Posts by Steve Curtis

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  • Hard News: Shonky scepticism,

    Im __still waiting for my Big Oil/Coal payments to come through.

    But just in case my total kWh electricity use per year is about 4500, about 2% of Al Gores McMansion ( so thats where big Coal gets its profits from)

    AS for Monte Heib, he might know a lot about geology , luckily your __intution doesnt count but a link to better science goes a long way.
    Always discredit the person rather than the work thats not very scientific.
    Richard Graydons hatchet job on Tim Ball hasnt worked either

    BY the Way Margeret Thatcher was one of the first politicians to promote Global Warming! You have a greater credibility problem than Monte Heib has

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 314 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Oh Dear ...,

    Criminalising decent parents ?
    Have you read the 1995 Domestic Violence Act , bought in by National .
    thus
    3 Meaning of ``domestic violence''
    In this section, ``violence'' means---
    (a) Physical abuse:
    (b) Sexual abuse:
    (c) Psychological abuse, including, but not limited to,---
    (i) Intimidation:
    (ii) Harassment:
    (iii) Damage to property:
    (iv) Threats of physical abuse, sexual abuse, or psychological
    abuse:
    ........
    Without limiting subsection (2) (c) of this section, a person
    psychologically abuses a child if that person---
    (a) Causes or allows the child to see or hear the physical, sexual, or
    psychological abuse of a person with whom the child has a
    domestic relationship; or
    .......
    (4) Without limiting subsection (2) of this section,---
    (a) A single act may amount to abuse for the purposes of that
    subsection:
    (b) A number of acts that form part of a pattern of behaviour may
    amount to abuse for that purpose, even though some or all of
    those acts, when viewed in isolation, may appear to be minor or
    trivial.

    Note a single act is "abuse"
    Damage to property which a child can see is "abuse"
    Intimidation of a partner which a child hears is "abuse of the child"
    A series of acts which may be trivial are "abuse"

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 314 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Shonky scepticism,

    'Lets get nasty' doesnt really work Richard.

    Is Tim Ball claiming to be a 'Professor Emeritus' or is the TV show saying it. CH4 promotional material seems to be the culprit

    Richard Littlemore tries the same nonsense as you in his Desmog blog
    "In a September 26, 2006 letter to the Royal Society, Dr. Tim Ball, the leading signatory, identifies himself as "Professor of Climatology, University of Winnipeg."
    http://www.desmogblog.com/tim-ball-finding-new-ways-to-fudge-his-credentials#comment-46211

    The Text of the actual letter is here
    http://www.nhinsider.com/nhigb/2006/9/29/george-c-marshall-institute-letter-to-congress.html
    The first two signatories are here

    Sincerely,
    Dr. Tim Ball
    Retired Professor of Geography (1971 -1996)
    University of Winnipeg

    Dr. William Gray
    Director, Tropical Meteorology Project
    Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science
    Colorado State University


    Surprise Tim says hes a retired Geography Professor but is followed by a Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science

    Lets not forget what Tim Ball actually said on the Program

    Q: What is the main weakness in the reasoning of Global Warming promoters?

    A; That all predictions of future warming are based on computer models that don't work. They can't forecast one year from now so how would they be able to forecast 100 years from now? In addition, all forecasts made by the models to date have been wrong. The other major weakness the assumption that an increase in CO2 from human activity will result in warming. The evidence shows that CO2 does not correlate with temperature change. Even more damaging is that the 420,000 year ice core record shows the complete opposite with temperature changing before CO2 not as hypothesized. The models all assume a doubling of CO2 will occur. They are all programmed to have temperature increase if CO2 increases and they are unable to include feedback mechanisms. For example, an increase in temperature will result in an increase in evaporation that will cause an increase in cloud that will block the sun and cause cooling.

    Remember current CO2 levels are historically low.

    "Average global temperatures in the Early Carboniferous Period were hot- approximately 20° C (68° F). However, cooling during the Middle Carboniferous reduced average global temperatures to about 12° C (54° F). As shown on the chart below, this is comparable to the average global temperature on Earth today!

    Similarly, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Early Carboniferous Period were approximately 1500 ppm (parts per million), but by the Middle Carboniferous had declined to about 350 ppm -- comparable to average CO2 concentrations today!

    Earth's atmosphere today contains about 380 ppm CO2 (0.038%). Compared to former geologic times, our present atmosphere, like the Late Carboniferous atmosphere, is CO2- impoverished! In the last 600 million years of Earth's history only the Carboniferous Period and our present age, the Quaternary Period, have witnessed CO2 levels less than 400 ppm."

    Check out the chart.

    Global Temperature and Atmospheric CO2 over Geologic Time

    http://www.clearlight.com/~mhieb/WVFossils/Pa... \

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 314 posts Report Reply

  • Yellow Peril: the identity game,

    Manakura check out the navigation techniques of the eastern curlew here:
    http://www.abc.net.au/wing/ayowflash.htm

    Remember too that in the 15th century you could buy a ticket from Manila to Spain via Mexico ( and back again just like the Curlews).

    Bees to have amazing navigational ability too. But its the ability to make use of some knowledge to advance your society over and above some inate use that makes all the difference.
    If Maori navigational knowlege was able to be passed on then getting to Australia and back would seem to be a breeze. But this didnt happen, which suggests that it wasnt a true knowledge

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 314 posts Report Reply

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