{"id":1654,"date":"2012-12-20T16:21:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T05:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2020-10-21T11:46:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T00:46:00","slug":"global-warming-bubble-bursts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/?p=1654","title":{"rendered":"Global Warming Bubble Bursts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Global<\/a>The much hyped “consensus of scientists”, that first brought us the phenomenon that is Global Warming (namely the IPCC), are changing their long sung tune.  Hot off the press, they themselves now claim Global Warming is NOT catastrophic and their alarmist models, which underlie this long-touted theory, are wrong.<\/b><\/p>\n

The threat and fear of catastrophic Global Warming has been bandied around in Western democracies for 20 years<\/a> now.  It’s not just a scientific debate, but has been pivotal in setting governmental, fiscal policy.  In the E.U., California and Australia, especially, we have seen the implementation of some of the most extensive and expensive Green Tech. subsidies schemes in the world.  For instance, Australia used to have one of the cheapest energy markets in the world now, now we’re 3rd highest<\/a>.  Cheap energy is a fundamental building block of an economy and to unnecessarily increase it seems foolhardy.  The governmental policy of Carbon Taxation<\/a> has been implemented ostensibly to combat the harmful, environmental effects of Global Warming.  The effects of these abatement policies are direct and substantive<\/a> on all facets of the global economy; adding significant costs to both business and to you-and-I.  Thus, the discovery that there may well be drastic changes to these policies is highly relevant to us all.<\/p>\n

To that end, here’s a round-up of the huge changes occurring in the elusive world of Global Warming.  Have you heard about these in the mass media already?  No, me neither.  As per all things that may be contra the polemic of Global Warming belief, skepticism is rarely<\/a> published in the mass media.  The online, internet story is very different, however, and there is a mass of news floating around the academic community, which discusses the pros and cons of Global Warming theory.  Well, here’s a quick synopsis for you of the latest trend in the debate.<\/p>\n

It seems that the pro-\u201cGlobal Warming\u201d stance is in major reversal now.  Perhaps, there’s even a total unwinding of it occurring.  This is being directed from the very top – the U.N. and thus ultimately<\/a> the U.S. government.  Here are three news items, that in isolation may be seen as a blip, but, in unison, are very remarkable indeed.<\/p>\n

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News 1: U.N. snubs its own U.N. climate scientists
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The latest, UN-sponsored Climate Conference<\/a> (COP18) has just been held in Doha, Qatar.  The famous \u201cthousands of scientists\u201d, who purportedly constituted the \u201cconsensus on Global Warming\u201d known as the IPCC (Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change), were not, however, invited.  The IPCC is a UN body<\/a>, but, for the first time ever, the UN<\/b> Climate Change conference no longer required their services.   The IPCC chairman traditionally<\/a> delivers the opening speech of the Climate Conference, he wasn’t invited this time to even spectate.<\/p>\n

Considering that the U.S. is the prime funder of the U.N., it would be quite plausible to believe it’s the U.S. that is pulling the funding rug from under the highly influential IPCC. Whether this directive is under the auspices of President Barack Obama or the House of Reps., who knows?  Is it a political and philosophical manoeveur to sideline Global Warming and, thus Carbon Taxation, or is it a plain old, budget pinching exercise<\/a>?  However, motivations aside, this snub of the IPCC is quite extraordinary and unexpected.<\/p>\n

In response to this dis-invite, Dr Rajendra K Pachauri (Chairman of the IPCC) said <\/a>in complete disbelief: \u201cFor the first time in the 18 years of COP, the IPCC will not be attending, because we have not been invited\u201d.<\/p>\n

Instead of the usual topics of conversation at the Climate Conference: the threats of impending, fossil fuel-driven, catastrophic, Global Warming, the Doha delegates discussed<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cQatari deputy prime minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, president of the UN Climate Change Summit, spoke yesterday at the oil industry event, extolling the virtues of hydrofracking<\/a> and other new extraction technologies.  His comments came just a day after the International Energy Agency released a report saying that no more than one-third of proven reserves of fossil fuels can be consumed<\/a> prior to 2050 if we\u2019re to avoid planetary disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of lambasting Big Oil for their purported, harmful environmental record, Climate leaders were extolling their virtues.  That’s a turn up for the books alright.<\/p>\n

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News 2: Climate scientists admit there is no catastrophe
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It appears that, not only have the UN’s IPCC been snubbed by the UN Climate Conference organisers, but they have also back-tracked very significantly in their message.  Whether is retraction in their previously staunch beliefs is self-inspired for forced from their sponsors is an interesting question.  Their spiel of the past 20 years is that we are heading towards an environmental calamity unless we abate our CO2 emissions.  However, their latest, wide-ranging, Climate Change, report (IPCC draft report, AR5<\/a>) does a complete about flip on this mantra.<\/p>\n

The latest report shows<\/a> an almost complete reversal from the previous, 2007 version (AR4) on trends in drought, hurricanes, floods:<\/p>\n