http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/13/the-ipcc-consensus-on-climate-change-was-phoney-says-ipcc-insider/
“Without a careful explanation about what it means, this drive for consensus can
leave the IPCC vulnerable to outside criticism. Claims such as ‘2,500 of the world’s leading 10 scientists have reached a consensus that human activities are having a significant influence on the climate’ are disingenuous. That particular consensus judgement, as are many others in the IPCC reports, is reached by only a few dozen experts in the specific field of detection and attribution studies; other IPCC authors are experts in other fields.”
-https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.probeinternational.org/Hulme-Mahony-PiPG%255B1%255D.pdf
I’ve always been a skeptic of man-made climate change. I’ve seen the debate grow from a few environmentalists to an all out political movement. It’s not even meant to be questioned anymore… like it’s evolution.
And when I question it, I’m always given the same answer: 2,500 scientists can’t be wrong. And that works considering the majority of scientists also believe in evolution.
But there is a problem that I’ve always suspected. Money. The green movement is bringing in a ton of money for their respective corporations. And why not play big oil at its own game and cheat your way to the top.
I’ve always suspected greed as the motivator for these scientists, and while I’m sure some actually believe that their science is good… having to resort to misleading people about how many other scientists support your claim is very wrong.
Whenever I mentioned this to someone, they would always tell me that scientists are good and just and want to be proven wrong. They do it all for science! They would gladly give up their millions of dollars in grant money to have their science proven wrong. That’s how science works. That’s how technology advances.
That is what I’m supposed to believe. That these scientists want to be proven wrong…
So at this junction usually someone accuses me of being and evil denier that should die.
Here are the arguments against me:
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I’m brainwashed by the oil industry.
A)I actually support alternatives such as electric cars. -
I am a global warming denier.
A) To be correct I am a ‘man-made global warming skeptic’. I do believe the Earth might be warming, but I don’t believe it has anything to do with pollution. -
I’m evil and that I support corporations polluting.
A) I don’t and would rather companies not put toxic chemicals into our water and our air because it can cause cancer and other health problems. I am just not sold that carbon emissions from man or any other living creature on the Earth is the problem. -
I saw a Mythbusters episode and the ice melted faster when it was exposed to carbon dioxide.
A) That’s no surprise because carbon does trap heat, but most of the heating comes from water vapor. Had the ice been exposed to water vapor it would have melted just as quickly. There is 60x more water vapor in our air than C02. If anything is to blame for global warming it would be sunspot activity evaporating our oceans more quickly resulting in more water vapor in our atmosphere.
-Greenhouse effect - Wikipedia -
Sunspot activity is bad science, and it’s not proven to be related to climate change.
A) Completely wrong. Even before today’s corporate environmental movement, sunspot activity was closely monitored and was thought to correspond with the Earth’s climate changes.
-Sunspot Activity at 8,000-Year High | Space
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This is from my friend who studies astronomy: “I’m not someone who would deny that the sun plays a key factor in the climate of the Earth. But you have to look at this from a political perspective. It’s not so much what is real science, but what is best for the people on this planet. We’re in a position today to get rid of these oil companies who are making our world an ugly place. Wouldn’t you rather live in a world without pollution? Wouldn’t you rather live in a world with more efficient and less noisy vehicles? I think so.”
I’m not giving her name because I am posting this without her permission.
This is how I think all the environmentalists feel.
It’s unfortunate that people think this way. The end never justifies the mean if it involves corporate greed and mass hysteria.