December 9, 2009 in Letters

Warming doubts grow

The Spokesman-Review
 

Froma Harrop’s column “Media should get real on warming” (Nov. 26) leaves no question where she stands with the global warming crowd. There is growing skepticism, however, even among scientists about the warming trend. Apparently the Earth’s temperature has remained normal for the last 10 years; this is encouraging to us skeptics.

Just last month, New Zealand issued warnings about icebergs in the southern shipping lanes. Warming glaciers don’t produce icebergs, they recede. Only when glaciers grow larger, sections break off forming icebergs; it’s called “calfing.”

By coincidence, there is an article in today’s Spokesman-Review (Dec. 3) supporting my questioning global warming. The article, “Lawmakers read climate e-mails on House floor,” has a paragraph that questions the possibility of New Zealand’s warning of ice being in the southern shipping lanes.

Let’s just follow the money, starting with Al Gore.

Robert C. Sprint

Spokane

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  • bartm on December 09 at 8:51 a.m.

    Mr. Sprint - unfortunately you are confused.

    The National Atmospheric and Oceanographic Administration defines climate as the average of weather over at least a 30-year period.

    Climate, says NOAA, is what we expect - weather is what we get.

    Therefore you can’t tell much about the climate or where it’s headed by focusing on a particularly cold year, or a stable decade.

    And what does that comment about follow the money mean? Please clarify?

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