Copenhagen through to Durban, it's almost enough to make me believe in god, or santa claus.

Now all it would need would be a major outbreak of Delhi Belly in Qatar & I'd have to believe in a supreme being after all.

Poirot – a quote from the article you referenced regarding Ian Plimer’s book launch:

“Guests to the book launch were greeted outside by members of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. "We're here to remind people that it's so irresponsible to put out false science when the science is in," coordinator Kirsty Albion said.”

It seems he’s too late – the indoctrination is complete and successful. You must all be so proud.

Don't worry about it Peter, that's only the ratbag left kids talking.

When they grow up they'll be disgusted at how gullible they were, & take an axe to all the global warming legislation, much more viciously than those who saw through it all now, as it was happening.

If the articles some of their brethren have had posted here are anything to go by, most of their noise is so obviously rubbish, it is probably counterproductive.

Hi Poirot, I'm well aware that CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere rose last year. Not sure whether I saw it on the ABC or not. I don't go to blogs to get my prejudices confirmed. That's one of the reasons for running a journal like this - I like to have my prejudices confronted so that I can adjust my views to reflect reality when they don't.

You raised the issue of pseudonyms as some sort of a criticism of Jo. I merely pointed out that it was empty criticism, particularly from someone who trades under a pseudonym which obscures them entirely. We all know how Jo is, even if she uses a stage name, but have little idea who you are.

The rhetorical trick that you are playing here is to try to discourage people from using good sources of information on the basis that the websites they are on are socially unacceptable (denialist blogs), and to suggest there is something suss about the people who run those blogs because they don't use the surname they were born with.

Then you pretend that I'm the one making your point as a way of trying to undermine what I am saying. As your point wasn't legitimate in the first place it makes me look a bit dodgy if people believe that I was the one making it.

On the CO2 point, one would expect it to rise, even after the temperature had started to cool because that is what happens in the proxy record. So I'd be stunned if it wasn't still going up. More than that there tends to be a straight line relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions, and as the world economy grew last year, then so should CO2 emissions.

'...You can tell who are the grown-ups on this forum by the pseudonyms they use....'
Posted by Poirot, Friday, 9 December 2011 8:03:41 PM

How is that anything but an attack on my opinions?

Look Poirot man up. Admit you were caught out in your inconsistancy.

That you won't and that employ all sorts of squirming arguments to weasel out of responsibility is a terrible example to the youngsters who come in here.

imajulianutter,

Go take a bex - you're always swooning about and feigning outrage over something.

Your "opinions" are just that - I'm not particularly interested in them either way.

My comments regarding your pseudonym were in response to your rude and patronising final sentence to Jayden Holmes - a "young" article writer.

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=12992&page=0#224247

What was your point again about terrible examples to youngsters who come in here?