AP reporter Borenstein calls out ‘Real Climate’ activists’ Mann and Schmidt for ‘misrepresenting interviews he did with each of them’
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Counter Claim: ‘Stronger winds CAUSED by global warming’
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‘Something seems not quite right with wind study’
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Geologist: ‘How can they have more intense storms from same effect that is lessening winds?’
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‘if you’d like to believe it does not, you can justify belief by citing Gavin Schmidt’
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‘If you’d like to believe it… you can justify belief by citing Michael Mann’
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Flashback: Say it ain’t so! AP’s Borenstein Reports: ‘The Wind seems to be dying down…the cause may be global warming’
Associated Press science reporter Seth Borenstein reported on June 10, 2009 that global warming may be causing the winds to die down in the U.S.
Borenstein’s article, titled “Not so windy: Research suggests winds dying down” reports:
The wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, seems to be dying down across the United States. And the cause, ironically, may be global warming-the very problem wind power seeks to address. Borenstein also noted: “Several outside experts mostly agree that there are signs that wind speed is decreasing and that global warming is the likely culprit.”
The article continues: “[The study] raises a new side effect of global warming that hasn’t been looked into before.” [Editor’s Note: Yes, this does appear to be an alleged “new side effect” of man-made global warming. For a complete list of alleged impacts of warming see here: A complete list of things caused by global warming – Perhaps this is why a top Japanese scientist recently compared global warming claims to “astrology.” ]
Borenstein’s article continues: In global warming, the poles warm more and faster than the rest of the globe, and temperature records, especially in the Arctic, show this. That means the temperature difference between the poles and the equator shrinks and with it the difference in air pressure in the two regions. Differences in barometric pressure are a main driver in strong winds. Lower pressure difference means less wind. [End AP article excerpt.]
But Geophysicist Dr. David Deming, associate professor of arts and sciences at the University of Oklahoma who has published numerous peer-reviewed research articles, challenged the new study in an exclusive interview with Climate Depot.
“Wait a minute! Isn’t a mainstay of global warming alarmism the claim that global warming will produce greater numbers of more intense storms?” Deming told Climate Depot on June 10, 2009.
“How can they have more intense storms from the same effect that is lessening winds? They appear to be claiming that global warming will simultaneously increase and decrease wind velocities,” Deming said. “For thousands of years, philosophers and theologians have concluded that not even God could create a logical contradiction, such as allowing something to simultaneously exist and non-exist,” he added.
Others are joining in to mock Borenstein’s article. University of Colorado Professor Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. ridiculed the AP article for what he termed a …
Nobel laureate: ‘Wind is not the future’…Europe should cancel its big wind plans
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Green homeowner hit with noise abatement order because 40ft wind turbine is driving his neighbours mad
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Wind woes: ‘Disastrous problem of aircraft disappearing in radar blackout zones caused by wind farms’
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