“Climate changes are proven fact,” writes climate professor

John Hagan writes:

MIT professor Kerry Emanuel gets schooled in the comments section by readers. These readers are by and large not scientists, but just average citizens who have a basic understanding of science, common sense, and an obvious nose for B.S.

LA replies:

The Emanuel article is a classic example of how an orthodoxy is defended after it has ceased to be tenable. Repeatedly, Emanuel (who notwithstanding his first name Kerry is a man, see his page at MIT) admits all kinds of uncertainties in the warming data, and even warns against “apocalyptic” climate scenarios; then, notwithstanding all his caveats, he turns around and re-asserts the truth of global warming and says we all must accept it. Other than mentioning the “hacked” e-mails at the Climate Research Unit, he doesn’t deal at all with the actual information that has been coming out that challenges the warming thesis.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at February 15, 2010 10:11 AM | Send