U.S. patents cause global weather-related disasters!
Roger Pielke Jr. found a figure in the latest IPCC report that he calls"just embarrassing."
However, I've found an even more remarkable IPCC figure: it's Figure S&M-XXX (it's really buried, so you'll have to really dig down to find it).
It compares normalized global weather-related losses with U.S. patents issued. There is a clear correlation. It's obvious that increasing the number of U.S. patents issued causes normalized global weather-related losses to increase. When will the U.S. Patent Office start behaving responsibly, and stop issuing patents???! (Will it only be when G.W. Bush leaves the Whitehouse?)
Amazing. The IPCC is nothing in my mind.
Posted by: Kevin | April 12, 2007 at 10:57 AM
April 1 would have been a better date to post.
Posted by: absolutely | April 12, 2007 at 05:52 PM
April 1, April 11.
Without my glasses, they look the same.
Posted by: Mark Bahner | April 13, 2007 at 12:04 PM
Mark, can you please point me to the exact location of this figure in the WG2 report (Chapter, pagenumber, etc.)? Thanks.
Posted by: Laurens Bouwer | April 17, 2007 at 05:40 AM
Hi Laurens,
I checked, but it seems to only appear on dates that have April 1 in them. (Hint, hint.)
;-)
Mark
Posted by: Mark Bahner | April 20, 2007 at 07:45 PM
I saw your information at http://markbahner.typepad.com/random_thoughts/2007/04/us_patents_caus.html. Have you seen http://www.FreePatentsOnline.com ? The site might be a good resource to add. This site allows free patent searching, free PDF downloading, free alerts, and more. It is a good resource for intellectual property attorneys, patent searchers, scientists, and students.
Posted by: james | September 11, 2007 at 03:47 AM