Global Warming and Hurricanes



You know how they say that Global Warming is causing a rise in killer hurricanes (except for last year...oops).  Heck, it must be true since environmental oracle Al Gore put it right on the poster of his movie.



I mean it is settled science, right?  Or at least settled computer modeling...

Not to mention every single scientist in the world supports it. There is a consensus you know!

Or maybe not....
CLIMATE MODELS SUGGEST WARMING-INDUCED WIND SHEAR CHANGES COULD IMPACT HURRICANE DEVELOPMENT, INTENSITY

"Global climate model simulations for the 21st Century indicate a robust increase in vertical wind shear in the tropical Atlantic and East Pacific Oceans, which could act to inhibit the development or intensification of hurricanes in these regions. Historically, increased vertical wind shear has been associated with reduced hurricane activity and intensity. "

But I suppose we should discount this since it is from NOAA, and that is part of the Bush Occupation Government.  I am sure Karl Rove ordered the Christian Fundamentalists that were installed in the Agency to reprogram the computer simulation to get this very result.

Of course that is ridiculous, but I am sure someone on the left will think that.

But this is a great example of my whole problem with the Global Warming hysteria/hype.  The conclusions are the result of a computer model simulation!  And so are all the studies that are propping up the current chicken little atmosphere.  But model simulations are like sewers...what you get out of them depends on what you put into them.

So if computer models can be so open to bias, where one model can say one thing on a subject, and another computer model can produce a different result, how can we rely on any of them to help formulate such extreme policy changes.

The only reasonable answer is....we shouldn't .

UPDATE: The Anchoress has some great links on this subject as well...

Posted: Fri - April 20, 2007 at 09:46 PM          

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