Are Lies OK if They Are "For The Children?"
Over at Climate Skeptic, some investigation by the folks at SPPI have shown that in her new children's climate propaganda book, Laurie David actually reversed the legend on a key chart showing the 600,000 year history of CO2 and temperature. Recent analysis has shown, and most all scientists accept, that temperature increases actually preceded CO2 increases by 800 or more years in many of the past glacial cycles. Since this did not fit her story, David reverses the chart legend, making CO2 precede temperature the way David wants it. Going right to David's cited source, we find:
On page 103 of their book, David and Gordon cite the work of Siegenthaler et al.
(2005), for their written and graphical contention that temperature lags CO2.
However, Siegenthaler et al. clearly state the opposite:"The
lags of CO2 with respect to the Antarctic temperature over
glacial terminations V to VII are 800, 1600, and 2800 years, respectively, which
are consistent with earlier observations during the last four glacial
cycles."(Siegenthaler et al., 2005, Science, vol. 310,
1313-1317)
More, including the graphs themselves, before and after tampering, at climate skeptic.
