[ale] Way OT: In case you missed this in the news... Climategate

[Greg Freemyer]

I just went to get the PPT again and it seems Burt has released an
update to it in the last couple days and the old url is no good.

The current url is:
http://rps3.com/Files/AGW/EngrCritique.AGW.Science.3.ppt

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jim,
>
> As an example, I consider the below statement from the letter you
> linked to alarmist.
>
> "Rising concentrations of carbon dioxide are making the oceans more acidic."
>
> I say that because the oceans are basic, not acidic at present.  So an
> objective statement would read more like.
>
> "Rising concentrations of carbon dioxide are making the oceans less
> and less basic, and may at some point make them acidic."
>
> It just seems the global warming alarmist community uses alarmist
> terminology in general.
>
> If you read the Burt Rutan PPT, you see if does not say the GW
> alarmists routinely lie.  He says the information is cherry picked and
> specifically packaged to make it appear alarming.  OTOH, the ppt
> presents the same info in a larger context that is "designed to
> inform, not alarm".
>
> fyi: I assume that some model forecasts the oceans ph dropping below
> 7.0 and thus having acidic oceans at some point, but it hasn't
> happened yet.  Also, rain water is below 7.0, so fresh water sources
> are typically acidic. The ocean is basic due to all the submerged
> limestone around the world.
>
> Greg
>
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/328/5979/689
>>
>> I highly recommend reading the AAS members letter. About this topic. Many
>> people are making lots of noise about the wrong aspect of climate science.
>>
>> On May 7, 2010 8:30 PM, "Greg Freemyer" <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> William,
>>
>> Here's an alternate perspective from Burt Rutan (yes the engineer).
>>
>> http://rps3.com/Files/AGW/EngrCritique.AGW.Science.2.ppt
>>
>> He clearly thinks some shenanigans went on.
>>
>> Warning: Its almost 100 slides, but its very informative.  Or it's full of
>> lies.
>>
>> Given that the lies case might be real, if anyone knows of a global
>> warming alarmists critique of this I'd like to review it sometime.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:19 AM, William Fragakis <william at fragakis.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Funny how some thi...
>>
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-- 
Greg Freemyer
Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team
Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist
http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer
CNN/TruTV Aired Forensic Imaging Demo -
   http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/23/how-computer-evidence-gets-retrieved/

The Norcross Group
The Intersection of Evidence & Technology
http://www.norcrossgroup.com