tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2179796281985979273.post2111939563752421961..comments2023-10-14T14:43:30.733+00:00Comments on Devon and Cornwall Viewpoint: Piers Corbyn and weatheraction.combrian in the tamar valleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13475701925894027724noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2179796281985979273.post-80386984786893010702008-02-27T11:41:00.000+00:002008-02-27T11:41:00.000+00:00Thanks very much for your provocative comment! Yo...Thanks very much for your provocative comment! You aren't Mr Corbyn writing under another name are you?!<BR/><BR/>If the 'Weatheraction' forecasts produced by Piers were turning out to be substantially correct then his diatribe against manmade climate change would gain much more credence I feel. To me the whole matter of climate change is far more complex than most would admit and I don't think that any apparent peaking in temperatures a few years ago necessarily means that we are now on a downward slide. In other words there could be a trend upwards in the long term but with unexplained dips on the way!<BR/><BR/>I am trying to keep an open mind on the subject - not easy - but as stated previously I just wanted to make the point that the forecasts from Piers particularly over the past two months have been incredibly poor. Therefore his arguments about climate change become far less believable.<BR/><BR/>In fairness though that doesn't mean that those such as yourself are necessarily wrong. One thing I would suggest in passing is to think about 'global dimming' as to a reason why global temperatures aren't shooting up as expected by some. Plenty on the internet on that subject by the way!brian in the tamar valleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13475701925894027724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2179796281985979273.post-37374968903287506892008-02-26T14:18:00.000+00:002008-02-26T14:18:00.000+00:00So tell us, how well have the IPCC CO2 driven comp...So tell us, how well have the IPCC CO2 driven computer model forecasts performed over say the last decade? For example, do any of them show the fall in average global temperatures recorded since 1998 - in which time a near-25% increase in the production and use of coal, oil and natural gases was recorded?BFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152889041496699679noreply@blogger.com