Stan:
bless your heart, you put of a valiant effort, and for that i applaud you even if i don't agree with your position.
i don't expect you to believe Glen Beck, you can watch Keith Oberman and Rachel Maddow all you like
they need the viewers anyway.
and i don't ascribe to inhoff either, quite frankly i haven't really followed anything he has said.
i understand the problem with making hay over a hand full of weather stations parked by artificial heat sources
not really making a dent in the scheme of things as factored with 1000's of other stations,, "IF"
the guys that put together those reports included all the 1000's of other stations, including those that might be parked
outside of heat pumps in the winter,, that i don't know for sure, and the fellows that compiled this stuff seem to either have
lost their homework or are less than forthcoming with those details.
things like time of day, general weather at the time of measurement, other changes such as a tree growing up and shading the station
or one having been cut down that was providing shade, etc.
also remember this,
it is my assertion that it is not big oil that is screwing with your boys and their work,
big oil has bought heavily into AE on all kinds of stuff, from corn oil production for bio, alcohol for gasohol, solar panels, wind farms, battery, and just about ever facet of that segment, so that they win no matter which way the AGW debate goes,,, also for all i know they have controlling interest in the carbon credit trading as well,
we are not going to quit burning oil, and the oil companies no there is no threat to their bottom line in that regard so why would they fight global warming? it is in their best interest to support global warming if not blatantly certainly behind the scenes.
as far as i can tell they are the only ones that stand to make bank no matter what happens with AGW
so i don't see big oil as the boogie man you make them out to be, less than saintly certainly, but decidedly not satan either,
and if they are into the AGW debate behind the scenes it is only to find out how to position their holdings to maximize profits
as any good business does if it is to succeed and continue onward.
i think you need to find a different bad guy to blame this on.
the only ones that i can see that will be hurt by AGW legislation is the little people, we end up paying the added taxes, and put up
with draconian regulation and have to pay for whatever regulation cost to industry anyway,, they sure don't pay for it themselves out of
their hip pocket,, yes they pay it and pass the added costs on to us, with a markup for profit attached.
bob g