Global Warming is the new Religion

Good article: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Global+warming+religion+First+World+urban+elites/1835847/story.html

The Global Warming Petition Project.

I signed this petition... Now I'll have to justify myself.

Global Warming

I've found one of the most convincing short booklets against man made global warming. It's called "The Skeptics Handbook" Upon reading this, I've officially joined the army of skeptics.

Temperature Measurement... Surface Temperature, US

I've had a strong predisposition, based on my understanding of the chemistry and dynamics of weather, to suspect that any global warming could not be attributed to human activity, at least not in a significant way. I'll speak to that at length in later entries.

In my post doc work I had to include temperature in the ecosystem models and then develop instrumentation and siting standards. From the beginning of the global warming controversy I have wondered whether or not the surface temperature metrics might be compromised by the placement or change in instrumentation.

I found the following data to be compelling to the argument that the temperature record itself is unreliable. The data are found in the document "Is the US Surface Temperature Record Reliable?" Click on the link and judge for yourself.

Credentials

My background relevant to the topic of global warming includes

The Theoretical:

• Systems Science PhD
• Biophysics MS
• Complex systems theory
• Stochastic systems models
• Complex object oriented frameworks
• Complex environmental ecosystems modeling and instrumentation
  

The Practical

• Post Doc, Environmental Systems
• Environmental Committee- development of Town environmental management plan
• Environmental Committee- regional planning