aquapub
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The global warming religion is collapsing in the face of actual science and public support is quickly vanishing:
The Right-Wing Underground: Global Warming: The Left's War On Science Beginning to Unravel
The question is, is there any amount of science that could shake your faith in this Luddite, anti-progress global warming religion?
When it came to global warming, I think both sides have put together impressive propaganda. What it comes down to is that global temperatures are rising, this is measured.
While it's clear that humans have had some impact on worldwide climate, it's nowhere near as bad as the Chicken Littles pretend. So much of the "global warming" nonsense is wrapped up in a get-rich scheme, carbon credit nonsense, there are people getting rich off of other people's stupidity and that's why they keep the hype and paranoia going, they're making a bundle.
Our activities as a race has affected this earth. That is undeniable.
There are habitats, natural habitats of animals in danger because of said activities.
Do we have a duty for the next generation? Absolutely.
This is our only Earth, we do not have a spare one. However much the right try and convince themselves of otherwise and no, it will not fix itself.
What does any of this have to do with AGW?
Our activities as a race has affected this earth. That is undeniable.
There are habitats, natural habitats of animals in danger because of said activities.
Do we have a duty for the next generation? Absolutely.
This is our only Earth, we do not have a spare one. However much the right try and convince themselves of otherwise and no, it will not fix itself.
The global warming religion is collapsing in the face of actual science and public support is quickly vanishing:
The Right-Wing Underground: Global Warming: The Left's War On Science Beginning to Unravel
The question is, is there any amount of science that could shake your faith in this Luddite, anti-progress global warming religion?
Public Opinion vs. Scientific Data..........hmmmmmmmmmmmmm tough call.
What is it like 50% of the public when polled doesn't believe in Evolution?
Well obviously you add a few YouTube links, WorldNetDaily articles, Op-Eds and one line quotes devoid of the context they were written in and you've got yourself a VERY convincing argument against science. :lol:
I love how aquapub states the left has a war against science. As if his bunch is not the ones that are pushing garbage like "intelligent design", "flood geology", "wise use movement", "carbon dating is inaccurate", and "there are no transitional fossils".
There definitely is a war against science in this country, but its certainly not on the part of the left.
I find it off that somebody from the ideology that has a considerably percentage of people in it who believe that the Earth was created 5,000 years ago would have the nuts to say anybody on the left is waging war against science.
What is it like 50% of the public when polled doesn't believe in Evolution?
Unlike evolution, which has 100% of the science supporting it, there's very little evidence supporting the AGW theory, especially considering that the cooling trend we're now in wasn't predicted by that theory...which means the theory is wrong.
Scientists Agree Human-induced Global Warming Is Real/quote]
ScienceDaily (Jan. 21, 2009) — While the harsh winter pounding many areas of North America and Europe seemingly contradicts the fact that global warming continues unabated, a new survey finds consensus among scientists about the reality of climate change and its likely cause.
A group of 3,146 earth scientists surveyed around the world overwhelmingly agree that in the past 200-plus years, mean global temperatures have been rising, and that human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures.
Peter Doran, University of Illinois at Chicago associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, along with former graduate student Maggie Kendall Zimmerman, conducted the survey late last year.
In trying to overcome criticism of earlier attempts to gauge the view of earth scientists on global warming and the human impact factor, Doran and Kendall Zimmerman sought the opinion of the most complete list of earth scientists they could find, contacting more than 10,200 experts around the world listed in the 2007 edition of the American Geological Institute's Directory of Geoscience Departments.
Experts in academia and government research centers were e-mailed invitations to participate in the on-line poll conducted by the website questionpro.com. Only those invited could participate and computer IP addresses of participants were recorded and used to prevent repeat voting.
Questions used were reviewed by a polling expert who checked for bias in phrasing, such as suggesting an answer by the way a question was worded. The nine-question survey was short, taking just a few minutes to complete.
Two questions were key: have mean global temperatures risen compared to pre-1800s levels, and has human activity been a significant factor in changing mean global temperatures.
About 90 percent of the scientists agreed with the first question and 82 percent the second.
In analyzing responses by sub-groups, Doran found that climatologists who are active in research showed the strongest consensus on the causes of global warming, with 97 percent agreeing humans play a role.
Petroleum geologists and meteorologists were among the biggest doubters, with only 47 and 64 percent respectively believing in human involvement. Doran compared their responses to a recent poll showing only 58 percent of the public thinks human activity contributes to global warming.
"The petroleum geologist response is not too surprising, but the meteorologists' is very interesting," he said. "Most members of the public think meteorologists know climate, but most of them actually study very short-term phenomenon."
We all know this from our local meteorologists who pretty much are wrong most of the time and only look at 3 to 5 days at a time.
He was not surprised, however, by the near-unanimous agreement by climatologists.
"They're the ones who study and publish on climate science. So I guess the take-home message is, the more you know about the field of climate science, the more you're likely to believe in global warming and humankind's contribution to it."
Doran and Kendall Zimmerman conclude that "the debate on the authenticity of global warming and the role played by human activity is largely nonexistent among those who understand the nuances and scientific basis of long-term climate processes." The challenge now, they write, is how to effectively communicate this to policy makers and to a public that continues to mistakenly perceive debate among scientists.
Climate models have predicted the current slight cooling for years now.
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