Principia-Scientific International(PSI) (report by John O`Sullivan) reveals that a new Nasa study titled "The effects of Solar Variability on Earth`s Climate" has revealed that even slight changes in solar output has a considerable impact on climate. One of the authors Dr Greg Kopp of the Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado conceded "even typical short term variations of 0.1 percent in incident solar irradiance exceeds all other energy sources combined". A full report by Dr T Phillips is available from the National Academies Press. It reports that the NASA management was barred from stopping NASA Goddard Institute climate activist James Hansen from promoting a political agenda on climate. As O`Sullivan says there is indeed a paradigm shift in full swing and the discredited claims of man made global warming alarmists are being tossed aside at the highest level of government.
Dr Tim Ball chair of PSI who was Professor of Climatology at the University of Winnipeg for thirty years has been the driving force behind the worldwide team of over 200 experts from various scientific fields to address the climate issue.The NASA report notes that "understanding the sun-climate connection requires a breadth of expertise in fields such as plasma physics, solar activity, atmospheric chemistry and fluid dynamics, energetic particle physics, and even terrestrial history. No single researcher has the full range of knowledge required to solve the problem"
Dr Ball says that finally NASA seems to have broken free of the "settled science" that the IPCC imposed. Climate science was effectively frozen for thirty years and NASA are now getting back to where they were in the 1970`s" Dr Ball now believes that this latest NASA publication marks the breaking of the control Hansen had over climate research at the US space agency. Ball notes that "I understand that upper management were advised by much higher authority not to touch Hansen." He says that the evidence is stacking up proving that Hansen was "out of control" and what he has been doing publicly and politically should have been censured, even prosecuted under the Hatch Act".
Clearly this together with the down grading of future global warming by the UK Met Office in their Christmas Eve announcement and the admission by the IPCC of the role of the sun, the case of the alarmists is disintegrating by the day. Some alarmist writers in the UK Guardian and the Daily Telegraph have been shown up that their views on man made climate change are in fact junk science. It is the sun, gravity and the hydrological cycle based on water vapour and latent heat that are the drivers of climate change. Carbon dioxide has no heat trapping powers. The increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is coming from de-gassing from the oceans as a result of temperature changes hundreds of years previously. The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a result of human activity is less than 0.036 percent of the atmosphere--insignificant.
Submitted by Pete Ridley 4 February 2013 18:49
ReplyDeleteI draw attention to statements in this article which I consider could mislead the unwary. The claim that
1) “ .. Dr Tim Ball .. was Professor of Climatology at the University of Winnipeg for thirty years .. ” aligns with what Dr. Ball was claiming in 2003, 2006 and 2007 (Note a). That claim conflicts with what Dr. Ball now claims in his CV, which says that he was a Professor for a period of only 8 years, from 1988-1996 (http://drtimball.com/_files/dr-tim-ball-CV.pdf). It seems that Dr. Ball was not a Professor of Climatology but a Professor of Geography who also gave lectures relating to climate issues.
2) “ .. Ball .. has been the driving force behind the worldwide team of over 200 experts from various scientific fields to address the climate issue .. ” is arguable, with evidence in the public domain indicating that the driving force behind PSI has always been its “visionary”, project leader John O’Sullivan (Note b).
Tim Ball’s contribution to those numerous exchanges amounted to one E-mail on 28th Dec. 2010 when he told John “ .. I am in support of this proposal and will make a contribution .. ” (Note c).
3) “ .. The increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is coming from de-gassing from the oceans as a result of temperature changes hundreds of years previously. The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a result of human activity is less than 0.036 percent of the atmosphere--insignificant... ” could cause confusion. It is claimed that the total atmospheric CO2 content measured at Mauna Loa in December 2012 was 394.28 ppm, up from 385 in 2008 (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/). May I suggest that this statement be clarified.
NOTES
a) See SpotlightOn –Principia Scientific International, Section 3.1 Co-Founder and Chairman Dr. Timothy Francis Ball (http://globalpoliticalshenanigans.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/spotlighton-principia-scientific.html)
b) It can be clearly seen from the E-mail exchanges that preceded the setting up of PSI as a private association in July 2011 that it was unemployed art teacher John O’Sullivan who enthusiastically promoted his vision as CEO of an international publishing company. As John acknowledged on 1st Jan. 2011 “ .. Most of my conversations about a vision for PSI have been with Hans Schreuder and Joe Olson .. ” (http://globalpoliticalshenanigans.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/psi-due-diligence-20102011-selected-e.html). In response to John’s further attempt on 15th Jan. 2011 to pursuade the group to support him in setting up PSI as a private company Professor Claes Johnson said “ .. the vision of PSI as presented is inflated beyond my comprehension .. ”.
More information about some of those “ .. 200 experts .. ” can be found in the SpotlightOn – Principia Scientific International” article ((http://globalpoliticalshenanigans.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/spotlighton-principia-scientific.html).
c) in response to John’s appeal on 26th Dec. “ .. I am happy to work with one of my contacts in the DC area to file a mandamus in the federal court in D.C. on behalf of PSI. .. If we can raise $3,000 I can set the legal wheels in motion .. ”. That amounted to a measly $150 for each member of the group but the appeal failed and John launched a public appeal for £15,000 (http://www.gofundme.com/1v39s) – another failed appeal for money, having raised only £450 in 2 years, of which John admitted on 19th Jan. that “ .. As for the donations so far, I can reveal the first donation of $350 is from a member of my family in the US .. ” (http://globalpoliticalshenanigans.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/psi-due-diligence-20102011-selected-e.html).
Best regards, Pete Ridley