Posts by Karmakaze

Old ships' logs show temporary global warming in 1730s

Why has The Register failed to pick up this story:

'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution

Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system

Anne Trafton, News Office

July 31, 2008

In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine.

...

"This is a major discovery with enormous implications for the future prosperity of humankind," said Barber, the Ernst Chain Professor of Biochemistry at Imperial College London. "The importance of their discovery cannot be overstated since it opens up the door for developing new technologies for energy production thus reducing our dependence for fossil fuels and addressing the global climate change problem."

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/oxygen-0731.html

Notice the date?

The next day this came out:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731143345.htm

Yet The Register has posted other articles, including this highly misleading one that came out days later.

A "major discovery with enormous implications for the future prosperity of humankind" and it doesn't even rate a mention.

I wonder why? Could it be because it involves the cheap and easy generation of hydrogen gas for use in energy applications? Applications that could take you OFF the grid forever, including fueling clean and powerful motor vehicles, and generating unlimited free electricity for your home?

If The Register ever reports it, you can decide!

Oh god, really?

@Anonymous Coward (Tuesday 5th August 2008 00:32 GMT)

"So if it only affects Europe and the Northern Atlantic then it isn't Global Warming?"

Ummm.... YES!

"What about the current warming that is only affecting the Northern Hemisphere (the Southern Hemisphere is getting colder / no change)? Is this Global Warming?"

You're kidding right? You truly believe that bull? Want a dose of reality?

"The marine data are those of sea-surface temperature (SST) and air temperature measured at night (NMAT) on board ship"

"Differences also exist between trends in the maximum and minimum New Zealand temperatures (NZT), particularly in winter."

"We conclude that annual NZT and NMAT over the nearby ocean surface have both warmed by about 0.7°C since the beginning of the century, with a slightly smaller increase in SST. This confirms previous work on the magnitude of the warming of New Zealand climate this century. Warming in NMAT and NZT in each season varies in a similar way, with consistently slightly smaller increases in SST."

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/114077999/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

That's where I am, and NO it isn't just us.

"Does this mean that everyone talking about GLOBAL warming is LYING to me too?"

Nope, it just means you don't know what you are talking about.

The Register is LYING to you.

All of you, including the people that recognise that this is not evidence against AGW, have failed to see that The Register is LYING to you. The headline says "global warming" but if you check the Times article, what do you find?

“This shows that during the 1730s, Europe underwent a period of rapid warming similar to that recorded recently”

The data does not show GLOBAL warming, it shows EUROPEAN warming. Why did The Register feel the need to LIE in their headline?