Via: Global warming alarmist talking heads like Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Al Gore are constantly paraded around as experts on climate, often claiming that global warming is making weather more extreme and bashing those who “deny” that humans are the main culprit behind this.
So, Fox Business host John Stossel
brought in an actual climate scientist to see just how truthful Nye, Tyson and Gore are being when they go on television to sound the alarm on global warming and advocate for phasing out fossil fuels.
“I’ve actually been doing climate science for the last 25 years and these guys haven’t,” Dr. Roy Spencer, a former NASA scientist who’s now a researcher at the University of Alabama in Huntsville,
told Stossel.
“Unfortunately, Bill Nye has said some things that are just downright deceptive,” Spencer added. “He’s a mechanical engineer, but he could learn about stuff, and I’m afraid he hasn’t.”
Nye is often brought on by liberal media outlets to talk about global warming, and he often takes to social media
whenever a storm occurs somewhere in the world to link it to global warming — despite a
lack of evidence that weather has actually gotten more extreme. Nye has also consistently bashed those who are skeptical of man-made global warming, like Spencer, calling them “
deniers.”
“I really resent the term, as do other skeptics because we don’t deny climate change — climate change has always occurred,” Spencer said. “Most of us believe that humans have some role in that, but again, this plays well on TV and to certain audiences.”
“Now, Bill Nye can say things like, our recent Tropical Storm Bill — which occurred, by the way, during hurricane season, we do get tropical storms during hurricane season,” Spencer said. “Everything gets blamed on global warming now, even weather events, and it’s just gotten ridiculous and I don’t know how people can say these things with a straight face.”
Nye got lots of media attention for claiming that global warming was causing Tropical Storm Bill in the Gulf of Mexico and wildfires spreading through Alaska. Actual meteorologists, however, bashed Nye for his
remarks.
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Ryan Maue's tweet)
Spencer also criticized Al Gore for claiming that extreme weather events are 100 times more common today than they were in the mid-20th Century — a claim that is patently false. Yet, Gore will not debate skeptics about his global warming claims in the media.
“Which is bullshit,” Spencer remarked when asked about Gore’s weather claim. “Severe weather has not increased. Even the United Nations admits this. That there has not been any measurable increase in severe weather events around the world.”
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kir_mokumsays...you're posting this while they're now saying that climate change is accelerating way faster than anyone had ever predicted. this guy is a fucking creationist for christ sake.
Trancecoachsays..."They" who, specifically? Based on what "evidence," specifically? Seeing as how you have to resort to suggesting that this particular scientist's views on evolution have anything to do with his work as a climate scientist says more about the credibility of your "position" on this issue than it serves as any sort of "argument" on the topic at hand.
I'll take the scientist's take over the alarmist's take, every.single.time.
you're posting this while they're now saying that climate change is accelerating way faster than anyone had ever predicted. this guy is a fucking creationist for christ sake.
eric3579says...Who is Roy Spencer and what does he think. This stuff seems relevant if you're going to take the time to listen to him at all.
https://www.skepticalscience.com/Roy_Spencer_quote.htm
https://bbickmore.wordpress.com/roy-spencer/
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roy_Spencer
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/07/29/282584/climate-scienists-debunk-latest-bunk-by-denier-roy-spencer/
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roy_Spencer
http://www.desmogblog.com/roy-spencer
newtboysays...Sweet Bastard Zombie Jesus!
This guy claims that global warming is happening because the core is hotter that it used to be, not because of anything people did or the atmosphere at all, then he goes on to contradict himself by saying this bit of cranial rectosis inspired insanity....
Climate Myth VS What the Science Says
"the warming trend over the Northern Hemisphere, where virtually all of the thermometer data exist, is a function of population density at the thermometer site."
30 March 2012 (Source)
Urban and rural regions show the same warming trend.
What a brain dead tool, followed only by others of his ilk.
Who is Roy Spencer and what does he think. This stuff seems relevant if you're going to take the time to listen to him at all.
https://www.skepticalscience.com/Roy_Spencer_quote.htm
https://bbickmore.wordpress.com/roy-spencer/
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roy_Spencer
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/07/29/282584/climate-scienists-debunk-latest-bunk-by-denier-roy-spencer/
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roy_Spencer
http://www.desmogblog.com/roy-spencer
ChaosEnginesays..."The most hotly debated science issue these days is global warming"
Nope.
So, 8 seconds in and this is already so fucking stupid I don't even need to rebut it.
Oh hey, it's Fox News! Well, they're absolutely my first trusted source about climate change (or anything for that matter).
Maybe it'll get better.
It didn't. Downvote.
Stormsingersays...There's been no scientific controversy on this subject for nearly 20 years now. It's well past time to begin treating these people as what they are: liars, idiots, or delusional (or some combination thereof).
The only purpose they serve is to provide cover for the politicians who have been bought by the carbon industries, so they can claim they're just doing what people want when they block any action that might help.
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