{"id":9057,"date":"2010-01-28T10:07:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T16:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/?p=9057"},"modified":"2015-02-24T12:57:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T18:57:32","slug":"bet-when-pachauri-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/2010\/bet-when-pachauri-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Bet When Pachauri Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zeke suggested we bet quatloos on whether or not Pachauri will cease to head the IPCC any time soon. So, here’s your chance. You must vote before Feb. 1. <\/p>\n

Since the script is set up to record temperature anomalies in C not dates. For that reason, the entry form doesn’t make much sense. Ignore things like “C” (for degrees C). In the box for your prediction enter the number of the day in 2010 when he will announce<\/em> he is no longer going to head the IPCC. For example, if you think he secretly resigned on Jan 1, 2010, enter ‘1’. If you think he will resign on Dec. 31, 2010, enter 365. You can enter later dates.<\/p>\n

Since we can’t be sure when Pachauri might resign, the cut-off for betting is Feb 1.
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  1. What counts as the date when Pachauri ceases to be the chair? If Pachauri resigns or is pushed out will use the date when Pachauri either announces<\/em> that he is resigning or when some appropriate formal body announces<\/em> they have decided relieved him of his duties. (If they say “his tenure will cease next week”, we still count this on the day when the decision is announced<\/i>. ) If he fills his full term, then we use he last day of his term. <\/li>\n
  2. We will use the time and day in New York City. \t<\/li>\n
  3. The winner is whoever gets closest to the correct date.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Guess who wants Pachauri to stay?<\/h3>\n

    Not to sway the voting too much toward early dates, but it’s worth nothing who wants Pachauri to stay and who wants him to go. Delignpole<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n

    Here is one reason why he should stay<\/a>. And here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s another.<\/a> Yes that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right. When Warmists as committed as environment editors Geoffrey Lean and Charles Clover are calling for Pachauri\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s resignation with lines like this –<\/p>\n

    If we are to have the best possible predictions about climate change, urgent decisions need to be taken. The agreeable but gaffe-prone Pachauri should accept it would be wise to walk now, so some heavy-hitters can step in and prevent a disastrous slide in the IPCC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s credibility. The sooner, the better.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    – then you just KNOW it must be the right thing for Pachauri to stay in post.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Feel free to provide information to help people to fine tune their bets! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Zeke suggested we bet quatloos on whether or not Pachauri will cease to head the IPCC any time soon. So, here’s your chance. You must vote before Feb. 1. Since the script is set up to record temperature anomalies in C not dates. For that reason, the entry form doesn’t make much sense. Ignore things … Continue reading Bet When Pachauri Resigns<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,134],"tags":[34,284,458],"class_list":["post-9057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-betting","category-politics","tag-ipcc","tag-pachauri","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}