tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post608726515020876210..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: Why I'd Die on this Hill. part 1Rick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-40651946642687349272009-12-14T16:13:00.277-06:002009-12-14T16:13:00.277-06:00Tom promiscuously scorns various academics, ...wit...<i>Tom promiscuously scorns various academics, ...with terms like "teabagger", "wingnut", "not very smart", "moron", "calumnist" "ignorant," "fraud," "dishonest," "lying," etc. You'd think that arrogance, if it must be expressed, should be earned, but I guess that "denializer" is not so bad.</i><br /><br />C'mon, Rick. You're disappointed that you are just a 'denializer.'Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-9243509136004198342009-12-14T15:27:24.290-06:002009-12-14T15:27:24.290-06:00It doesn't take economic modeling to know that...It doesn't take economic modeling to know that drastic reductions in energy uses will cause misery.<br /><br />I agree that one should get beyond popular sources, so keep reading.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-56740673579057515022009-12-14T14:07:56.965-06:002009-12-14T14:07:56.965-06:00I, for one, am not ready to call for the certain h...<i>I, for one, am not ready to call for the certain human misery that the Kyoto process will bring about.</i><br /><br />Yes, because unlike climate modeling, economic modeling is based on unabridged and reliable data sets and doesn't rely on subjective parametrization.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160568834659305520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-16903985597539829162009-12-14T12:54:34.624-06:002009-12-14T12:54:34.624-06:00"...suggesting that the extreme view of anthr..."...suggesting that the extreme view of anthroprogenic global warming is somehow akin to faith or patriotism."<br /><br />Let's not get into Canadian stereotypes just because <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090903-arctic-warming-ice-age.html" rel="nofollow">Next Ice Age Delayed by Global Warming, Study Says</a> (Christine Dell'Amore, National Geographic News, September 3, 2009).Terrence Berreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-62832953587347903182009-12-14T11:02:01.664-06:002009-12-14T11:02:01.664-06:00I'll consider some of the particulars of Clima...<i>I'll consider some of the particulars of Climatequiddick in the next post.</i><br /><br />Good, because you still haven't addressed this accusation of yours:<br /><br /><i>Combining two different measurements and pretending they are the same thing and mischaracterizing what data show has not been limited to tree ring data.</i><br /><br />This is false, and it's why you've earned yourself a "denialist" badge in my estimation.<br /><br />However, I think you should get beyond "popular commentators" and the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> editorial page and investigate the primary literature prior to your consideration of the particulars.<br /><br />By the way, isn't Al Gore a "best-selling author" and Obama a "public official"? I fail to see how either status has contributed to tempering your criticisms of them.<br /><br />Ann Coulter is a best-selling author and an award-winning columnist too. Does that somehow mitigate her lying about evolution?<br /><br />I don't think so.illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.com