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'Scepticism over climate claims
BBC ^ | July 3, 2007

Posted on 07/02/2007 5:53:08 PM PDT by period end of story

The public believes the effects of global warming on the climate are not as bad as politicians and scientists claim, a poll has suggested.

The Ipsos Mori poll of 2,032 adults - interviewed between 14 and 20 June - found 56% believed scientists were still questioning climate change.

There was a feeling the problem was exaggerated to make money, it found.

The Royal Society said most climate scientists believed humans were having an "unprecedented" effect on climate.

The survey suggested that terrorism, graffiti, crime and dog mess were all of more concern than climate change.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; environment; globalwarming; scepticism
Terrorism a concern?

You don't say.

1 posted on 07/02/2007 5:53:09 PM PDT by period end of story
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To: period end of story; OKSooner; honolulugal; Killing Time; Beowulf; Mr. Peabody; RW_Whacko; ...

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2 posted on 07/02/2007 5:55:36 PM PDT by xcamel ("It's Talk Thompson Time!" >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
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To: period end of story
Algore needs to ratchet up the urgency. Don't the stupid Brits know that, unless we reduce global temperatures, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE? According to Gore, every moment's delay is a moment too late to save planet's future.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

3 posted on 07/02/2007 5:56:21 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: period end of story
56% of the people are in big oil's pocket!!

</standard Church of Global Warming® reply>

4 posted on 07/02/2007 5:56:43 PM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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There was a feeling the problem was exaggerated to make money, it found.

Haha! \/\/00T! Busted!!!

The Royal Society said most climate scientists believed humans were having an "unprecedented" effect on climate.

..As they frantically write White Papers and follow-on proposals.

The survey suggested that terrorism, graffiti, crime and dog mess were all of more concern than climate change.

Despite the dumbing down of our students, people still have an intuitive ability to smell dogshit and fraud. My faith in Humanity is restored!

5 posted on 07/02/2007 6:00:23 PM PDT by Gorzaloon (Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
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So people are smarter than the MSM would have us believe.


6 posted on 07/02/2007 6:05:12 PM PDT by SampleMan (Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
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“People should not be misled by those that exploit the complexity of the issue, seeking to distort the science.”

Sir David Read
Royal Society

Who is doing the misleading and exploiting, seeking to distort science, Sir David? Royal Society my behind.


7 posted on 07/02/2007 6:06:45 PM PDT by period end of story (You can't fight in here...this is the War Room!!)
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Global Warming isn’t science...its a religion, based on sin...environmental sin, to be precise. And only Al Gore can lead us to redemption.


8 posted on 07/02/2007 6:08:13 PM PDT by DesScorp
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“People had been influenced by counter arguments, he said.”

Oh No!! We can’t have that!


9 posted on 07/02/2007 6:10:50 PM PDT by aquila48
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I dont have any doubt of climate change, It has changed every since the world started spinning. I just dont believe humans have that much to do with it and certainly cant stop it.


10 posted on 07/02/2007 6:25:31 PM PDT by sgtbono2002 (http://www.imwithfred.com/index.aspx)
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The survey suggested that terrorism, graffiti, crime and dog mess were all of more concern than climate change.

Those Brits have their priorities right.
11 posted on 07/02/2007 6:26:23 PM PDT by goldfinch
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The survey suggested that terrorism, graffiti, crime and dog mess were all of more concern than climate change.

Actually there is a strong connection between "dog mess" and much of the AGW rhetoric we've been hearing.

12 posted on 07/02/2007 6:27:51 PM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (Global Warming Heretic -- http://agw-heretic.blogspot.com)
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Who is doing the misleading and exploiting, seeking to distort science, Sir David? Royal Society my behind.

These are the same idiots who proclaimed heavier-than-air flight was scinetifically impossible, that a person could not breathe if travelling faster than a horse could run, and that the incandescent lamp was not technically possible.

They can be dismissed as pompous fools and intellectual masturbators.

Year ago, the Encyclopaedia Britannica did a reproduction of an 1800 or so version as a sales promo.

Reading the pompous, and ignorantly, arrogantly, wrong condescending proclamations is a good exercise in savage amusment on a rainy afternoon. The foundations of modern Science were laid then, but it went to some people's heads.

The tradition is alive, I see.

13 posted on 07/02/2007 6:47:11 PM PDT by Gorzaloon (Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
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