There'll Be A Hot Time On The Old Planet Tonight

I wrote not long ago about the ridiculous reports of 2016 being the hottest year on record.  We have records that cover about 130 years out of 4.6 billion years, so it's more than a little presumptuous to say the we know that 2016 was the hottest year ever.  Even worse, the temperatures measured on land averaged infinitesimally higher than those of 2015, but those measured of the atmosphere were lower than 2015.  Which one do we count?  Today, there's a great article in the Federalist that explains the scientific flaws in the claims of 2016 being the hottest year ever.  It is well worth reading.

The bottom line point of all of this, however, is that none of the temperature data comes in at numbers predicted by the global warming models.  The temperatures are all way below those predicted by the global warming theorists and their models.  In any other scientific endeavor, if the data contradicts the theory, then the theory is recognized as being invalid.  In global warming theory, those who point out that the data contradicts the theory are labeled "deniers" and subjected to attack by the left and the mainstream media.  Global warming theory has morphed into more a matter of faith than of science.  The problem is that many people have faith in ideas that turn out to be wrong.  We have to put our trust into ACTUAL science, not someone's political views.