Global Warmists back off on prediction

[Aliantha]

Dave, I know I've asked you this before, but what Uni are you affiliated with?

[bluesdave]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Dave, I know I've asked you this before, but what Uni are you affiliated with?

If you mean who do I work for, the answer is no one now. I am retired. I have not been attached to the academic staff of any university; I worked for a government body (prior to that, a few companies). The project's goal is to distill data coming from researchers all over the world, and try to make some sense out of it. We then gave recommendations to the government, and also advised land users (such as primary producers), of our estimates of where the climate is heading. We (not me), wrote several computer models that tried to predict future rainfall in various regions of Australia. Our early models failed, as did those of many other researchers around the world. We all worked closely with many other researchers, so in that sense I had contact with many universities and research organisations. We used NASA data quite a bit.

We were all forced to sign non disclosure agreements in order to join the project, and the penalties were potentially quite serious - not to mention that if we were caught leaking information to the media, that would be the end of the person's career. This is why I have been very reticent to divulge too much information. Even though I am retired I still have a loose connection to the project.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Hey Dave, you could write a tell-all book and sell the TV/Movie rights for a fortune. Maybe you could star in it, too. And have a fan club and groupies... don't forget the groupies. Kind of like Trading Places with weather futures instead of Orange Juice futures.

Did I mention the groupies?

[bluesdave]

That's a great idea Bruce, but would the "groupies" be interested in a balding, grey haired old man? Somehow, I do not think so.

BTW, it is funny that you mention Trading Places. I was down at our local shopping mall this morning and saw that there is a two disc version of the movie available. The container did not say what is on the second disc. Unfortunately, I purchased the single disc version about a year ago (it was very cheap). It is a very funny movie.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Oh, wait! The guy with the inside poop on the OJ futures ended up in a gorilla suit! Better rethink that, I don't think you want that kind of groupie.

[bluesdave]