Tokyo had snow today — the latest time of the year snowfall has been seen since 1969.
Snow in Tokyo today. It must be global warming!
April 17, 2010The Precautionary Principle is a fraud
April 17, 2010It is primarily a political device and has little to do with science.
The closing of air space in Northern Europe and the massive disruption to travellers is totally unnecessary and is justified on the grounds of the precautionary principle. But it defies common sense. Eurocontrol rules are being applied blindly without using any common sense.
Swine flu vaccinations were imposed under the guise of the precautionary principle, but were unnecessary and, it now appears, promoted by the manufacturers of flu vaccines.
The banning of ordinary filament light bulbs and the imposition of the so-called low energy lamps is another misuse of the precautionary principle (and in this case a pandering to a particular industrial lobby under the guise of being environmentally friendly)
The entire Y2K and global warming circuses were other examples.
As Daniel Henninger notes the precautionary principle is damaging the credibility of science.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107104574572091993737848.html
It is claimed in its defence that it is common sense but, of course it is not.
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/prec.php
Common sense does not need the cloak of being labelled a “precautionary principle”. It is what allows politicians and politically motivated scientists to stop or do what is otherwise unjustifiable in the name of common sense.
Solar cycle 24
April 16, 2010Spring has come to Sweden but observing the slowness with which ice melts on cloudy days, even with temperatures well above zero is just a reminder that surface air temperatures are much less effective in transferring heat to oceans than direct solar radiation.
There are fascinating indications that the current solar cycle (24) is very similar to solar cycle no.5 which started in January 1798. The inference is that the current minimum could resemble the Dalton minimum. The Landscheidt minimum it seems. http://www.landscheidt.info/
Does this tie in to the North Atlantic Oscillation which could have caused climate warming for the 30 years prior to 1998 and is now going to lead to 30 years of global cooling?
Volcanos and global warming
April 16, 2010k2p — knowledge to people
The ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano has disrupted air traffic across Northern Europe.
This is an intensity one volcano and puts the impact of man into perspective. It occurs to me that to believe (since there is insufficient evidence) that anthropogenic effects can overshadow clouds and solar effects on global warming is just a little arrogant.
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