Timothy Birdnow

I wrote this as a rebuttal to a Gang Greener in the wee hours of the morning and can't find his comment to which I responded. Oh well; it may be of some benefit to you anyway:

"The flip side of a manufactured consensus is "denial.” Questioning the faux consensus and in particular the flip of Dr. Muller is reasonable because the organization for which he works Berkeley Earth is an NGO whose funding increases by releasing climate alarmist data sets. It clearly has a vested interest and it's data is suspect as a result. Berkeley Earth received rather large funding fom the Department of Energy (even though they claim they don't take government money) and from certain private donations. Who do you suppose they actually ARE working for?

Much of their funding comes from he Leftist and activist Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.

https://philanthropywomen.org/philanthropy-women-funder-database/patrick-j-mcgovern-foundation/

The World Economic Forum loves them some P.J. McGovern, which is telling. And in fact they themselves promote all sorts of social activist ideas, and they make no bones about wanting to "change the world".

Muller changed his tune because he does not want to retire without the honor given to a man of his "stature". Judith Curry explains how this happens. https://judithcurry.com/2023/11/17/a-bad-recipe-for-science/

"century. Virtually all academic climate scientists are within the so-called 97 percent consensus regarding the existence of a human impact on warming of the Earth’s climate. Which scientists are ostracized and labeled as deniers? Independent thinkers, who are not supportive of the IPCC consensus, are suspect. Any criticism of the IPCC can lead to ostracism. Failure to advocate for CO2 mitigation policies leads to suspicion. Even a preference for nuclear power over wind and solar power will get you called a denier. The most reliable way to get labeled as a denier is to associate in any way with so-called enemies of the climate consensus and their preferred policies—petroleum companies, conservative think tanks, or even the "wrong” political party."

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Muller is nearing retirement age and doesn't want to be erased after a long and distinguished career. He was going to be canceled, now he will be feted, just as you have done here.

That is how your side rolls; fake data, corrupt payouts to make it appear we have an emergency, and bullying tactics to keep scientists in line.

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