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More scientists discredit global warming
Earlier this year, Al Gore – the left’s “prophet” of environmental doom – claimed, “The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk.”
He’s right. But not in the way he intended. The lemmings of the global warming cult keep pushing for government to step in and radically alter our laws in order to “save the planet,” often referring to worrisome statistics from experts who claim we’re about to burn the Earth to a cinder with our SUVs and light bulbs. And while responsible consumption and energy conservation are admirable goals, many within the global warming movement want to go way too far, and look to science to provide irrefutable proof supporting their desire for larger and more intrusive government.
Luckily, not everyone in the scientific community has sipped the Kool-Aid, preferring instead to examine the evidence for themselves. Because once again, the facts don’t support the left’s dire predictions. Reputable scientists are increasingly speaking out about Al Gore’s overblown snake oil hype and the media’s complicity in perpetuating it
Scientists Call AP Report on Global Warming ‘Hysteria’
Scientists skeptical of the assertion that climate change is the result of man’s activites are criticizing a recent Associated Press report on global warming, calling it “irrational hysteria,” “horrifically bad” and “incredibly biased.”They say the report, which was published on Monday, contained sweeping scientific errors and was a one-sided portrayal of a complicated issue.
“If the issues weren’t so serious and the ramifications so profound, I would have to laugh at it,” said David Deming, a geology professor at the University of Oklahoma who has been critical of media reporting on the climate change issue.
In the article, Obama Left with Little Time to Curb Global Warming, AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein wrote that global warming is “a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can’t avoid,” and that “global warming is accelerating.”
This next part of the article brilliantly disassembles one of the most oft-cited reasons given in the blind rush to have government “deal with” global warming.
James O’Brien, an emeritus professor at Florida State University who studies climate variability and the oceans, said that global climate change is very important for the country and that Americans need to make sure they have the right answers for policy decisions. But he said he worries that scientists and policymakers are rushing to make changes based on bad science.“Global climate change is occurring in many places in the world,” O’Brien said. “But everything that’s attributed to global warming, almost none of it is global warming.”
He took issue with the AP article’s assertion that melting Arctic ice will cause global sea levels to rise.
“When the Arctic Ocean ice melts, it never raises sea level because floating ice is floating ice, because it’s displacing water,” O’Brien said. “When the ice melts, sea level actually goes down. I call it a fourth grade science experiment. Take a glass, put some ice in it. Put water in it. Mark level where water is. Let it [melt]. After the ice melts, the sea level didn’t go up in your glass of water. It’s called the Archimedes Principle.”
He called sea level changes a “major scare tactic used by the global warming people.”
Ah, a dose of common sense. With a dash of Mr. Wizard thrown in for good measure.
The facts don’t unanimously support the global warming dogma. And a healthy degree of skepticism is not only warranted, but mandated by scientific method:
Scientific method refers to bodies of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning. A scientific method consists of the collection of data through observation and experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses.
The next time some global warming acolyte tries to bully you into agreement by saying, “Contact your local university”, remember the professors listed in this article. The next time you’re told, “Your doubts are not supported by the scientific community,” just remember there are hundreds of dissenting scientists whose informed opinions prove that argument to be intellectual rubbish. Just because the heads of some organizations allow science to be politicized doesn’t mean all the experts in that group buy into the party line. And if you’re willing to look at the evidence, you won’t buy it either.
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UPDATE: And now, for something a little lighter. In the spirit of Christmas, here are “The 12 Days Of Global Warming.”
Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
