Saturday, January 23, 2010

315 years…only a minute of time

IPCC apologized about the quote that the Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035. They are claiming a typo in transcription from the original paper that said they may disappear by the year 2350 (a 315 year error). Now that begins to make me wonder if the windows on everything haven't been shortened up? I mean really, a 315 year difference, doesn't anyone with a scientific background proofread these reports? http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/01/21/21climatewire-climate-science-panel-apologizes-for-himalay-25267.html I'm really beginning to question the 'IPCC's Stellar reputation' on climate science. The UN and governments looking at a cash cow in taxes as well as private individuals looking to make billions on trading gasses and paper (it don't even have to be paper now, it can be electronic impulses now) have created an artificial 'reputation' and its beginning to come unraveled.

I'd say we shouldn't look to any one entity (IPCC, NOAH, NASA etc.) to be the defining body on issues such as global warming. I know none of us want to be experts on all of these things like global warming, gun control, cap-n-tax, and healthcare, but can we trust the appointed experts? Who appointed them? What is the agenda behind the panel? Why do we need the panel? What laws will be enacted because of them?

When I look at the impacts of these kinds of panels I have to wonder. I hate government bureaucracy as much as the next guy (if not more), but having said that we need to slow down on making laws based solely on the recommendations of a panel of government appointed 'experts', especially when those laws are liable to tax us into a third world country.

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