Comment then cite the consistent non- volcano ones (Score 2) 232
>. Then they DELETE THOSE RECORDS. If they wanted to get evidence of increased CO2, according to your model they would leave those in.
They chose to delete 15% of the readings.
They could have used to same explanation to delete 12% or 18% and ended up with any result they wanted. That is, from what they said, they chose to delete only the ones that were WAY over the top, but leave in the ones that were "only" 30% higher than average. That doesn't inspire confidence.
> Their readings are consistent with other monitoring stations.
I've seen the Mauna Lua estimate cited many times. I've never seen a consistent reading from any other station cited. Do you have a citation for that? Preferably a sensor that's not inside the smokestack of a Chinese foundry?
They chose to delete 15% of the readings.
They could have used to same explanation to delete 12% or 18% and ended up with any result they wanted. That is, from what they said, they chose to delete only the ones that were WAY over the top, but leave in the ones that were "only" 30% higher than average. That doesn't inspire confidence.
> Their readings are consistent with other monitoring stations.
I've seen the Mauna Lua estimate cited many times. I've never seen a consistent reading from any other station cited. Do you have a citation for that? Preferably a sensor that's not inside the smokestack of a Chinese foundry?