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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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From: Wharf Rat5/11/2016 7:38:33 PM
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Coal made its best case against climate change, and lost

A Minnesota judge found the preponderance of evidence did not favor coal industry climate science denial

Lindzen admitted that the coal company case relied upon trusting the 3% of fringe contrarian scientists and ignoring the expert consensus as summarized in the IPCC report:

All of this [opposition] testimony is flawed to the extent it simply relies on … predictions by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change … today the best evidence indicates that … a much lower climate sensitivity value of 1°C or 1.5°C is correct

theguardian.com

Well, Dick, since we still have about 160 ppm to go, and we've already had a reading of 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial, the best evidence indicates you
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