Month: September 2017

Former NASA GISS climate scientist reveals incompetence, junkets, best model called “jungle” of code

Dr Duane Thresher who worked seven years at NASA GISS describes a culture of self serving rent-seekers, mismanagement and  incompetence. These are the top experts in the climate science field that we are supposed to accept without questioning. Those who say they are working to “save the planet” care more about their junckets than they do about the data or their “best” model.

NASA GISS’s most advanced climate model is run from the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Thresher recounts a story from someone on the inside:

“NASA GISS’s climate model — named Model E, an intentional play on the word “muddle” — is called the “jungle” because it is so badly coded.”   I know this to be true from my own extensive experience programming it (I tried to fix as much as I could…).

Thresher writes about how the team was happy to take taxpayer funds and spend it on unnecessary conferences which were “loads of fun” while they scrimped and saved on things like data security and incompetent tech staff. Secretaries and mail boys were hired for jobs they were not qualified for. At one point data was lost when exposed plumbing leaked in the […]

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September 17, 2017 at 10:12PM

Claim: 5,000 deaths annually from dieselgate in Europe

I’m defending the car industry because it is too stupid to defend itself. Here’s what you need to know. Dieselgate was about higher than allowed NOx emissions caused by car manufacturers rigging their engines to cheat emissions tests. NOx is a precursor to fine particulate matter (PM2.5). It is claimed that PM2.5 causes millions of … Continue reading Claim: 5,000 deaths annually from dieselgate in Europe

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September 17, 2017 at 10:06PM

CLIMATES OF TIMES PAST

André Bijkerk has for many years been active in the Dutch climate sceptic world and as moderator of the Yahoo ClimateSceptics Forum. His specialty has been in Holocene paleoclimate with its geological and paleobotanical aspects. The present post originally appeared Continue reading

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September 17, 2017 at 06:30PM

Are Doomsday Scenarios Best Seen As Failed Predictions Or Political Detonators?

Date: 16/09/17  | Tor H Aase, The Geographical Journal of Nepal The so-called ‘Theory of Himalayan Environmental Degradation’ predicted an environmental collapse by the end of last millennium, threatening the life of millions of people. Fortunately, the all-encompassing crisis did not materialize. The article shows that the ‘Theory’ failed to take into account the vast…

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September 17, 2017 at 06:13PM