Good news: Gore’s home consumed 10% more electricity this year than last
posted at 7:38 pm on June 17, 2008 by Allahpundit
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In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research…
In the past year, Gore’s home burned through 213,210 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, enough to power 232 average American households for a month…
After the Tennessee Center for Policy Research exposed Gore’s massive home energy use [in February 2007], the former Vice President scurried to make his home more energy-efficient. Despite adding solar panels, installing a geothermal system, replacing existing light bulbs with more efficient models, and overhauling the home’s windows and ductwork, Gore now consumes more electricity than before the “green” overhaul.
Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month – 1,638 kWh more energy per month than before the renovations – at a cost of $16,533. By comparison, the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in an entire year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Here’s the February ‘07 report, which claimed he averaged 16,200 kWh per month in 2005 and 18,400(!) kWh per month in 2006 — in which case, I’m not sure how his current average of 17,700+ represents a 10% increase. Did he have a precipitous drop-off in energy use between the end of 2006 and June 2007, before the new renovations? It’s important to be accurate in these things or else we’re left to wonder if he’s using enough juice to power a medium-sized town or just a small one.
Exit question: His carbon footprint’s bound to have increased too; anyone know where he can buy some extra offsets? Deceiver does!
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He was out in the garage doing a lot of welding.
He forgot to shut down the computers at night?
It has been cold and he needed the hot tubs to entertain friends?
rockhauler on June 17, 2008 at 7:42 PM
It’s ok, he has all those carbon credits. Do they make hypocrisy credits?
Claypigeon on June 17, 2008 at 7:43 PM
What’s he doing, melting steel?
TheBigOldDog on June 17, 2008 at 7:43 PM
I’ll believing its an emergency, when those telling me its one starting acting like it is.
lorien1973 on June 17, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Duh! Steel doesn’t melt. Geesh. Where have you been?
lorien1973 on June 17, 2008 at 7:44 PM
The man flew a private jet from CA to Scandinavia in order to pick up his prize. He’s just not a pharisee, he’s one of the top five hypocrites of our era.
What makes it worse is that due to his false science and the UN jumping on board, people in Third World countries are suffering and not getting energy resources desperately needed, while the Goracles burn up more energy in one month than most of us due in a year….and that’s in one of their homes.
Hening on June 17, 2008 at 7:44 PM
You don’t understand. Goracle is allowed to consume extra food; being the bully on the playground means he gets to have all of our toys.
We’re all supposed to redesign our lifestyles to live like Incas, but he can have extra power so he can tinker with that Internet thing he invented.
He makes me physically sick.
emailnuevo on June 17, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Anything to make sure Manbearpig doesn’t break in. It is a well known fact the Manbearpig does not like brightly lit areas. Gore is just looking out for his family. And if a couple of small islands need to be submerged to achieve his goal, well, too bad. Eggs and omlettes and whatnot.
VolMagic on June 17, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Multiplied by a census average of 2.5 people per household, that means that 580 Americans could be living comfortably in his surroundings. If he is so committed to the environment, why doesn’t he build an “eco-town” for some homeless people who could use a place to live? But, of course, heaven forbid he be ideologically consistent.
MB007 on June 17, 2008 at 7:51 PM
He was using all that extra water and electricity washing his rear end for all the kissing it was getting from the democratic contenders during the primaries.
Hog Wild on June 17, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Sure, I sell ‘em out of my garage. $50 a pop, but you can live “do as I say not as I do” for over a month on one indulgence alone! Invest now! Obama’s into me for over $1000 already!
VolMagic on June 17, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Saving the planet takes a lot of, er, energy.
Okay, you top it.
SteveMG on June 17, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Maybe Tipper has a 10,000 kWh vibrator.
alycan1 on June 17, 2008 at 7:56 PM
I really want to be wowed by this report. Unfortunately, it uses different measurements in such a way that makes me think they’re distorting the result.
For example, they compare his annual consumption with average montly household consumption. Why not compare his annual against the average annual consumption in his area?
No question he uses a lot of energy. I just get the feeling that they’re cherry picking the numbers to make it look even worse.
tine on June 17, 2008 at 7:57 PM
I told you it was real!
misterpeasea on June 17, 2008 at 8:01 PM
How is that not clear? He uses more in a month than an avergae houshold does in a year.
