tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post6137807993471654298..comments2023-11-02T00:33:00.040-07:00Comments on Sowell's Law Blog: Climate Science Is Not SettledRoger Sowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390264574157209871noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-32716706028784035212009-06-07T06:53:56.920-07:002009-06-07T06:53:56.920-07:00Glad to see you on here, Jim. I actually run two ...Glad to see you on here, Jim. I actually run two blogs, this one is more for the legal side of things. <br /><br />My other blog is www.energyguysmusings.blogspot.com and is more on the techie side of energy. <br /><br />I'm with you on the interesting discussions with AGWers.Roger Sowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390264574157209871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-78427109941578217852009-06-07T03:41:01.391-07:002009-06-07T03:41:01.391-07:00I just found your site, Roger, via WUWT. It looks ...I just found your site, Roger, via WUWT. It looks interesting and I have it bookmarked for future access.<br /><br /> I was especially struck by chiefio's posting:"There is an odd correlation between major volcanic events and solar Grand Minima....".I like to bring up the AGW issue at social events and this sounds like a fun topic-so far, as an AGW-Denier, I have not been thrown out yet.jim papsdorfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-14795286574829266942009-05-28T19:01:10.574-07:002009-05-28T19:01:10.574-07:00Ms. Ellie, I do thank you for the kind words.
I...Ms. Ellie, I do thank you for the kind words. <br /><br />I must admit I was a bit surprised at first over the "bit of a hard time from a few idiots" over on WUWT, but I was also greatly pleased to see that you, and some others, rallied to my defense. You always write with such eloquence and logic. <br /><br />Still, the back-and-forth allows for various opinions to be raised, and either defended, left hanging, or withdrawn. As you can see, I usually defend, sometimes vigorously.<br /><br />It is interesting to see that those who appear most antagonistic have usually "lost" an earlier exchange, and escalate their attacks rather than develop a defensible argument. In a court of law, the attorney who resorts to such attack tactics will offend the jury or judge, and likely lose the case. But of course, WUWT is not a forum of attorneys! <br /><br />As to my bias, I suppose I have a bias, or as I prefer to view it, a considered opinion after having a long and careful look at various viewpoints. <br /><br />I suppose my small skills in crafting an argument comes from having only recently graduated from law school, in 2005, and while there engaged in daily debates with professors of law. Now, those ladies and gentlemen can argue! <br /><br />Since law school, I have ample opportunity to argue with opposing counsel, many of whom have much more experience than do I, but I somehow manage. <br /><br />It does amaze me that the topics of renewable energy, conventional fossil energy, and nuclear energy produce such heated debate these days. Perhaps the desire for debate was with us always, and the internet blogs bring a forum for the debate to occur. <br /><br />I like the quote about Ms. Thatcher. She may have been right about cowardly politicians ducking the hard questions. I wonder if any in that consensus were just lazy, or had an agenda that was advanced by joining the consensus and keeping mum. I see all three types at various times. <br /><br />I do hope you find the time to leave more comments.Roger Sowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390264574157209871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-67557569102828315562009-05-28T15:36:32.639-07:002009-05-28T15:36:32.639-07:00Hello Roger, I thought I'd stop by to say hi since...Hello Roger, I thought I'd stop by to say hi since I couldn't hang around on WUWT the other evening. I saw the next day you'd got a bit of a hard time from a few idiots. We're all biased in some way, but at least you have plenty of technical knowledge to back up your opinions. And you are in the right game to be able to craft a good arguement. <br /><br />Good posts here. I do read often, just don't comment much. <br /><br />Talking of settled science and 'consensus' I caught a good reference to consensus a few weeks back. Boris Johnson (Mayor of London) has a weekly column in the Daily Telegraph and had an article <br />on 3rd May:<br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/margaret-thatcher/5268850/Blond-on-blonde-Mrs-Ts-unassailable-legacy.html<br /><br />Talking about Mrs Thatcher he writes:<br />"..she believed she had to shatter the post-war consensus that the solution to every problem was always an expansion of the state. Indeed, she did not think much of the word consensus itself, since it was not only too Latinate for her taste but also because it probably masked a conspiracy by cowardly politicians to dodge the hard questions, and, if you look at the consensus that now exists around, say, academic selection, you can see that she is right."<br /><br />Immediately made me think it is also so true about climate science.Ellie in Belfastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-78374140456554136102009-05-27T21:16:10.359-07:002009-05-27T21:16:10.359-07:00Thank you, Mr. Simmons! I sincerely appreciate yo...Thank you, Mr. Simmons! I sincerely appreciate your comments. If you would, please pass this link to your contacts. <br /><br />Also, if anyone has other examples of Unsettled Science in the climate arena, please add them here in the comments.Roger Sowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390264574157209871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-44258964223365049372009-05-26T11:51:45.952-07:002009-05-26T11:51:45.952-07:00Roger,
This is a great blog. I did find this via ...Roger,<br /><br />This is a great blog. I did find this via WUWT.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Jack Simmonsmtn_gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07766719100465103393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-60188823694885979332009-05-25T22:20:38.290-07:002009-05-25T22:20:38.290-07:00So true, Mr. Chiefio. The MIT model is likely the...So true, Mr. Chiefio. The MIT model is likely the type that maximizes grant funding; e.g. here is what we found thus far, and please give us more money so we can improve these results by incorporating x, y, and Z. <br /><br />Poor Sir Isaac. He blew it on his grant funding, because he got gravity right the first time. <br /><br />Btw...we felt the 4.7 and later the 4.0 earthquakes last week. Not a big deal, did not even set off the car alarms. My relatives in Dallas also felt (barely) their 3.0 about a week ago.Roger Sowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390264574157209871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575804792126536975.post-67703840640364538262009-05-25T18:28:37.245-07:002009-05-25T18:28:37.245-07:00There is an odd correlation between major volcanic...There is an odd correlation between major volcanic events and solar Grand Minima. I doubt that the MIT model has either our present Sleepy Sun in the model, nor the likely volcanic events.<br /><br />Chaiten is still dumping. Redoubt is being rumbly. Indonesia is in a small cranky phase, and we have had 4.7 ish quakes in both Long Beach and now just south of Mammouth Lakes.<br /><br />The good news is that the science is settled so clearly there is no possible way the sun or the vulcanology can be important...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com