“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”

Thus said Galileo Galilei.

Why do I start this Post in this fashion?

Simple! Discovering the truth is always the challenge.

But before I go any further, I want to say thanks to my son who drew my attention to the video that is linked to in the next paragraph.  (As a professional pilot he clearly takes a more than casual interest in the weather).

Here’s a link to that video by Joe Bastadi about the big changes to the planet’s weather.  The video is summarised thus, “Temperature is a measure of kinetic energy, and the dirty little secret of the whole AGW debate is that total kinteic energy of the Earth over the longer term is not changing, but is cyclical.”

Joe is a professionally trained forecaster (Penn State University) but also a controversial figure.  He is a member of the AccuWeather team.

Anyway, do watch that video – the link is here.  Bottom line is that global weather patterns and longer-term trends are hugely driven by the earth’s natural rhythms and the influence of mankind is minimal in comparison.

Please click the video link above because that is much more current than an earlier interview of Joe Bastardi on YouTube that follows.

OK?

Now go here – ClimateProgress.org.  It’s an important long article that concludes thus:

CONCLUSION:  Unrestricted emissions of greenhouse gases threaten multiple catastrophes, any one of which justifies action.  Together, they represent the gravest threat to humanity imaginable.  The fact that the overwhelming majority of the mainstream media ignored the overwhelming majority of these studies and devoted a large fraction of its climate ‘ink’ in the last 12 months to what was essentially a non-story is arguably the single greatest failing of the science media this year.

So, if you are like me and so many others in wanting to understand the truth about our planet’s climatic future – this Post is going to disappoint you!