Comments on: Gleickgate Pollutes Enviro Movement

By: Crabjuice

Crabjuice — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:51:35 +0000

The probability of this identity thief being prosecuted in California is nil. They’ll more liable to deify him.

By: warren duffy

warren duffy — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:15:30 +0000

Another one bites the dust. First, we found out the alleged scientists at East Anglia have been lying to the UN for years and all of the date collected by the UN’s IPCC is bogus. We know Al Gore has had a massive conflict of interest for many years. The dude is an expert – and an investor. He tells us how bad the problem is, then directs dollars to projects that make him and his venture capital firm in Menlo Park (the Menlo Mafia) wealthy. Now this guy and his “I have sinned” speech. Give me a break. Look, we’ve been scammed by the biggest fraud in the history of mankind known by various names but let’s call it Green House Gases, or Climate Change, or Global Warming or whatever the latest catch phrase is. Compared to this swindle, Bernie Madoff was beating kids up on the playground and sealing their lunch money. Join us at CFACTSOCAL.org and learn lots of the truth about these crooks and more important, how you can help stop the madness.
And watch the EPA lawsuit being heard in the DC Federal Appeals Court today and tomorrow. It could be a game changer and the mainstream media doesn’t have a clue about it. Truth wins every time.

By: Wayne Lusvardi

Wayne Lusvardi — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:03:34 +0000

Norm
Thanks for trying to read numbers.

California has about 42 million acre feet of water storage capacity – the actual amount of course varies year to year and season to season.
http://californiawaterblog.com/2011/09/13/water-storage-in-california-2/

42 million acre feet would be enough for about 210 million city dwellers for one year; or about 14 million acres of farmland for one year (assuming 3-acre feet per acre for irrigation of farmland per year).

There are about 37 million people in California presently.

There is 25,364,695 acres of land dedicated to farming in California (including fallow land).
http://www.farmlandinfo.org/california/

I hope this helps.
Thanks again for following this.

By: NormD

NormD — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:43:57 +0000

Wayne, this data about water is interesting.

I am a little lost though.

Let me just make sure the numbers add up. Looking across the charts, it looks like

Ag “wants” around 30 MAF
Urban “wants” around 8 MAF
Environment “wants” around 40 MAF

So total “want” is around 80 MAF

In a wet year, 335 comes in, we capture 100 and everyone is happy
In a dry year, 145 comes in, we capture 65 and somebody in unhappy

Why is the part we don’t capture not considered part of environmental demand?

BTW, how much can we / do we store?

By: Wayne Lusvardi

Wayne Lusvardi — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:42:00 +0000

Dr. Peter Gleick’s action may have violated new cyber impersonation law in California – SB 1411

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/23/dr-peter-gleick-may-have-run-afoul-of-a-new-cyber-impersonation-law-in-california/

By: Wayne Lusvardi

Wayne Lusvardi — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:19:52 +0000

What Gleick does as a climatologist or a water expert you could not even get away with as a real estate appraiser who is bound to a standard to disclose unusual assumptions behind the value he or she concludes. Real estate brokers have many pages of disclosures checklists they have to comply with. Auto dealers the same.

In other words, despite the Knowledge Class’ maligning of the Commercial Class, they have higher standards than climatologists or water policy experts. But if you were asked which has higher standards – a used car salesman or a climatologist the media will tell you how scientists are held in such high esteem. Why is it that scoundrels always find refuge as experts in professional ethics?

By: The DA

The DA — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:27:10 +0000

In other words, “figures don’t lie, but lies do figure.”