known that many, if not most, of its members are not scientists at all. Its president, for example, is an economist.
Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC - trained initially as a railway engineer
This question came after Schlesinger had cited the IPCC as an authority for his position. His answer was quite telling.
First he broadened it to include not just climate scientists but also those who have had "some dealing with the climate." His complete answer was that he thought, "something on the order of 20 percent have had some dealing with climate." In other words, even IPCC worshiper Schlesinger now acknowledges that 80 percent of the IPCC membership had absolutely no dealing with the climate as part of their academic studies.
This shatters so much of the alarmists' claim, as they almost always appeal to the IPCC as their ultimate authority.
Hey, didn't that guy tear off a woman's face in Connecticut?
Thanks a lot TerryN! Now I have to clean up the wine that sprayed all over my monitor after reading your comment. :-)
And most of that 20% was probably ignored.
Global warming is about controling our lives. They can control business and people. It's truly time to get our guns and take our country back. A revolution is going to happen in this country before Obama is finished with his first term. I pitty those people runing things at the federal and state government levels. In 1776 we declared war aginst a tyranical king. A country full of farmers defeated the most powerful military on earth. 2009 we have a nation of of people who have been through military training and the civilian population has more guns than most armies in the world. I'm also certain most military personel probably wouldn't fire upon American citezens.
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