George Will Spreading More Hackery

Posted on 04/02/2009 at 2:25 pm by Bob Cesca

Even though the last time George Will wrote about the climate crisis, he got his principle facts entirely wrong, he’s decided to revisit the topic. With all new lies and hackery. For instance:

Reducing carbon emissions supposedly will reverse warming…

EHHH! Nope. Try again. Steve Benen explains:

No one’s saying that at all. The point is to reduce emissions to prevent global warming from getting worse. Will not only doesn’t understand the nature of the crisis, he doesn’t even understand the nature of the arguments.

But George Will is very serious, so he’ll probably get away with making up stuff. Again.

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  • SillyRatfacedGit

    When will George figure out that he is not qualified to have an opinion on this subject. Does he seek medical advice from his gardener?

  • http://www.colorado-yardening.com Peter

    And even if we suddenly stop all emissions, it’s too late:http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127011.500-arctic-meltdown-is-a-threat-to-humanity.html?full=trueThe major point to take from this: they’re now saying the gulf stream feedback loop probably won’t kick in. If it did/does kick in, it would mark the return of the ice ages to Europe at least.

  • matt

    Peter- I don’t think its too late yet.Earlier this year, predictions were rife that the North Pole could melt entirely in 2008. Instead, the Arctic ice saw a substantial recovery. Bill Chapman, a researcher with the UIUC’s Arctic Center, tells DailyTech this was due in part to colder temperatures in the region. Chapman says wind patterns have also been weaker this year. Strong winds can slow ice formation as well as forcing ice into warmer waters where it will melt. Why were predictions so wrong? Researchers had expected the newer sea ice, which is thinner, to be less resilient and melt easier. Instead, the thinner ice had less snow cover to insulate it from the bitterly cold air, and therefore grew much faster than expected, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.