tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post61164012535637746..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: Day 32 and the pond dallies with some world-class climate science ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-49324863373475465102016-04-23T15:41:22.303+10:002016-04-23T15:41:22.303+10:00Well the risk of growing old, so they assured me G...Well the risk of growing old, so they assured me GD, is a lot better than the alternative(s).<br /><br />But I did have to quietly chortle when Nick Gruen (an entertaining, if not very bright, front pager of Club Troppo) had to confess that he was no longer the dedicated "neoliberal" he'd once been: http://clubtroppo.com.au/2016/04/20/neoliberal-moi/ <br /><br />It kinda reminded me of a story about a once upon a time hobby of mine, chess. An older player and a very young player were engaged in a game in which the young'un moved very quickly, but the oldun took quite a bit of time to select and make his move.<br />"Hurry up, you're holding up the game," jeered the young'un.<br />"That's all right for you," responded the oldun, "you're just too inexperienced to have any idea of what's going on."<br /><br />Getting a few ideas as to what's actually going on eventually comes to us all, GD. Even Nick Gruen (but maybe not Sophie Mirabella).GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-28044027608654593952016-04-23T11:32:00.140+10:002016-04-23T11:32:00.140+10:00Yes, so sad. A risk of growing old, I suppose, whi...Yes, so sad. A risk of growing old, I suppose, which I may have to face.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-12775779202875381772016-04-23T08:27:45.743+10:002016-04-23T08:27:45.743+10:00It's always a little concerning when 'good...It's always a little concerning when 'good men go wrong', GD, but maybe Aitkin has just reached the manologue stage of his lifetime:<br /><br />http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/manologues:-julia-baird-coins-a-new-term-to-describe-when-men-t/7347456<br /><br />Then again, there's quite a few things I thought were ok 30 - 40 years ago that I now recognize are not so wonderful.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84355864353201734102016-04-23T07:12:56.770+10:002016-04-23T07:12:56.770+10:00Sorry GD, but if you read his rant, you'll see...Sorry GD, but if you read his rant, you'll see he hasn't just wandered off the path, he's off in the swamp with other angry old men shouting at clouds ... and if someone gets quoted approvingly by the Bolter on climate science, they really should check the tattered garments they've donned ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84068935071349769192016-04-22T17:47:08.437+10:002016-04-22T17:47:08.437+10:00Here's a song from Sophie which seems particul...Here's a song from Sophie which seems particularly appropriate.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3heCSPJrO70<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84740640776294555062016-04-22T16:23:31.762+10:002016-04-22T16:23:31.762+10:00Nash and Brandis have now embraced a new definitio...Nash and Brandis have now embraced a new definition of gravity as 'intelligent falling', which has actually been seriously espoused by that eminent scientific mind, Jack Chick.<br /><br />http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Intelligent_falling<br /><br />http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Jack_Chick<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-30376193074386381752016-04-22T13:43:46.770+10:002016-04-22T13:43:46.770+10:00Well without wishing to rely too strongly on Wikip...Well without wishing to rely too strongly on Wikipedia, they do have a good article on the retreat of glaciers.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_glaciers_since_1850<br /><br />Also worth noting that the only tropical glaciers in our neck of the woods (New Guinea) have all but disappeared.<br /><br />"Research presented in 2004 of IKONOS satellite imagery of the New Guinean glaciers indicated that in the two years from 2000 to 2002, the Carstensz Glacier had lost a further 6.8% of its surface area. An expedition to the remaining glaciers on Puncak Jaya in 2010 discovered that the ice on the glaciers there is about 32 metres (105 ft) thick and thinning at a rate of 7 metres (23 ft) annually. At that rate, the remaining glaciers in the immediate region near Puncak Jaya are expected to last only to the year 2015"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-26518174489025790082016-04-22T13:27:37.333+10:002016-04-22T13:27:37.333+10:00The Dolter's so George Gershwin cool. "su...The Dolter's so George Gershwin cool. "summertime and the living is easy".. Indian water trains dispatched, come along for the rides.. there's riots to watch, and the 3500 thirsty farmer suicides..<br />https://robertscribbler.com/2016/04/12/heatwave-mass-casualties-strike-india-amidst-severe-drought-water-shortages/<br /><br />Acid test next..<br />https://robertscribbler.com/2016/04/21/climate-change-is-bleaching-the-great-barrier-reef-out-of-existence/<br /><br />"It’s a 1-2 punch that represents a mass extinction threat for corals this Century. And we’re starting to see the severe impacts ramp up now."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-55324091144665690952016-04-22T13:23:44.892+10:002016-04-22T13:23:44.892+10:00I'm sorry that Don Aitkin has entered the clim...I'm sorry that Don Aitkin has entered the climate science debate. Azam is right that effective action will have to come in politics. Don is originally from that world but seems to have taken the wrong line in his research.<br /><br />As an oldie, I'd like to report my admiration of him, going back to the days of the National Times. I found his ideas fairly good back then but that is going back 30-40 years. As, like you, another UNE alumni, I always remember one kind piece he wrote (possibly for the UNE magazine). Since I was a mature-age external student graduate his praise fell on welcoming ears.<br /><br />Long before he became an academic, he'd come through the NSW teacher training system and later did his degree externally while employed as a teacher. He said then (as a longtime ANU professor) that he regarded a UNE degree done externally through UNE as the "hardest earned degree" there was.<br /><br />Although I'd been working at managerial level well before taking on my degree (and indeed only doing it at all because I'd wanted to "prove myself" and Gough and Malcolm had made tertiary free). I think I still had a small sense of inferiority not least because the sandstone universities had looked down a bit on newcomers like UNE.<br /><br />It meant a lot to me at the time. So I hope he hasn't wandered too far down the path of anti-science.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.com