Climate Astrology: Warmists Claim Global Warming Causing Record Cold Temperatures

I just left this comment at Ron Chusid's Liberal Values, "Cold Days Confuse Right Wing Deniers Of Climate Change."

No one’s denying “climate change.” What people reject is the stupid and unproven assertion that human activity is causing the earth’s temperature to increase. If so, with more than 100 billion tons of carbons released in the last 15 years, why haven’t we seen continued warming? Earth’s temperatures have been flat over that period, not rising, despite the predictions of the IPCC scientists. That’s what leftist science deniers have to answer. Are you a science denier, Ron? Because all this talk about how record cold temperatures are caused by “global warming” is basically astrology. Seriously, prove your assertions. The claims at that Quartz piece are pure speculation (and such changes in the jet stream are naturally occurring patterns independent of human activity).

At issue is this ridiculous piece at Quartz, "How global warming can make cold snaps even worse."

And indeed, conservatives are having a blast with it. At Weasel Zippers, "Climate Change “Experts” Claim Global Warming Causing Record-Breaking Cold Snap…" (Via Memeorandum.)

And check out this great roundup at Climate Depot, "Warmists Claim: ‘Global warming is probably contributing to the record cold’ – ‘Global warming can make cold snaps even worse’." And following the links, at Real Science, "Experts : Cold Used to Be Caused By Cold, But is Now Caused By Heat."

Things aren't going so well for the left's climate crackpots. When a basic theory requires an endless number of auxiliary hypotheses in an attempt to sustain the theory's original claims, it's pretty clear that the theory itself is bunk and it's time for new theoretical assumptions. The theory of anthropogenic climate change isn't being supported by recent climate events. Indeed, we're basically seeing the last gasps of a global warming fad. Soon enough folks will move onto something else. One theory (that's well established) holds that expanding economic growth more broadly, to poorer countries, will increase incomes and prosperity and promote more sustainable development. Looking at you, China.

ADDED: Blazing Cat Fur's got a great video clip, "Climate alarmists' shipwreck."