Long thread. I think it has at least served to get people to talk about what they truely believe and challenge each other on those beliefs.
This morning, I read an interesting blog post where US temperatures might not have risen after all, if subsequent changes to temperature record are faulty.
According to the raw (“uncorrected”) data, US temperatures in the 1930’s were warmer than the present. This happens to coincide with the “dustbowl” climate which contributed to the great depression.
The comments are very interesting. In that thread, someone laments on how the IPCC summary has been released to the public (Summary for Policy Makers), before the public has a chance to scrutize the underlying science. I agree with that objection. To me this seems like a classic case of propaganda: solidify public opinion on the matter, making the actual scientific data secondary, and when rebuttals are made on the release data in May, they won’t make the headlines because public sentiment has already been “fixed” (i.e. it’s too late to roll back the wave).
