Global Warming: My Dog Ate The Data

As you probably know by now, I do not subscribe to the rather ludicrous and baseless theory that human activity is the primary determinant of planetary temperature, ahead of such inconsequential things as, say, the sun. I also recognize that the planet has actually been COOLING slightly… a phenomenon that Warmers hem and haw over before trying to dismiss or ignore it.

But I’m open to proof. If I can be shown evidence that proves my opinion wrong, I am quite capable of changing my opinion… I’ve done it before on other issues.

Which brings us to the measuring of global temperatures. The effort to sample global temperatures began in the early 80’s, with temperature sensing stations positioned around the world. Since every station is not positioned in similar locations, the data has to be “normalized” before being added to the temperature record. And it seems now that, after “normalizing” the data, they discarded (that means threw away) the original, raw data.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTBiMTRlMDQxNzEyMmRhZjU3ZmYzODI5MGY4ZWI5OWM=


When a fellow scientist in 2005 requested the raw data to replicate the work, the two scientists who compiled it refused to turn it over.

“We have 25 years or so invested in the work. Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try and find something wrong with it?”

Make sure you understand that statement. The whole purpose of the scientific method is to detect and eliminate mistakes… but here are scientists refusing to release their base data because it might be proven faulty. This is a breathtaking position for a scientist to take as regards his own research.

Over the years they have released some data to Warmers, but have refused to release anything to those who might not be quite so brain-dead. Their latest story is to claim that the original, raw data was destroyed years ago.

Since the 1980s, we have merged the data we have received into existing series or begun new ones, so it is impossible to say if all stations within a particular country or if all of an individual record should be freely available. Data storage availability in the 1980s meant that we were not able to keep the multiple sources for some sites, only the station series after adjustment for homogeneity issues. We, therefore, do not hold the original raw data but only the value-added (i.e., quality controlled and homogenized) data.

So, for those who want to claim that global warming is real, you now have one major hurdle to overcome… the data literally does not exist. You cannot prove a point based upon temperature data that has been changed from the original values UNLESS you have the original data and can show how and why it was changed.

At this moment, the entire record of global temperatures is 100% worthless, because nobody can prove that some or all of the data wasn’t simply made up to “prove” a political point!

Where were these "scientists" trained... Kinder-Kare?