VolMagic on June 17, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Comes with the territory. I one is a smug arrogant prick declaring that the planet is doomed because of all us evil Americans, then one had better be walking the walk or open yourself up to “cherry picking.” Other recent examples include Larry Craig and David Vitter.
highhopes on June 17, 2008 at 8:01 PM
It was a long hot winter, dials and gauges were turned up to create the perfect temperature of Gores youth.
BL@KBIRD on June 17, 2008 at 8:02 PM
First off,after Gore was in Detroit last night,
Al looked pretty animated,so,like,I’m wondering,
this 10% increase in energy consumption that is
being consumed by the High Priest of Global
Warming,
Ummmm,is Al Gore running a pot plantation out of
his basement bunker? What,what,jus sayin!
canopfor on June 17, 2008 at 8:04 PM
misterpeasea on June 17, 2008 at 8:01 PM
*sings a-melodically*
Imagination…imagination….imagination….
But, serially, MBP is totally real. People are so stoked on Gore. Totally. Excelcior!
VolMagic on June 17, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Al Gore’s house has a FEVER!!!
TheSitRep on June 17, 2008 at 8:06 PM
I’m surprised Gore hasn’t harnessed smugness to power his house.
highhopes on June 17, 2008 at 8:08 PM
Gore is simply a loud buffoon and is no longer relevent.
Gore is a media whore. Like the Clintons, they are too fond of the sound of their own voice and really have nothing to say.
The Nobel Prize has not been relevent since Arafat and Carter recieved them.
old trooper on June 17, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Neither are the citizens living in the USA.
Everything from AIDS to global warming has become a crisis that we must fight…
Back in the early 80’s (I was 13) I remember making out with a girl for the first time.
The next day I broke out in a rash and was concerned I had AIDS. (young and stupid).
The lesson I really learned was don’t walk through poison ivy before you kiss a girl for the first time.
F15Mech on June 17, 2008 at 8:09 PM
He, what do you mean! He uses enough energy (over 5 years), to power almost 35,000 average homes (per day)!
/hate when peole manipulate statistics
reaganaut on June 17, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Al Gore,
unsafea pig at anyspeedtemperature.MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Good ones, both of ya.
Rhinoboy on June 17, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Oh,I know,this 10% increase in energy,is probably
due to Al conducting Global Warming experiments!
And you know what happen’s everytime,in every Sci-Fi
movie,good do-gooder embark’s on a experiment to save
earth,only to have it backfiring on him,then it spirals
out of control!
I think this needs to be addressed at the UN,and find out
once and for all what is going on in Al’s basement,or his
underground Laboratory experiments!
And it could be even darker yet,maybe Al’s dabbling in
S&M!! haha :)(Snark!)
canopfor on June 17, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Al Gore has $100 million dollars. He can easily spend a few thousand for solar panels.
SoulGlo on June 17, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Basic Scientific / Common Sense:
Never weaken yourself to the point where you can do no good in the extreme pursuit of a Theoretical way to do “The Most Good“.
This kind of (self-defeating) application of any Theory is a recurring human tendency, illustrating the impulse to The Hysterical Reaction, when sober restraint tends to produce safer and more accurate results.
Gore, and the entire Panicocracy in the Sciences who are doting on Al’s Amazing Hypothetical Projections, come off like parodies of earlier luminaries in their field.
Figures like Joseph W. Crutch, Loren Eiseley, Stephen Jay Gould, Carl Sagan, et al.
The CLIMATE CHANGE hypothesis’ selling points are all Wagnerian caricatures of actual “proofs”.
Science (as the Love of Knowledge) needs a cunning, doubting response to any proposed Theory.
And the healthiest critical skepticism.
Plus acute probing to find the Climate Hypothesis’ flaws, because the quick cures proposed by the Gorists may be more deadly to the global patient than any minor, manageable troubles that may be gained by proceeding slowly, rationally, and tentatively.
The real Theory (or, theorical process) for this effort should be: Workable Uncertainty .
The core limitation of all true Science.
You can always do more by remaining strong, than cutting your throat to look fashionably guilty.
profitsbeard on June 17, 2008 at 8:19 PM
The Fark thread on this is entertaining, as usual.
Jim Treacher on June 17, 2008 at 8:21 PM
It is funny how much life sometimes imitates fiction.
