Hey, Where Did the Hockey Stick Go??

[Utah]

The IPCC just released that latest junk science "summary" on global warming (http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf). It is about 21 pages but the holy grail of global warming - the hockey stick - is no where to be found. How is it even remotely possible that they didn't include it as it has been held up as the beacon to warn the world of the impending global disaster? The hockey stick was used to ridicule anyone who doubted global warming. It was said that anyone who doubted it was either polically/financially motivated or just plain dumb. It was irrefutable and held up to all scrutiny. And **POOF** it is gone from the summary. Very curious as to why. Are there any other reasons they would exclude it other that it was obviously phony to anyone who really researched it?

As to why I called it junk science - the IPCC released the summary but not the actual data. The IPCC is going to wait a few months to see what the reaction to the summary is so they can readjust the underlying data. I kid you not. They are going to fit the data to the summary and not the other way around. You do not need to look further than that to know that the IPCC report in no way should be taken seriously as it has absolutely nothing to do with science. Any valid scientific study would never fit the data to a conclusion. Here is what the IPCC said, "Changes (other than grammatical or minor editorial changes) made after acceptance by the Working Group or the Panel shall be those necessary to ensure consistency with the Summary for Policymakers or the Overview Chapter." Of course, if one wanted to have fun with the IPCC summary they can point out little things like how the IPCC has changed confidence intervals. But, that would just be for sport [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

the 2001 IPCC Summary Graph (http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/un/syreng/spm.pdf). If we were told how important this chart was and how well grounded it was in science then how is it not included in the 2007 summary??????