re: #325 freetoken

Your biggest challenge, I think, will be in convincing people who are convinced that the scientists are somehow manipulating the data. Since newer data collection approaches are continually being invented, scientists go back and correct/re-assess old data. This has led some (you’ve already had one entry just above this one) critics to contend that the data is not to be trusted. It is a false claim and one the deniers will not back up by going to court and challenging the scientific community… because as with ID and evolution, the deniers really don’t have a good grasp of the process.

That is not it at all. The issue with data integrity is in the surface measuring stations themselves. They have been around for a hundred years. What was a temp station in a field is now asphalt and near an industrial air outlet; surprise, it shows a rising trend. A few miles away is a temp station that is still in a neutral location; it shows no rising trend. You can not get more physical science than the source of measurement.

So far the survey of surface temp stations shows over 69% of them have nearby heating sources that are likely to have a greater than 2+ degree C error in measurements.