Al Gore is a mental six-year-old with extraordinary powers to control the town where he lives by simply wishing away people and things that anger or bore him. He has isolated the town by banishing electricity and cars. Other than his powerful wishing, Al has the mind and imagination of a typical little boy. He amuses himself with his special ability by giving a gopher three heads and then wishing the animal dead when the game becomes boring. The people in Peaksville have to smile all the time, think happy thoughts, and say happy things, because that’s what Al commands and, if they disobey, he can wish them into a cornfield or change them into grotesque versions of themselves. Al dislikes singing and punished Aunt Amy for thoughtlessly singing in his presence. Al asks his father why no children come to play with him. Mr. Gore reminds Al that when the Fredericks boy came over, Al had wished the other boy away into the cornfield after they’d finished playing. He wishes a dog into the cornfield for barking.
Al’s parents have invited several people to their house for a surprise birthday party for one of their friends, Dan Hollis. Al makes everyone watch what he, like lots of other little boys, wishes to see on television — dinosaurs fighting. Dan Hollis’s wife gives him a record for his birthday, but Al won’t permit him to play it. Dan grumbles angrily and then begins singing “Happy Birthday.” Al tries to intimidate Dan by staring at him. Dan suggests that Al should be distracted and then killed, but nobody moves to help Dan. Al points his finger at Dan and screams “You’re a bad man! You’re a very bad man!” and turns Dan into a jack-in-the-box and then sends him to the cornfield. Everyone turns away in horror except Al’s father, who begs Al to wish him into the cornfield. Al complies. A few minutes later, Al wishes for snow, though this will kill half the crops, not to mention those he’s banished to the cornfield.
The adults smile nervously and tell him that he’s a good boy, hoping that Al’s terrible power won’t be turned upon themselves.
- From The Twilight Zone
MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 8:26 PM
This hypocritical jerk. His carbon-footprint increased as well as the size of his head and ego.
jencab on June 17, 2008 at 8:26 PM
No, I’m super serial!
misterpeasea on June 17, 2008 at 8:30 PM
It would have been a lot creepier with better special effects.
misterpeasea on June 17, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Don’t let those with dull social lives boss you around, Al!
You gotta fight for your right to party!
silverfox on June 17, 2008 at 8:38 PM
The technological ignorance of you people is Just amazing.
You think that carbon credits are just something that you buy off the internet? That maybe they fall to the earth like rain, then gathered by fairies and stored in Al Gore’s garage?
WRONG!!!
Each one has to be mined from solid rock from beneath AlGore’s backyard. The rock must be crushed to a fine powder, the precious carbon credit particles separated by a complex process of flotation, gravity separation then centrifugal separation; Then refined further through acidic differential solution and electrowinning, then cast into ingots inside a 7500° vacuum furnace.
All that takes energy, my friends, and he doesn’t have enough room for the ten million acres of solar panels it would take to get the job done. Only Ted Turner owns that much land, and he is using it to raise a couple of Buffalo on, so that he can get subsidies from the Department of Agriculture.
LegendHasIt on June 17, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Al Gore had not created better special effects yet. He probably would have but he was busy creating the internet.
MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 8:42 PM
AL GORE LIED, LET IT SLIDE!
ThePrez on June 17, 2008 at 8:42 PM
silverfox-
Al is his own Party.
Bush has just declared Gore an honorary Polar Bear.
(Which, coincidentally, allows Oil Companies to harrass him, if need be, in the pursuit of energy.)
profitsbeard on June 17, 2008 at 8:43 PM
No,I’m super serial!
misterpeasea on June 17,2008 at 8:30PM.
misterpeasea: Superb,I’ve now added South Park,
Goods News Buddy,We can now announce
that our Canadian fans…..
misterpeasea: Thank-you for the Link,I’ll add it to
my vast favorite’s acrchive!——-:)
canopfor on June 17, 2008 at 8:44 PM
damm!t,thats archive,not acrchive.
canopfor on June 17, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Al started a hoax, which caused the whole world to think that it was frying,
But what Al didnt see was that the hoax was on he, oh no.
Al started to cry, which started the whole world laughing,
Oh, if only he had seen that the hoax was on he.
Al looked at the cooling skies, running his hands over his eyes,
And Al fell out of bed, hurting his head from things that he’d said.
Til Al worship finally died, which started the whole world living,
Oh, if if only he’d seen that the hoax was on he.
MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 8:50 PM
And look at it this way, he still is nearly one gigawatt hour short of the 1.21 gigawatt hours required for merely one hour of powering the flux capacitor in the DeLorean for time travel.
You gotta keep these things in perspective, people.
