Dumbest Quote Ever?

Not all that long ago, the scientific consensus in astronomy was that the universe was in a steady state - that it had no beginning and would have no end. The few who postulated the big bang theory were derided. Indeed, the "big bang" name was hung on the theory as a form of derision.

Two things have happened to destroy "steady state" as a viable theory. The first was the discovery by Edwin Hubble (for whom the telescope is named) that the universe was expanding. The second was the discovery of residual cosmic background radiation from the big bang.

Global warming is nothing more than a theory, and given that the geologic record suggests that we are between ice ages, it isn't all that sound as a theory. Human causation is also a theory, a theory that completely ignores the dramatic changes in the global temperature 10,000 years ago to end the last ice age. Man could not have been a cause of that period of warming.

Now comes Mark Udall with what may be the dumbest quote from a politician who is actively seeking office ever:

I believe that it is time for universal acknowledgment of what is already the scientific and public consensus-global climate change is occurring and human activity is a primary contributor to that change. The problem presents a major environmental challenge that requires an immediate response from our state and national government.

The scientific and physical evidence of global climate change is overwhelming. The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that "warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global sea level."

The two men who discovered the cosmic background radiation that supported the big bang theory were both awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics. That is a science prize. Al Gore got a political version of the Nobel Prize because the science, despite the propaganda from the environmental extremists like Mark Udall, does not support the hypothesis or the hype.

Keep in mind that Mark Udall chairs a subcommittee dealing with NASA. He, above all others, should be open to revisions in scientific theory. He clearly is not, and says so:

I believe that it is time for universal acknowledgment of what is already the scientific and public consensus...

Premature Celebrations

It is early for Mark Udall and his gang of environmentalist extremists to get too euphoric over Al Gore's winning the Nobel Peace prize.

Most of the awards funded by the Nobel estate are for hard science. The Peace prize is for politics. No science awards have gone to global warming science, and hell may freeze over (or more relevantly, the Earth may enter another ice age) before they do.

The fact that the political prize, rather than a scientific prize has gone to Al Gore et al. should be enough to bring the whole award process into question. We wonder if a hundred years from now, when better science is available, this award will be seen as an embarrassment.

The Denver Post is flat out wrong when it states:

...the theory that the Earth's climate is growing warmer and that human activity plays a significant role in that warming has gone from an intriguing thesis to an overwhelming scientific consensus.

It would be more accurate to state that a majority of recent peer reviewed science articles do not support the theory that the Post calls "overwhelming scientific consensus." It would also be accurate to note that NASA has been backpedaling on its claims as to which years were the hottest in the 20th century.