A very simple and easy to understand explanation of why climate change is REAL.

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  1. Robert

    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I do not wish to start reporting you. Are you not aware of forum rules here?
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    i plan to study Australia and its history of heat waves. So when you report, I plan to be up to speed on your country.
     
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    The fact that man is ****ing up the planet
     
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    No problems our BOM has some great resources
     
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    Sydney had recent heat. But the hottest day of record was in 1939. So if the earth is getting hotter, why won't Sydney accept that and get hotter than in 1939?

    https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/07/asia/australia-sydney-hottest-day/index.html

     
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    Ever heard of the word "average"?
     
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    This term should be banned from climate discussions.
     
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    This confused me at first because I just read “hotter than in 1939.” I assumed you were talking about a year at least. Then I saw the word “day” and it all made sense.
     
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    It is not this thread, it is found at the improved curry corner. You have far less to look for there. And you will find a lot more valuable scientific material there than here.
     
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    Why? Because it is inconvenient?
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Dr. Lindzen and I discussed this and he agrees. He uses the term mean. Still when you reject actual figures from 1913 and act as if that accurate figure does not matter, why quibble that I object to average.
     
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    Not compared to the rest of the freaking planet

    The whole of the USA is only around 2% of the planets surface area
     
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    Ok happy to use mean as it is not too different
     
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    Gee and I have so little going on in my life that I have time to search every post of yours on every thread

    I will consider it not supplied until it is posted on this thread
     
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    Not long ago someone was telling me that a century of global data is a millisecond in the Earth’s long history. Now you come in and post about a hot day in Sydney. Apparently the only meaningful climate data is over either 1 million years or 24 hours. Nothing in between.

    Which is perfect, because that conveniently avoids the time scale most appropriate for measuring anthropogenic climate change.

    For the record, 1939 was not even a particularly hot year for Australia.
     
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    That hasn't been proven.
     
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    I dunno, on your side you guys post a days of data and say ... see there. I show data and you then deny it. The day I picked in 1939 was supposed to be the record hottest period in Australia. Same thing I did with Death Valley, Ca.
     
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    Y o sure nuff has

    IPCC
     
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    I certainly did not do that I linked you to the trended data from the BOM Aus. Even if you cannot find my link it is easy to google as BUreau of Meteorology Aus should bring you right to it with masses of collected data free for anyone to do an independent analysis
     
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    Average?

    Why...it's the POINT of the discussion
     
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    No sorry.
     

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