31,000 scientists reject 'global warming' agenda

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | May 19, 2008 | Bob Unruh

[Man50D]

More than 31,000 scientists across the United States, including more than 9,000 Ph.D.s in fields including atmospheric science, climatology, Earth science, environment and dozens of other specialties, have signed a petition rejecting "global warming," the assumption that the human production of greenhouse gases is damaging Earth's climate.

"There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate," the petition states. "Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth."

The Petition Project actually was launched nearly 10 years ago, when the first few thousand signatures were assembled. Then between 1999 and 2007, the list of signatures grew gradually without any special effort or campaign.

But now, a new effort has been conducted because of an "escalation of the claims of 'consensus,' release of the movie 'An Inconvenient Truth' by Mr. Al Gore, and related events," according to officials with the project.

"Mr. Gore's movie, asserting a 'consensus' and 'settled science' in agreement about human-caused global warming, conveyed the claims about human-caused global warming to ordinary movie goers and to public school children, to whom the film was widely distributed. Unfortunately, Mr. Gore's movie contains many very serious incorrect claims which no informed, honest scientist could endorse," said project spokesman and founder Art Robinson.

[Man50D]

He told WND the issue has nothing to do with energy itself, but everything to do with power, control and money, which the United Nations is seeking. He accused the U.N. of violating human rights in its campaign to ban much energy research, exploration and development.

The environment is one of many methods socialists are using to destroy our Representative Democracy and replace it with a strong centralized one world government that is anathema to our founding fathers intentions when they wrote the Constitution.

[TexasCajun]

That's an impressive list of what Big Media will call ‘Flat-landers’ and ‘Deniers’ and ‘Corp. Puppets’ and ‘Republicans’.

[bmwcyle]

ping

[gr8eman]

indeed, the vast right-wing conspirators show themselves.

[Irishguy]

it very very sad to see people of such intelligence on free republic to think that 31000 scientists is better then 31 from the UN. i mean cmon people.... /end sarc

[Man50D]

it very very sad to see people of such intelligence on free republic to think that 31000 scientists is better then 31 from the UN. i mean cmon people.... /end sarc

Apparently the 31 from the UN are super scientists much like super delegates in the Democrat party. Their vote counts more than the majority because the former is much smarter than the latter.

[Telepathic Intruder]

31,000? Those must be the ones that don’t matter when determining consensus. Al Gore already has plenty of Hollywood actors and rock stars to confirm global warming, and many of them play scientists on TV.

[Irishguy]

BAWHAHAHAH...super scientist, you should trademark that...

[Mind-numbed Robot]

31,000? Those must be the ones that don’t matter when determining consensus. Al Gore already has plenty of Hollywood actors and rock stars to confirm global warming, and many of them play scientists on TV.

More importantly, they (Gorbalists) have "computer modeling" to back them up.

[Loyal Buckeye]

31,000? Obviously bought and paid for by BIG OIL.

[mewzilla]

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.

Michael Crichton

[prisoner6]

I pushed this to our news anchor this morning...he's a HUGE moonbat for the global warming theory...he's also totally fo gun control, higher taxes, abortion, and all the usual lib stuff. He does have to listen and use what I give him though so he's pretty fair.

He did get me on one point though. The Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine is NOT affiliated with the NAS or a university. It apparently has only one paid member.

Given all that it shouldn't matter where the petition started but the qualifications of the people who signed it and if they stand behind it.

I'm trying to get a couple of the local signers to do a Sunday morning half hour show "Pittbsurgh Focus" with our anchor and see what happens. It could be interesting. It could be that they now don't support it or signed on a whim and that would mean our newsanchor would be one up on me. Something that doesn't usually happen.

prisoner6

[Smokin' Joe]

Make it 31,001 when I next get to a mailbox.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[prisoner6]

Some references I left out of my reply...

http://www.oism.org/

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oregon_Institute_of_Science_and_Medicine

the listing directly above - Sourcewatch.org is VERY damning. I have to run but when I get the chance I want to source "sourcewatch.org.

And from Wikipedia FWIW

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Institute_of_Science_and_Medicine

If this turns out to be a bust I'm gonna have to eat a LOT of Left Wing, Liberal, Moonbat crow...sigh>

prisoner6

[noname07718]

“computer modeling” that has been consistantly wrong!

[SlowBoat407]

BAWHAHAHAH...super scientist, you should trademark that...

The difference is, they are "super cereal".

[Telepathic Intruder]

they (Gorbalists) have "computer modeling" to back them up.

Computer models schmodels. You cannot accurately simulate anything unless you include every single variable, and the butterfly effect renders that impossible due to the inherent turbulence in weather systems. Computers are only as smart as the people who program them, anyway...

[laotzu]

[Dr. Sivana]

If this turns out to be a bust I'm gonna have to eat a LOT of Left Wing, Liberal, Moonbat crow...

Well, I know of one scientist who I went to school with at U of Chicago. PhD in chemistry. I looked up his name ... John Pittman Hey (pronounced "high"), and he was on it. I know that he wouldn't buy into this malarkey. So at least one name is legit.

The U of Chicago is a troubled school, but in my frosh core curriculum course that touched on weather, the instructor (not a grad student), explained how the "greenhouse effect" (as it was called then) was logically impossible, and was a misnomer. Unfortunately, not being interested in the subject matter, I did not remember the reasoning past the end of the quarter.