Sorting out the truth on global warming

St Petersburg Times ^ | April 23, 2007 | BILL ADAIR

[SuziQ]

A major international study recently concluded there was overwhelming evidence that humans were causing global warming.

This is the biggest lie of all. The 'study' does not support this at all. The political report sent to the IPCC, written by a few true believers, is what makes this claim. This is why there were some scientists, who had lent their names to the original, full study, asked that their names be taken off of it when that report was sent to the UN, and changed what the full study actually said.

[SuziQ]

The graphs confirm several things for me, the first being that people with an agenda can tell a very believable lie with the truth.

As Mark Twain said, "There's lies, there's damn lies, and then there's statistics." By concentrating on the last 800 years, the Global warming fanatics are showing the part of the truth that supports what THEY want folks to know.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

...This is why there were some scientists, who had lent their names to the original, full study, asked that their names be taken off of it when that report was sent to the UN, and changed what the full study actually said.

That's right!

[Excellence]

Sunspots are a major factor in global warming. This theory, promoted by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and others, seems to make a lot of sense. We know there are fluctuations in heat from the sun, so it seems logical that they could make the Earth hotter. But the landmark IPCC report released in February said solar fluctuations were not an important factor in the dramatic warming of the Earth in recent decades. Scientists say the amount of heat from the sun has not increased significantly in the past 30 years, even though global temperatures did. Michael Oppenheimer, a professor of geosciences at Princeton University who worked on the IPCC report, said solar variations "are not the dominant contributor to warming in the past 50 years. Greenhouse gases are the dominant factor."

Absolutely nothing the guy said was about sunspots. Absolutely nothing. This is how they argue. Start off with one subject then tangent off into something totally unrelated to disprove the original point. And you know what, it does not matter. Because the people who read these things are not going to go out and learn about sun spots.

[little jeremiah]

Later read.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Exactly.

It’s all hype and MSM push.

[TChris]

The computer model responsible for the hockey stick produced that same result regardless of what information was fed into it. That's a "minor problem"?

Yeah, just a computer glitch. Happens to everyone. ;-)

[Cuttnhorse]

If you would have contacted me I would have sold you some carbon credits. I burned on the same day and for a case of beer I would have delayed my burning until this weekend.

[CholeraJoe]

I planted a couple of maple tree seeds from the tree in my front yard. Should be ready in 5-10 years.

[Zon]

It’s someplace on my hard drive.