Quackery in Qatar

CoP 18 is underway in Qatar. Many nations of the world are gathered to hammer out a solution to the alleged Climate Change crisis. Change is what the climate does so we will need to use our super powers to prevent it. Curiously, CO2 is thought to be the key to controlling the climate. Reducing its concentration below 350ppm is seen as a saviour for mankind. Apparently, bad weather never happened below 350ppm.

Here are some Doh!s from Doha. Or as Bart Simpson might say: Doh! Ha!

The leader of the UN climate delegation has already crafted her closing remarks and it is only Day 2: [Christiana Figueres] said she was already preparing her closing remarks for the Doha talks.

“It’s in my head now,” she said. “I’m going to say, ‘This is another firm step in the right direction, but the path is still a long road ahead.”’

Doh! Ha!

Richard Tol has tweeted: Civil servants, lobbyists and academics are getting ready to fly to a warm place to convince us that warmth is bad and we should fly less

Doh! Ha!

Daily winter temperatures in Doha average 34C. You can bet that the delegates will be turning up their A/C to combat the heat even as they advise us to turn down our A/C to save the planet. They won’t sweat to save the planet. The UNFCCC missed a great opportunity to teach the world about climate change by not holding CoP18 in Alaska where the press could have broadcast all day about the fastest warming place on the planet and pointed out all the melting ice.

Doh! Ha!

Donna, a card carrying member of the old white male fraternity that ‘denies’ the science, has reiterated what has become obvious: planetary saviours are hypocrites.

“Note this well: when the people who talk loudest about saving the planet lack the self-discipline to avoid pointless air travel and consumption, when even they can’t bring themselves to forfeit their annual getaway in order to spare the environment, the rotten heart of the climate change movement becomes clear.”

Doh! Ha!

The Conference of the Parties 18 has transformed into the Conference for the Parties 18. Incentives are structured to encourage the attendees to keep the ball rolling and plan for party 19 next year. Surf’s up. Ride the wave. It is the modern day Never Ending Story.


And from Instapundit:

I’ll believe it’s a crisis when the people who tell me it’s a crisis start acting like it’s a crisis.

Doh! Ha!

China  is all for developed nations reducing their  fossil fuel emissions.

"The Kyoto Protocol remains the cornerstone of the international climate regime," said China, speaking for the so-called BASIC group, which also includes Brazil, India and South Africa.

BTW, China will not extend the Kyoto Accord. Doh! Ha!

Meanwhile back in reality about 900 of the 1200 new coal power plants that are to be built worldwide are sited for China and India. The message: you cripple your economy while we expand ours.

Doh! Ha!

Meanwhile, back in reality, the consensus continues to build: New paper contradicts IPCC assumptions about precipitation. ...there was no significant change in global average precipitation, and that dry areas became wetter and wet areas drier.

Has the IPCC gotten anything right?

The CoP 18 delegates need to get their collective heads out of the sand. But that would mean giving up the beach. Don’t hold your breath.

CoP 19 may be held in Poland who depends on coal as their main power source. Early December weather in Poland may make AGW a hard sell.