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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Top 10 Inconvenient Truths about Global Warming
by Human Events
12/10/2011
Global warming alarmists are getting a chilly reception these days as the
public is starting to catch on to something that we have been yelling about
for years: The whole thing is a scam. And here are the reasons why: The
Top 10 Inconvenient Truths about Global Warming.
1. Climategate, Part 2: A second, massive batch of damaging e-mails has
been released that casts into question the scientific integrity of climate
researchers. In the e-mails, a key group of climate scientists made clear
they had a predetermined goal to prove man-made global warming will have
dire consequences. References are made to hiding evidence and destroying e-
mails, to computer models that aren’t accurate, and some even criticized
scientists who are “not helping the cause.” These scientists can’t be
trusted, nor do their theories live up to the oft-described label of “
settled science.”
2. Evidence of natural causes: Evidence is growing that the small amount
of warming seen in the 1980s and 1990s was caused by natural events and was
not “man-made.” Prominent scientists have advanced theories that solar
eruptions, tidal activity and other natural factors have warming tendencies.
Considering the Earth has always had periods of warming and cooling (
remember the Ice Age?), why would an increase of 0.8 degrees Celsius over a
hundred years be of such concern?
3. Skeptical scientists: Despite the smug claims that man-made global
warming is “settled science,” there are plenty of prominent scientists who
take exception. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ivar Giaever resigned from
his post at the American Physical Society, saying the global temperature has
been “amazingly stable,” while condemning the group’s stand that
evidence for global warming was “incontrovertible.” And over a thousand
international scientists have added their names to a list of those
disagreeing with global-warming tenets.
4. Flat temperatures: If you want a laugh, go to the Patuxent Wildlife
Research Center near Laurel, Md., run by the U.S. Geological Survey, and
look at its global warming exhibit. Installed in the 1990s, it contains a
graphic of future temperature gains, with predictions soaring over the next
decades. Fifteen years of reality show their dire forecasts were wrong as
temperatures instead plateaued.
5. False predictions: Global warming alarmists consistently make
predictions that turn out false. After several years of mild winters during
the early 2000s in the Northeast, the true-believers bemoaned that snow was
gone forever—until the region was socked several years later with a string
of severe winters with deep snowfall. Katrina was said to be a harbinger
of massive hurricanes, glaciers were supposedly going to disappear by 2035,
rainforests were endangered, polar bears dying. All of these are outright
falsehoods refuted by evidence.
6. Ground station scandal: Scientists seeking to prove global warming (see
No. 1) have been frustrated by the failure of temperatures (see No. 4) to
match their vaunted computer models. Their solution hasn’t been to adjust
their theories, but to fudge the data. Witness how temperature-monitoring
stations around the globe have been eliminated, mostly from colder areas,
while remaining stations are more likely placed near urban areas, skewing
the data.
7. Economic impact: In order to pacify the climate alarmists, the United
States would have to accept the prospect of a long-term moribund economy.
Their plan to “save” the planet includes the fantasy of green jobs which,
even when heavily subsided, can’t compete in the marketplace. Their cap-
and-trade plan would have raised energy costs. Now, Hollywood stars are
giving voice to blocking a pipeline that would provide thousands of jobs.
8. Benefits of warmth: A little warming isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
What’s wrong about a longer growing season in Northern Europe, a thawed
Northwest Passage in Canada, or easier energy extraction in Siberia? Not to
mention the economic impact of lower heating bills in New England.
9. Public support drops: For awhile, aided by a compliant media, global
warming advocates were successful in swinging public opinion to their cause.
No more. Acceptance of global warming as a top concern has steadily been
falling, far behind jobs, the economy and immigration, and not even landing
in the Top 10 issues for Americans in a recent Rasmussen poll.
10. Hypocrisy: UN delegates jet into Durban, South Africa, to wine and
dine like royalty at the latest global warming confab. Al Gore cashes in,
making millions by profiteering on the alarm caused by his highly inaccurate
An Inconvenient Truth. Hollywood stars denounce the masses while creating
enormous carbon footprints. The hypocrisy is so thick that even a dose of
global warming couldn’t cut through the fog. |
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