LegendHasIt on June 17, 2008 at 8:59 PM
No matter how much the greenies want us to believe it, global warming cannot be stopped.
madmonkphotog on June 17, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Basic Scienific/
profitsbeard on June 17,2008 at 8:19PM.
profitsbeard: I do love your verbal painting comment
masterpieces!———————-:) :) :).
canopfor on June 17, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Hey!…I have an idea!
Let’s stay home on election day, and let alGore, by default, become
SecretaryMinister of the Department of Energy.‘Cause, um, you know, McCain’s a poopy-head.
franksalterego on June 17, 2008 at 9:14 PM
Obviously, none of the fools on the site have ever served as a Democrat in Congress! If any of you did, you would know that it isn’t the absolute value of the increase that matters, but the rate at which the increase occurs!…Thus, Casa AlGore has actually decreased in usage every year (in terms of increased energy usage) By using only 10% more energy, the overall acceleration of his use of energy is actually DECREASING…you buncha neocon Gaia haters!
AUINSC on June 17, 2008 at 9:16 PM
An inconvenient whore
He’s not a financial bore
Scruples he has not
A Nobel he’s got
I present you Mr. Gore
Entelechy on June 17, 2008 at 9:16 PM
Preaching drinking water, while drinking wine, the
swineporcine creature:…murmurings of the little harp-girl’s song in Heinrich Heine’s 1844 poem “A Winter’s Tale”
Entelechy on June 17, 2008 at 9:20 PM
But someday he will be booted through the door
Because Americans will eventually wake up and him they will no longer adore
A going hoax he may got
But control of the climate he has not
Then I will present you the has been Mr. Gore
MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Lemme fix that for you:
No matter how much the greenies want us to believe it,
global warmingchanges in the weather and solar activity cannot bestoppedcontrolled.LegendHasIt on June 17, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Please note that the comparison is a year of electricity for Gore versus months of electricity for “average” households. This makes for a more striking number, but a less valid comparison. We’re talking about 48 people, not 580. It’s still enough to indict him, but we’ll have to settle for a Class D felony, not a Class A.
njcommuter on June 17, 2008 at 9:52 PM
njcommuter on June 17, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Thank you for the correction.
MB007 on June 17, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Leave me out of this Allah!
carbon_footprint on June 17, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Fail.
The people who follow his lead, Epic Fail.
dentalque on June 17, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Nope. Cheese.
loganthompson on June 17, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Well, if he’s using more energy at home, that might mean he’s traveling less in his private jet, so it’s a good thing.
I can’t believe I had to explain that to y’all. It’s just so obvious…
/sarc, of course
MamaAJ on June 17, 2008 at 10:32 PM
The Politburo members can’t be expected to live under the same rules as the proletariat. Duh.
Bishop on June 17, 2008 at 10:38 PM
1. He buys green energy. What’s wrong with that?
2. We’re having a conference this week organized by our lab. Today the last talk was by the head of the MIT Energy Initiative. The last third of it was on the environment, in particular the need of reduction of carbon output etc.
The guy criticized blind subscription to unscalable solutions. However, there’s no question the man made global warming is considered an established fact by the overwhelming majority of the MIT faculty.
Jury in Bumfuck, KS can still be out though.
freevillage on June 17, 2008 at 10:49 PM
canopfor-
Thanks.
I aim. To please.
Theories fail.
Don’t fail for a Theory.
Science is an ongoing Best Maybe, and to hamstring your security and culture for an uncertain climate model is extreme.
And unscientific.
Best experimental method: Don’t value your future more than your present.
profitsbeard on June 17, 2008 at 11:16 PM
He’s inventing his own holodeck.
Harpazo on June 17, 2008 at 11:19 PM
The Politburo members can’t be expected to live under the same rules as the proletariat. Duh.
Bishop on June 17, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Some are just “more equal” than others…
DfDeportation on June 17, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Who is talking about security and culture?
What do you know about climate models that MIT professors don’t?
freevillage on June 18, 2008 at 12:09 AM
BACK TO BASE-LINE BUDGETING !!!!! (environmet version)
AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE The Zombie walks!
silverfox on June 18, 2008 at 12:24 AM
He owns the company that sells the carbon offsets, so it’s a great big scam for suckers like you, that’s what’s wrong with it.
So what? That is nothing but you stating that there is a “consensus” among a bunch of faculty who, if they reflect the typical make up of faculties across the country, are a bunch of Marxists who want it to be true so they can convince people like you that we have to change our lives and lose our freedom over an imaginary monster.
