Monday, October 14, 2013

Data inconvenient

Germany's Der Spiegel reports that things have not been going well for the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).  

Average global temperature has not risen for 15 years.  According to computer models used to support arguments of global warming activists, it should have.  

At the same time,  "A survey conducted on behalf of SPIEGEL found a dramatic shift in public opinion -- Germans are losing their fear of climate change."  In 2006, 62% said they were afraid of global warming, but only 39% are afraid now.

The IPCC finds this data inconvenient.  They don't want to put the 15-year lack of warming out there in public because, in the words of German Green Party politician Herman Ott, "Climate policy needs the element of fear," so that politicians can pursue "rigorous climate policies."

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