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Scientists Admit Polar Bear Numbers Were Made Up To ‘Satisfy Public Demand’
Daily Caller ^
| May 30, 2014
| Michael Bastasch
Posted on 05/31/2014 7:09:18 AM PDT by grundle
Researchers with the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) recently admitted to experienced zoologist and polar bear specialist Susan Crockford that the estimate given for the total number of polar bars in the Arctic was simply a qualified guess given to satisfy public demand.
Crockford has been critical of official polar bear population estimates because they fail to include five large subpopulations of polar bears. Due to the uncertainty of the populations in these areas, PBSG did not include them in their official estimate but the polar bear group did include other subpopulation estimates.
PBSG has for years said that global polar bear populations were between 20,000 and 25,000, but these estimates are likely much lower than how many polar bears are actually living in the world.
Based on previous PBSG estimates and other research reports, it appears there are probably at least another 6,000 or so bears living in these regions and perhaps as many as 9,000 (or more) that are not included in any PBSG global population estimate, Crockford wrote on her blog.
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KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; iucn; opec; pbsg; polarbear
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To: originalbuckeye
Very good. I think you “hit it right on the head!”
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posted on
05/31/2014 7:51:47 AM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: originalbuckeye
Very good. I think you “hit it right on the head!”
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posted on
05/31/2014 7:51:57 AM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: Common Sense 101
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posted on
05/31/2014 7:52:51 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Don Corleone
Robert Greene’s “48 Laws of Power” is must read for any one wanting to understand life in the world today. Alynski may have directed the ‘how’ but Greene explains ‘why’.
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posted on
05/31/2014 7:53:13 AM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
To: TomGuy
“...scam to get taxpayer dollars to fund more erroneous projects and studies and create more job security for those tasked with those projects and studies”
**********
Absolutely true. Good post.
Many studies are just gravy trains for bureaucrats, academics, and contractors. The trick, of course, is to design the study to produce the desired findings. And a really “good” study spawns even more studies.
To: grundle; et al
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posted on
05/31/2014 8:00:54 AM PDT
by
S.O.S121.500
(Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights ......... It's the LAW !!!)
To: S.O.S121.500
Oh I had enough a long time ago. The problem is that I can’t get enough people to elect principled conservatives to fry these bastards in a court of law.
Too many people will settle for winning for the sake of winning, then bitch when the ‘winners’ perpetuate the problem. Until that changes, nothing changes.
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posted on
05/31/2014 8:05:50 AM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
To: Dick Vomer
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posted on
05/31/2014 8:09:43 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: grundle
Its so much easier to lie like a dog so you can get those Obama-bucks....... Your Federal grant to study global warming and come out with the result the Democratic party wants
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posted on
05/31/2014 8:11:44 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: grundle
To: originalbuckeye
Leftists have politicized EVERYTHING. And at every turn, the end justifies the means. Lie, cheat, steal? No problem if it advances Progressive Ideology. Appalling.They gain money and power from this. Nobody has ever stopped them, or even slowed them down.
We point out their hypocrisy and corruption, but that does nothing. They laugh at us.
Expect more of the same from liberals and for it to get worse.
To: Norm Lenhart
Thanks for the tip, Norm. I just scanned them. Insightful stuff.
Regards.
To: grundle
Look... The lonely polar bear. There are ten of us and only one of him, they must be endangered.
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posted on
05/31/2014 8:19:04 AM PDT
by
jerod
(Pro-Abortion Gun Control Freaks & Environmental Nuts who hated Capitalism? The Nazi's)
To: grundle
was simply a qualified guess given to satisfy public demand. AKA "a SWAG". Scientific Wild Ass Guess".
To: Norm Lenhart
'A heckler once interrupted Nikita Khrushchev in the middle of a speech in which he was denouncing the crimes of Stalin. You were a colleague of Stalins, the heckler yelled, why didnt you stop him then? Khrushschev apparently could not see the heckler and barked out, Who said that? No hand went up. No one moved a muscle. After a few seconds of tense silence, Khrushchev finally said in a quiet voice, Now you know why I didnt stop him. Instead of just arguing that anyone facing Stalin was afraid, knowing that the slightest sign of rebellion would mean certain death, he had made them feel what it was like to face Stalinhad made them feel the paranoia, the fear of speaking up, the terror of confronting the leader, in this case Khrushchev. The demonstration was visceral and no more argument was necessary. ― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power Is this why no one will hold Obama accountable? They are afraid of audits and blackmail? Someone in power must stand up for the Law and the American people. This is NOT what was intended by our Founding Fathers!
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posted on
05/31/2014 8:25:10 AM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
(Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
To: Norm Lenhart
Should be a couple of empty lines between ‘Power’ and ‘Is’. Cannot change the post now.
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posted on
05/31/2014 8:26:54 AM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
(Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes
Point out the financial waste and abuse in any government agency or program, and you get laughed at. Even politicians claim that it would cost more to alleviate the fraud and abuse than what the fraud and abuse costs.
Makes one wonder how many cronies of policians are ‘in’ on the fraud and abuse.
==
Similar with the openness of the southern border. They keep it that way for a reason — they benefit from it.
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posted on
05/31/2014 8:45:34 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: grundle
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posted on
05/31/2014 8:48:13 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
67.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
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posted on
05/31/2014 8:50:16 AM PDT
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dfwgator
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