Maybe this headline from 1998 would interest you:
MIT researcher finds evidence of global warming on Neptune’s largest moon
Buy Danish on June 18, 2008 at 12:36 AM
Time to return that Nobel prize.
And while you’re at it, Al, turn in that Oscar too.
Youre nothing but an eco-hypocrite!
ToddonCapeCod on June 18, 2008 at 12:39 AM
And the overwhelming majority of people in my church believe in God.
Johan Klaus on June 18, 2008 at 12:47 AM
“Hypocrite” is all that comes to mind.
Dollayo on June 18, 2008 at 12:51 AM
I know… and those fools are the chumps who die in the global warming tornadoes. When will they listen and learn?
silverfox on June 18, 2008 at 12:55 AM
Uhm. Nothing? They know those models are approximations. With inaccurate simplifications, such as an infinitely high atmosphere. And unknown, and unknowable, values for variables, and, more importantly, unknown variables. And unknown, and unknowable, initial conditions. Which are important, given chaos theory.
None of those computer modelers are under any illusions about the accuracy of their models. Whether they share the magnitude of the inaccuracies, or whether anyone pays attention to them when they share, is an entirely different question.
misterpeasea on June 18, 2008 at 1:43 AM
His lack of shame just takes your breath away, doesn’t it?
Paul-Cincy on June 18, 2008 at 2:14 AM
At that size every day must feel like global warming. Probably keeping his A/C cranked up all year.
JimRich on June 18, 2008 at 2:46 AM
i miss gore being in the media more =/
Drunk Report on June 18, 2008 at 4:15 AM
hippo-crit
bopbottle on June 18, 2008 at 4:42 AM
Al Grunt=energy hog
saved on June 18, 2008 at 7:13 AM
The fridge door gets a good workout in algore’s house. Who’d of thunk that little light would use so much electricity.
peacenprosperity on June 18, 2008 at 7:37 AM
One reason for increased energy usage is the extensive use of grow-lights for growing indoor plants. Marijuana growers have been caught due to their increase in electricity usage. Just sayin’.
Sloan Morganstern on June 18, 2008 at 7:41 AM
Here’s an established fact. Arrogance and misplaced self satisfaction abound at some institutions of higher learning.
a capella on June 18, 2008 at 9:00 AM
MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 8:50 PM
LOL, good one MB4 !!
Maxx on June 18, 2008 at 9:11 AM
Of course, the Goracle was confronted with his enormous energy use during Senate hearing a couple of years ago. When confronted, he told the Senators impaneled, with a straight face that it was alright for he, the Goracle, our oracle to use more power than an nuclear submarine because he lives a “carbon neutral” lifestyle. He explained to the panel that he owns his own carbon offset company and thus purchased carbon credits from himself.
In other words, the Goracle can use as much energy as he wants because with his carbon credit trading company he is able to take money out of his right pocket and place it into his left pocket. This act causes grace upon the Goracle that no carbon sin hath been committed.
You see, carbon sins are only for the little people. Al Gore and his elitist friends can use all the energy they want because they will be above the system. While me and you get to pay ten time more for energy that we do now. Isn’t that special?
And all of this to solve the global warming crisis, which of course is a hoax.
Maxx on June 18, 2008 at 9:32 AM
Al B(G)ore created carbon credits to cover his excesses. Like a drunk saying I only had one beer to the officer who pulls them over and find their BAT is 1.2.
MSGTAS on June 18, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Not to mention a vested interest in GW-related research grants. It’s the $cience!
Nichevo on June 18, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Insufficient data (and data points) results in inaccurate modeling, regardless of the prestige of the faculty or the size of the population of neighboring states and cities.
Should I even mention the arrogance and general bigotry involved in such a statement about BF, KS? How about an example then, since your view is so slanted? Huntsville, Alabama (”Al-a-Bama!” – Forrest Gump) and Cocoa Beach, Florida…Mercury, Gemini, & Apollo missions. Most likely the greatest human accomplishments in the history of mankind. Nearby major metropolitan areas – 0. Nearby major universities and distinguished faculties – 0. Located in the North-East with elite intelligencia or in the South with morons (everyone knows that only bigoted, moron in-breeders live in the South!) – South.
Those that can, do. Those that can’t, teach at universities.
