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[briantrumpet]

Here is the wiki entry for Steve Milloy

I think he’s being deadly serious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Milloy

F'ckin 'ell!

I must admit I posted it, then thought "No, they must be joking, and I've fallen for it."

 

[First Aspect]

F'ckin 'ell!

I must admit I posted it, then thought "No, they must be joking, and I've fallen for it."

I am surprised you are surprised. You need to spend more time talking to conspiracy theorists, then you'll be less surprised but just as dismayed. I have one in the family, and you have lots of time on your hands so I'll put you in touch. Don't mention COVID though, or he will get his RFID scanner out.

 

[briantrumpet]

I am surprised you are surprised. You need to spend more time talking to conspiracy theorists, then you'll be less surprised but just as dismayed. I have one in the family, and you have lots of time on your hands so I'll put you in touch. Don't mention COVID though, or he will get his RFID scanner out.

There's only one friend I had who went right down the covid conspiracy hole, and she's never come back.

 

[C R]

Well, I think the graph is passable, but maybe the interpretation leaves a little to be desired.

(I suspect that this might be a spoof - I hope so.)

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That looks a bit like an overdriven, underdamped oscillator about to enter a chaotic regime. The thing people don't realise is that the term global warming or global heating is misleading. Earth's climate systems are weakly coupled pressure/temperature cells that exchange energy via air movement, those exchanges result in weather. As more energy enters the system, the amplitude of the air movements becomes larger, and you get more random swings, so the local effects become more and more extreme, both higher and lower.

 

[First Aspect]

That looks a bit like an overdriven, underdamped oscillator about to enter a chaotic regime. The thing people don't realise is that the term global warming or global heating is misleading. Earth's climate systems are weakly coupled pressure/temperature cells that exchange energy via air movement, those exchanges result in weather. As more energy enters the system, the amplitude of the air movements becomes larger, and you get more random swings, so the local effects become more and more extreme, both higher and lower.

Can I suggest you don't take up that offer of a role in public understanding of science?

It's like stirring Irish coffee, folks.

 

[C R]

Can I suggest you don't take up that offer of a role in public understanding of science?

It's like stirring Irish coffee, folks.

Not sure if I should take that as a compliment.

 

[Ian H]

That looks a bit like an overdriven, underdamped oscillator about to enter a chaotic regime. The thing people don't realise is that the term global warming or global heating is misleading. Earth's climate systems are weakly coupled pressure/temperature cells that exchange energy via air movement, those exchanges result in weather. As more energy enters the system, the amplitude of the air movements becomes larger, and you get more random swings, so the local effects become more and more extreme, both higher and lower.

You should come along to our Wednesday pubruns. They're an ideal opportunity to discuss weather and climate.

 

[C R]

You should come along to our Wednesday pubruns. They're an ideal opportunity to discuss weather and climate.

I'll let you know next time I am down your way. I'm also available if you have any guests that overstay their welcome.

 

[First Aspect]

Not sure if I should take that as a compliment.

It depends what you were intending. Probably not, tbh.

 

[Ian H]

You should come along to our Wednesday pubruns. They're an ideal opportunity to discuss weather and climate.

I should point out that 4 or 5 of the group are Met Office scientists.

 

[Ian H]

I'll let you know next time I am down your way. I'm also available if you have any guests that overstay their welcome.

Those that do are buried in the back garden.

 

[Mr Celine]

I should point out that 4 or 5 of the group are Met Office scientists.

What's your role in this group?

Is it time keeping, geography, measurement of physical quantities or all three?

 

[Ian H]

What's your role in this group?

Is it time keeping, geography, measurement of physical quantities or all three?

I just ride the bike, drink the beer, and try, with decreasing success, to sound intelligent.

 

[Mr Celine]

I just ride the bike, drink the beer, and try, with decreasing success, to sound intelligent.

I ask because I assume they are expert meterologists.
I assume this because the weather the Met Office forecast generally happens, just not when, where or in the quantities predicted.

I imagine one of them being sent to the bar for six pints and coming back with just one, or perhaps ten, or going to the toilet instead of the bar, or getting the pints in next Tuesday.

 

[Ian H]

I ask because I assume they are expert meterologists.
I assume this because the weather the Met Office forecast generally happens, just not when, where or in the quantities predicted.

I imagine one of them being sent to the bar for six pints and coming back with just one, or perhaps ten, or going to the toilet instead of the bar, or getting the pints in next Tuesday.

Lots of people see the little raindrops on the weather app and assume that means definite rain. They fail to notice the % figure below which might, for instance, indicate 60% chance of rain. Anyway, they're scientists involved in various fields and they are all better than me at bringing back exactly what was ordered,