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To: Brumar89 who wrote (34798)	7/13/2011 9:37:59 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 36917

Climate jargon: Baa Humbug: March 25th, 2010 at 6:36 pm Greenhouse Jargon and its English Translation for Beginners “Aerosol sulphates” Environmentally friendly acid rain “Bio-renewable” Crop waste grown where the forest used to be. “Carbon credits” What you get from chopping down old forests to grow new trees “Computer enhanced” Fudged “Climate change” What humans do to the climate “Change of climate” What nature does to the climate “Clouds” Can’t be modelled accurately so are therefore irrelevant “Correct within an order of magnitude” Wrong “A discernable human influence” …. in writing the climate computer model and interpreting the results “General circulation model” A model to take as much money out of general circulation as possible “Greens” Vegetables “Greenhouse effect” A theory that says trace gases have similar properties to solid glass “Greenhouse friendly” Expensive, unreliable or inefficient “A highly significant area for study” A totally useless topic for which funding is available “It has long been known” ‘I couldn’t find the original reference’ “It is believed” ‘I think so’ “It is generally accepted” ‘A couple of others think so too’ “Planet Earth” A virtual simulation of real climate models “Precautionary Principle” Chopping your leg off so your scratched toe won’t get gangrene “According to statistical analysis” Rumour has it “The Sun” Something that could not possibly affect climate “Three examples are presented” (The others contradicted the hypothesis) “Worse than previously thought” ‘My research funding is beginning to dry up’ “Not inconsistent with …” Pretentious double negative to impress peers and MSM “Copenhagen Accord” A wish list for Santa Now you should have no trouble understanding AGW language. joannenova.com.au

To: Brumar89 who wrote (34798)	7/13/2011 9:44:02 AM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

Noise, drivel.