I won’t mention my knowledge of weather, modeling, detection, data points, or even data gathering. I’ll just cut straight to the heart of the matter and say that when I went back to college to get my master’s degree in engineering after a number of years in the work force, I spent the majority of my time in class refuting my professors’ teachings. This did not put in me in good graces with the professors as it was so disruptive to the class. It was difficult for me to accept and adjust to testing on the material taught in class vs. “reality” and my experience… It was a real eye-opener and this was in engineering, for Christ’s sake!
Geministorm on June 18, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Same experience, same field.
Johan Klaus on June 18, 2008 at 10:30 AM
In the beginning the Goracle created the Internet. And the ether was without form, and dataless; and no bandwidth was avaiable to the masses. And the spirit of the Goracle laid copper and fiber to all corners and nodes of Mother Earth.
Then the Goracle said, “Let there be a Dire Emergency!” So there was acceptance and proclamations among all that followed and worshiped the Goracle. The Goracle saw that the Dire Emergency was believed and increased his cult following. So the Goracle seeing the profit to be made, separated the Dire Emergency from the Profit. The Goracle named the Dire Emergency “Man Made Global Warming (Climate Change in the Modern Day Standard version)“, and the Profit he named “Carbon Credits”. And the Goracle saw that it was good and that no man stood against him for to stand against him was to stand against the Mother Earth, Goddess above all. And the Goracle saw that no man could call him hypocrite, for to do such would bring great crying and gnashing of teeth at the proclaimer, such that he would be shouted down and held beneath the feet of the chosen.
Geministorm on June 18, 2008 at 10:33 AM
misterpeasea: Nailed it in one. The same is true of the IPCC findings. If you read the summary, you come away with “OMG teh Sky is falling! We’re doomed!” If you read the *actual* research data (which interestingly is compiled by a panel of actual scientists and always released to no fanfare months after the summary), there’s nowhere remotely the same degree of alarmism.
In the last report, one of the standout issues was that since CO2 alone is simply not a very effective greenhouse gas, especially in such low quantities (currently around 380 ppm), the only way you get doomsday global warming is if the CO2 warming causes a positive feedback loop with water vapor (which is a very effective greenhouse gas, and far more common). In the summary, they declared this to be the case, and swapped it in to replace yon discredited hockey-stick graph as proof.
But in the actual research, you find that this was one of *three* models – one that presumed positive feedback (more warming causes more evaporation, causes more clouds, traps more heat), one that was neutral (the minor warming from CO2 greenhouse effect is offset by atmospheric equilibrium), and one that involved negative feedback (slight warming from CO2 causes more evaporation that increases cloud cover increasing planetary albedo and cools the planet). There were three models because they had no idea which was correct… each was an assumption. Despite the fact that positive feedback loops are extremely unusual in nature, and that there has not been observational evidence of any positive feedback (indeed, the last ten years fly in the face of it), that was the model selected by the writers of the summary… the other two inconveniently did not support doomsday global warming.
E1701 on June 18, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Fraud comes to mind.
Johan Klaus on June 18, 2008 at 10:35 AM
That is the reason that engineers in most fields in Japan, have got to work in the field for some time before they can do any designing.
Johan Klaus on June 18, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Yep, and if their funding depended on believing in a flat-earth, they would believe that too. It’s all about the dollars.
This earth is getting cooler, not warmer and has been since 1998. It will eventually start getting warmer again as soon as the sun moves back into it’s sunspot cycle. The earth gets slightly warmer and slightly cooler on a cycle of about twelve and that is completely years is normal. It’s not caused by man and there is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it.
But believing in global warming brings many dollars to many research institutions. And naturally when it comes to funding they are willing to turn a blind eye to the temperature record that clearly shows global warming is a myth and a hoax. It’s our tax dollars that sustains the global warming hoax, American’s have been forced to pay nearly a trillion dollars for “global warming research” so far since the early 1980’s.
Cut all the funding for global warming research and see how fast the boys at MIT change their minds on the matter. It will happen over night.
Maxx on June 18, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Do as I say , Not as I Do.
koypop on June 18, 2008 at 11:17 AM
I think that’s fairly obvious by the size of his pants.
slug on June 18, 2008 at 11:26 AM
The correct phrase (learned while at my son’s track meet at Berkley)is:
“Dude – do you like know where I can score some sweet carbon offsets? My volts have gone like mongo!”
maninthemiddle on June 18, 2008 at 12:23 PM
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