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My colleagues and I were concerned to see Dr Brady referred to as "a climate change researcher at Macquarie University" in The Australian's article, as he is a retired paleontologist.

— Professor Lesley Hughes, Head of Department of Biological Science, Macquarie University, 28th July, 2011

Posted by Cobber the hound, Thursday, 14 April 2016 12:18:58 PM"

The hero of the climate change tragics, Tim Flannery, is also a paleontologist. Flannery is to be believed, but this author, another paleontologist, is not believable? Flannery can be a 'climate change researcher', but another paleontologist cannot? This type of mucky non-thought proves the political aspect of the debate which is costing us billions. Those of us with nous know that climate change is natural, there is nothing to done about it, and we should simply adjust to change as we will have to when the climate decides to change again. The IPCC, its followers, the subsidised rent-seekers and pushers of 'alternative energy' - which relies entirely on a fickle climate and is too expensive - are all crooks out to make a quick dollar off the poor fools they have conned, and those of us with the common sense to stand up to them, but who are, thanks to a politcised media, put down as bad people. The pushers of the CO2 theory and inefficient wind a sun energy are the ones who should be put down - permanently.

@neverwas What betters do you mean Climate scientist or retired geologist?

Let's look at just one point sea level raises, the author say that sea levels will not raise if sea ice melts because of the "Archimedes Principle", now if your not very bright this might seem like a sensible argument. However consider why the ice melted...it got warmer what now if we just ignore the ice for the moment and just think about the water that is already liquid. What happens when things get warmer... they expand, what is the thermal expansion coefficent of water well its nonlinear with water but even you can look up a table and work out how much extra volume the sea would take up if it increased it's average temperature by say 1.5 DegC.

but let's not let facts get in the way.

ttbn

Peabody Coal has just filed for bankruptcy, a number of other coal mining companies in the US have already gone bankrupt. Coal is an old technology being pushed out by new technologies. The cost of new technology is continuing to go down becoming cheaper to use than coal.

Parts of the US are already flooding without weather being the issue. Miami is spending big on infrastructure to try and stop fine day flooding.

Cobbler the hound

When sea ice melts it makes way for land locked ice sheets to begin to break down which then has a greater impact. Already towns and cities on the South East Coast of the US have suburban streets flooded when there are king tides without adverse weather being a factor.

"Despite no warming since 1998..."

Has the reviewer slept through the past year?

Climate change has become the religion of the day. It is a simple way of saying, "Human activity is destroying the planet" It has become the catch cry for this pretty well self evident reality.

Other planet destroying issues ...often things we CAN easily do something about ... from GMOs to dangerous chemically laced environments and foods, dangerous medicines, crop spraying with Roundup and pesticides, the miss use of fresh water ... why the list is as long as your arm(s).. These issues have all been swallowed by the distraction of arguing about HUMAN induced Climate Change.

If only it were so simple and all would become magically right if we humans reduced the output of Carbon.

To worry is futile - to think deeper is necessary

Over population is the biggest environmental destroyer on
The planet.

It's the reason, Tigers,elephants and numerous other animals have become
almost extinct.

The biggest reason for the clearing of land and trees, is the overpopulation
In many developing countries.
The biggest pollution on earth is caused by the massive consumption needed
to support these populations.

This climate change thing is a religion of the left and greens, as it gives them
a noble sounding reason for bashing the wealthy countries, so they
can maintain their communist, socialist,viewpoint.