A Challenge to Warmists

Here is what CAGW alarmists have to do to convince me, a skeptic of CAGW, to take a closer look at what they are saying about the dangerous nature of the current climate.

Please support this statement with data.

As CO2 increases in the atmosphere extreme weather will become more severe and more frequent.

Here is how you can do this.

Show me that category 5 hurricanes - the most severe - constitute a larger percentage of all hurricanes that occur each year as CO2 has increased. That will show me that extreme weather is indeed becoming more severe.

Now show me that cat 5 hurricanes also are happening more frequently over time as CO2 has been increasing unabated in our atmosphere.

Here is the hurricane dataset maintained by NOAA, a government agency that collects and analyses hurricane data for the Atlantic Basin. This data is bought and paid for by the US taxpayer and thus is not subject to the influence of skeptics or the Koch brothers. It is however in the hands of warmists.

Chronological List of All Hurricanes

Should we be afraid of that data or embrace it?

Let me know your results.

This is what you must do to instil doubt  in my mind about my skepticism about CAGW.

Can you similarly elucidate for me what it is that the data must show in order to instill doubt in your mind about your acceptance of the reality of CAGW? What could falsify CAGW in your mind?