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
Here are some apposite comments from Jennifer Hynes.
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.
Here is an interview between Jennifer and Torstein Viddal on the matter.
And for those who have missed it, Jennifer's indispensible backgrounder.
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.
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.
P.S.
Couldn't agree more with you - Mann is a gaslighter, so obvious from his comments and behaviour.
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