Wednesday 13 February 2019

Looking at Dr. Michael Mann's conspiracy theory video

I have recorded the following rave, (some might call it a rage) with my reponse to the latest political attack video by Dr Michael E.Mann who attacks those that talk honestly about methane without once mentioning the solid science behind this - the work of Natalia Shakhova, Igor Seniletov et.al.

We look at the latest "scientific paper" by Dr. Mann that makes him look more like a fantasist than a climate change scientist.

Dr. Mann is obviously no climate change denier, but he is is a denier of Reality


Michael Mann, Natalia Shakhova and the "methane conspiracy" - who's the scientist?


Here are some apposite comments from Jennifer Hynes.


METHANE MISINFORMATION

Michael Mann uses the same techniques as denialists and Donald Trump. Instead of addressing any of the issues, he resorts to name calling cf. "catastrophists" (on step up from "alarmists"). He also relies on conspiracy theory to explain the reason that people might say that methane emissions are a clear and present danger i.e that the evil conspirators are serving the interests of the petroleum industry. If he is right, then Guy McPherson and Sam Carana must have very big Swiss bank accounts. Well, here's another conspiracy theory. Michael Mann is a CIA plant engaged in a classic misinformation campaign.

One inference is that whoever "they" are are getting increasingly worried about the methane threat meme, and want to nip it in the bud. But they have made a terrible strategic mistake. It would have better served their interests to allow the public's complacency to keep the issue smothered. Now they are raising it without knowledge of the research into cascading feedback loops and the nature of exponential change as "us-lot" have at our disposal. By making the first move, they have exposed their weakness.


Methane at surface [ ppbv ] (provided by CAMS, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service)

Mike Mann on the “Arctic “methane bomb”

Natalia Shakhova - The Things We See

Organic matter across subsea permafrost thaw horizons on the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (Shakhova et.al)




The Hockey Stick: The Most Controversial Chart in Science, Explained

Controlling future summer weather extremes still within our grasp


Here is an interview between Jennifer and Torstein Viddal on the matter.


And for those who have missed it, Jennifer's indispensible backgrounder.



P.S. Here are some comments from Kevin Hester


Michael Mann is a tenured professor at Penn State University which also 'coincidentally' has a department dedicated to the very same US military that is the single largest user of hydro carbons on the planet and have been looking at climate change as an existential problem for decades.

Below are some comments from a You Tube interview he made with Thom Hartmann which I have posted in the comments section of my blog post on "The Liar Michael Mann".

1. 41 “We need to go to zero emissions within a decade or two if we’re going to avoid the threshold of dangerous interference with our climate”. Mann pretending we haven’t already entered a time of dangerous interference with our climate.

5.44; “There is still time to avoid crossing the 2C threshold”

He cannot believe that nonsense so he must be lying.

“We will have to bring emissions down by 5% or more for the next decade or two if we are going to avoid 2C” If you believe that you aren’t paying attention.
8.39 “Later in the century may literally need to start sucking some of that carbon dioxide back out of the atmosphere”. Carbon capture and storage at scale is fantasy technology and he knows it.

“A price on carbon, a market signal will help us move in the direction we need to and electing politicians who will support our interests”.

It is impossible that Mann could be so naive, he’s lying and it’s obvious.

My guess is the military industrial complex have promised him and his family a position in a bunker when collapse unfolds. 

The single largest difference between Carana, McPherson, Westenra and Hester and the Liar Michael Mann is that only the last person named derives a salary from his work, the restof us do it for the living planet and all the earthlings on it.

We refuse to be the last generation of elders lying to the last generation of youth.



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1 comment:

  1. Couldn't agree more with you - Mann is a gaslighter, so obvious from his comments and behaviour.

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