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Oh that's classic, TBE, demanding I relitigate the dismissal of a tenured professor. Not biting -- you'll have to find your amusement somewhere else. You might find this stunt worth a chuckle. Myself I'm finding considerable amusement hearing a master whataboutist remind me to stay on topic!

You must be aware how difficult it is to get yourself fired from a tenured professorship, and that it doesn't necessarily involve a conspiracy? You really have to try hard!
Or maybe the fact Dr Ridd has almost no credible supporters is part of a larger conspiracy - The Great Meta Conspiracy?


"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."
 
Is it a conspiracy to think that a university may want to temrinate a professor that speaks against their major source of funding? Climate change is very profitable for universities and banks...
 
An article about Dr Peter Ridd, which contains links to other articles about his dismissal and legal fight.


Clarification of one misconception...Australian academics do not have tenure. Thus, they can be dismissed for cause, or for violating their contract, which was JCU's excuse for terminating Professor Ridd.
 
Erich, you seem to have a grievance. Let's connect off the forum and discuss. Are you willing to share some contact information?
 
It’s bizarre that they went after Ridd. Strange behaviour when they’re fighting the idea that there’s a manufactured consensus climate change.
 
Dik said:
I wonder how well this will work?

Not as well as doing what we’ve done over the past 200m of sea level rise, which is to move further inland.
 
Why not pause power generation from the lake to allow the level to restore itself?

Because power generation isn't the reason they release water.
 
The flow of water from the watershed, generally determines the amount of power that can be generated. The amount retained ensures that this can carry on 'forever'.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Do you feel any better?

-Dik
 
Why not pause power generation from the lake to allow the level to restore itself?

The simple answer is the demand substantially outstrips an already diminishing/diminished supply, and even stopping power generation altogether won't do much to restore levels. We'd need a few years of above average rainfall to come close

TTFN (ta ta for now)
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If you graph the total rainfall for a watershed vs. time, you'll end up with a 'wiggly' line with a relatively uniform slope 'upwards'. The slope of that line is a measure of the amount of power you can get. If you draw a straight line with that slope, there are some areas above that line and some below (due to the wiggle). The area of the space between your straight line and the wiggly curve below is a measure of the amount of pondage or storage you require. The area of the space above that line is a measure of the amount of water you have to 'spill' or increase your storage. What's happening is that the line is no longer wiggly and moving up at the same rate... the wiggly line is flattening out, which means there is less power available. (Simplified a bit, but I hope the description is clear).

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Do you feel any better?

-Dik
 
I don't mind quoting Ridd, he got fired (basically) because he contradicted his colleagues in public. Sadly his contract said he shouldn't do that. Of course attacking the man rather than his claims is standard internet practice, I'd rather hoped that anyone interested would look at the data I presented rather than waste time on character assassination.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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Water is released from Hoover to meet downstream demands, it's just happens to be used to generate power on it's way out of the lake. Power generation or not, the same amount of water is going to get released.
 
I understand now, basically Ridd is just one more victim of the malicious Global Hockey Stick cabal.

But then this cabal could and should be doing much more, because there are a few more here in N America that could stand getting ridd of. I believe denialists should not be taxpayer-funded, although the real problem invariably is that their 'research' is generously corporate-funded.

Such a glorious concept, the Free Market of Ideas...


"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."
 
You aren't making any sense. Removing government funding from those you disagree with doesn't promote a free market of ideas.
 
And the MSM giving equal time to a fringe corporate-funded denialist is called 'balanced reporting'. Read my trailer.

(I'm making perfect sense, you just haven't caught up to me.)


"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."
 
So, "back on topic", are things starting to heat up or not?

One word response please.

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."
 
politics, religion, and the weather ... topics not to be discussed in polite company.

another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?
 
I can't answer that, Ironic. There is no data about heat. How do we know the atmosphere is "heating" up?
 
Um, many thermometers in many places over many intervals? Just a wild guess.

But that raises the question: who is calibrating those thermometers?

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."
 
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