buybuydandavis comments on Global warming is a better test of irrationality that theism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hankx7787 16 March 2012 06:22:04PM 6 points [-]

I looked into this issue and found no conclusive evidence of any global warming, let alone AGW or any catastrophic warming trends. Granted, this was several years ago. So where's the evidence? links?

Comment author: buybuydandavis 17 March 2012 09:46:32PM 5 points [-]

A global temperature trend data set based on satellite data that I consider reliable is maintained at:

http://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/

The data goes back to 1978. The last 6 months or so look like a particularly high variance, low trend period, which leaves me thinking that when the variance dies down, we may see a significant shift in the 5-10 year trend line.

The guy has been a skeptic, but has accepted that his data shows a warming trend, though on the lowest end of the UN commission's estimated ranges, coming in at about 0.13C per decade.