Climate Polling Results Lead to Weird Press Coverage

[John Reece]

From Roy Spencer, Ph.D.

Climate Polling Results Lead to Weird Press Coverage

August 13th, 2014 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.

A recent polling of Americans on their attitudes about how much scientists know (or claim to know) about global warming, as well as what should be done about it, has led to very different treatments in the press, specifically in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which commissioned the poll.

ETA: I posted a comment ― somewhere in a post in a thread among too many threads to locate now ― contrary to Spencer's last comment at the end of his article linked above.

I stand corrected.

Lest there be any confusion about that to which I am referring (given the fact that Spencer's article does not stand alone but is on a page containing serial posts/articles), here it is:

When climate models can’t even hindcast global temperature changes in the last 30-40 years — where the answer is already known — how can we rely on them for forecasts?

It isn’t rocket science…it’s actually much more difficult than that.

[John Reece]

From Roy Spencer, Ph.D.

Climate Polling Results Lead to Weird Press Coverage

August 13th, 2014 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.

A recent polling of Americans on their attitudes about how much scientists know (or claim to know) about global warming, as well as what should be done about it, has led to very different treatments in the press, specifically in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which commissioned the poll.

ETA: I posted a comment ― somewhere in a post in a thread among too many threads to locate now ― contrary to Spencer's last comment at the end of his article linked above.

I stand corrected.

Lest there be any confusion about that to which I am referring (given the fact that Spencer's article does not stand alone but is on a page containing serial posts/articles), here it is:

When climate models can’t even hindcast global temperature changes in the last 30-40 years — where the answer is already known — how can we rely on them for forecasts?

It isn’t rocket science…it’s actually much more difficult than that.

Please note the ETA.

My many threads re AGW/Climate Change have been motivated primarily by an interest in ascertaining the truth ― knowing that I have had and still have A LOT to learn.

I learn much by making mistakes and, as a consequence, being corrected; the process also prompts me to read books that I would not otherwise have read. I have read a bunch recently, and have a stack yet to read.

[Cow Poke]

It isn’t rocket science…it’s actually much more difficult than that.

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