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C02, "Scary." trend May 12, 2013 12:54 pm RobVG

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I’m not saying it’s not a serious problem, but when they say: ” the trend is going up and at faster and faster rates”- it makes you wonder if they’ve studied their own chart. It’s been linear since 1970.

You’d also think the chart would show an increase in the slope due to growing auto ownership in China and India. Maybe I’m missing something.

  • The function of that article lies in the headline, not the chart. by TB 2013-05-12 19:08:11
    • The headline did a good job of boiling down what "James Butler, director of global monitoring at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth Science Research Lab in Boulder, Colo." said. by alcaray 2013-05-13 01:49:39
      • They can no longer deny the message, by ER 2013-05-13 06:32:51
        • You saw the same thing I did. "Bad journalism" was YOUR post. n/t by RobVG 2013-05-13 07:17:13
          • Just because the journalism is bad doesn't mean the news is made up. n/t by ER 2013-05-13 08:10:19
            • PS: Why do conservatives have such a problem with this? by ER 2013-05-13 08:15:03
              • I think that they are getting to the point where it's embarrasing to deny. by alcaray 2013-05-13 10:42:54
                • When scientific judgements are forced to pass an ideological litmus test..., by ER 2013-05-13 11:02:38
                  • I can't believe you actually posted that... by TB 2013-05-13 11:06:20
                    • At your service, yr most hum. and obd't servant. by ER 2013-05-13 11:28:39
    • No, that chart is not linear since 70. It is quite curved. Hold the edge of an envelope up to it if you don't believe me. by alcaray 2013-05-12 16:55:52
      • Curve in name only. by RobVG 2013-05-12 17:53:26
        • Only plane geometry is necessary. When you said:... by alcaray 2013-05-12 18:42:50
          • Be honest- are you just trying to goad me? n/t by RobVG 2013-05-12 19:00:43
            • I was questioning your eyesight. by alcaray 2013-05-12 19:02:55
              • You better check ER's eyesight too. by RobVG 2013-05-12 19:05:50
                • What part of "steady" increase do you not understand? by RobVG 2013-05-12 19:04:53
                  • my response disappeared, so forgive me if another one appears. by alcaray 2013-05-12 22:41:59
                    • Actually, you're both wrong. by ER 2013-05-12 19:39:59
                      • At some point, you have move past yelling "CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS!" by TB 2013-05-12 21:18:32
                        • But there IS a crisis. by ER 2013-05-13 06:54:20
                          • At some point people need to move past blaming everything on bad reporting. by alcaray 2013-05-12 22:38:12
                            • It's not just reporters. by ER 2013-05-13 06:58:38
                • That's why we need calculus. by ER 2013-05-12 18:02:04
                • I was trying to give Rob the benefit of a doubt by ER 2013-05-12 17:09:51
                • Bad journalism by ER 2013-05-12 14:51:42
                  • It is May 12, 2013 and it is snowing here. How is the weather over there? by johannes 2013-05-12 14:24:05

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