tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post3695054170634535703..comments2024-03-20T14:47:34.192-07:00Comments on Reading the Washington Landscape: The Don Easterbrook ProblemDan McShanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-46605850706856928332014-10-06T09:59:43.739-07:002014-10-06T09:59:43.739-07:00In his testimony, Dr. Easterbrook stated that CO2 ...In his testimony, Dr. Easterbrook stated that CO2 could not possibly cause warming. This is obe of several facts that Dr. Easterbrook used. So the basics facts of CO2 and temperature records are disagreed upon. Debating facts would not be very informative. I'll accept your anonymous critique that this post is a bit of an attack. But I thought it well deserved. And this post is well outside of how this blog generally treats policy issues. Take the time to watch the testimony and you will see attack after attack on other scientists from Dr. Easterbrook. Dan McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-89023748152239487622014-10-04T17:41:13.598-07:002014-10-04T17:41:13.598-07:00Why denigrate and dismiss an individual when you b...Why denigrate and dismiss an individual when you believe that the facts are on your side. Debate him! Or is this settled science with no room for decent? These sites are all the same. Zero facts and lots of attacks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-38578138214070676252013-04-02T08:22:42.536-07:002013-04-02T08:22:42.536-07:00Thanks for the kind comments. As for a debate it w...Thanks for the kind comments. As for a debate it would be short.Any legitimate skeptic on CO2 global warming requires discussion of CO2. Don Easterbrook dismisses CO2 as a warming mechanism. This fundamental fact difference ends any debate. Dan McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-84291865296646381382013-04-01T18:16:07.525-07:002013-04-01T18:16:07.525-07:00Challenge him to a public debate on the same TVW s...Challenge him to a public debate on the same TVW site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-53721302204731507602013-04-01T17:30:57.488-07:002013-04-01T17:30:57.488-07:00Thanks for this post. I did not realize this was g...Thanks for this post. I did not realize this was going on in Washington State Gov't right now.<br /><br />I actually watched the testimony and do hope there is a chance for a reasoned rebuttal to some of the more 'marginal' assertions. The blanket statements about data manipulation bordering on conspiracy cannot go unchallenged simply in the interest of basic fairness, can they?<br /><br />I graduated WWU Geology in 1989, thus had Don as a 'teacher' a few times. His demeanor is unchanged after all these years. Though I am a Q geologist / geomorphologist, I received far more inspiration from other faculty members than from him. I note that two of them remain on the faculty and signed the letter to the Herald.Dr. Jerquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15934444760785537721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-46159883672923378912013-04-01T09:31:22.287-07:002013-04-01T09:31:22.287-07:00Excellent post, Dan, and much appreciated. We'...Excellent post, Dan, and much appreciated. We've tried to ignore Don's climate antics for quite a while, but when it starts directly involving our government and their policy decisions, using our department's reputation as a soap box, we needed to rebut it in no uncertain terms. I hope that some of the broader media might rebroadcast this.Doug Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-5697973113533119492013-04-01T08:34:31.000-07:002013-04-01T08:34:31.000-07:00Excellent response. I was curious what you though...Excellent response. I was curious what you thought of this kerfuffle. Easterbrook is no J Harlan Bretz, but he thinks he is. We always have the lunatic fringe on every issue, but its scary when the policy makers make celebrities of them, and give them credence. That worries me more. There are 246 comments on the Herald article so far today, and that also scares me, and some think that is peer review! Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13012738701219847595noreply@blogger.com