Re: Nuclear Power Des NOT Need Gobal Warming Hoax!

["John Fleck" <jfleck@abqjournal.com>]

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From: "jjcohen" <jjcohen@prodigy.net>

To: "John Fleck" <jfleck@abqjournal.com>; <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:21 PM

Subject: Re: Nuclear Power Des NOT Need Gobal Warming Hoax!





>   John,

>       If, in fact, the OISM used the technique as you describe, it should

be

> noted

>   that this approach is not unprecedented in scientific circles. The ICRP,

> has a

>   long history of doing the same thing by considering only at those

studies

> that show

>   harmful effects of radiation and ignoring those that indicate otherwise.

>                       Jerry



And when that is done, I assume we all can agree that it's wrong?



As an alternative case, I would point out that the Intergovernmental Panel

on Climate Change included John Christy - arguably the most important global

warming skeptic among working climate scientists - among the lead authors of

its most recent report[1]. He cowrote the chapter summarizing what we know

about the current rate of warming, and his data is in included in the IPCC's

report. (Christy is the PI of the group whose satellite data shows less

warming than ground-based thermometers, a key bit of data cited by

greenhouse warming skeptics. Christy's data figured prominently in the OISM

"review paper.").



John



[1] http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/index.htm



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