[Dean's World] Dave Price: Consensus

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Posted by Dave Price:
Consensus
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1204301709.shtml


   Brit Hume [1]last night:

     A prominent meteorologist and former NASA scientist has gone public
     with her questions about the global warming movement. Joanne
     Simpson was chief scientist for meteorology at the Earth Sciences
     Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Institute. She has
     authored more than 190 studies. She contends the conventional
     wisdom that man-made greenhouse gasses are fueling climate change
     is based almost entirely upon computer models she describes as
     "frail."
     She adds â "One distinguished scientist has shown that many aspects
     of climate change are regional, some of the most harmful caused by
     changes in human land use. No one seems to have properly factored
     in population growth and land use, particularly in tropical and
     coastal areas."

   As a programmer, I'm also skeptical of any assertion based purely on
   computer modelling.

References

   1. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,333710,00.html