re: #468 Alberta Oil Peon

Just because the guy is indubitably a kook in some of his extra-curricular activities, it does not necessarily follow that he is a kook in his professional field.

I suggest you read this:

en.wikipedia.org

Not only is Morner a kook, he is apparently a fraud as well:

Dear Dr. Osipov:

It has come to my attention that Dr. Nils-Axel Mrner gave presentations at the seminar on climate change organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences at the request of President Vladimir Putin earlier this month. Dr. Mrner attacked the science of climate change, while claiming that he is President of the Commission on Sea Level Change of INQUA.

I am writing to inform you that Dr. Mrner has misrepresented his position with INQUA. Dr. Mrner was President of the Commission on Sea Level Change until July 2003, but the commission was terminated at that time during a reorganization of the commission structure of INQUA. Dr. Mrner currently has no formal position in INQUA, and I am distressed that he continues to represent himself in his former capacity. Further, INQUA, which is an umbrella organization for hundreds of researchers knowledgeable about past climate, does not subscribe to Mrner’s position on climate change. Nearly all of these researchers agree that humans are modifying Earth’s climate, a position diametrically opposed to Dr. Mrner’s point of view.

Sincerely,
John J. Clague President, INQUA