Global Warming: The Cold, Hard Facts?

[mikesilvia]

I suggest everyone watch this!

In a polemical and thought-provoking documentary, film-maker Martin Durkin argues that the theory of man-made global warming has become such a powerful political force that other explanations for climate change are not being properly aired.

The film brings together the arguments of leading scientists who disagree with the prevailing consensus that a 'greenhouse effect' of carbon dioxide released by human activity is the cause of rising global temperatures.

Instead the documentary highlights recent research that the effect of the sun's radiation on the atmosphere may be a better explanation for the regular swings of climate from ice ages to warm interglacial periods and back again.

The film argues that the earth's climate is always changing, and that rapid warmings and coolings took place long before the burning of fossil fuels. It argues that the present single-minded focus on reducing carbon emissions not only may have little impact on climate change, it may also have the unintended consequence of stifling development in the third world, prolonging endemic poverty and disease.

The film features an impressive roll-call of experts, including nine professors – experts in climatology, oceanography, meteorology, environmental science, biogeography and paleoclimatology – from such reputable institutions as MIT, NASA, the International Arctic Research Centre, the Institut Pasteur, the Danish National Space Center and the Universities of London, Ottawa, Jerusalem, Winnipeg, Alabama and Virginia.

Read the rest here.

[mikesilvia]

Another video.

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[mikesilvia]

Here is a shorter one.

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[tnopud42]

Is this the same Martin Durkin who made the documentary on breast implants? Your article shows a date of Thurs March the 8. Do you happen to know what year?

[mikesilvia]

Another nice article!

Claude Allegre, one of France's leading socialists and among her most celebrated scientists, was among the first to sound the alarm about the dangers of global warming.

"By burning fossil fuels, man increased the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which, for example, has raised the global mean temperature by half a degree in the last century," Dr. Allegre, a renowned geochemist, wrote 20 years ago in Cles pour la geologie.." Fifteen years ago, Dr. Allegre was among the 1500 prominent scientists who signed "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity," a highly publicized letter stressing that global warming's "potential risks are very great" and demanding a new caring ethic that recognizes the globe's fragility in order to stave off "spirals of environmental decline, poverty, and unrest, leading to social, economic and environmental collapse."

In the 1980s and early 1990s, when concern about global warming was in its infancy, little was known about the mechanics of how it could occur, or the consequences that could befall us. Since then, governments throughout the western world and bodies such as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have commissioned billions of dollars worth of research by thousands of scientists. With a wealth of data now in, Dr. Allegre has recanted his views. To his surprise, the many climate models and studies failed dismally in establishing a man-made cause of catastrophic global warming. Meanwhile, increasing evidence indicates that most of the warming comes of natural phenomena. Dr. Allegre now sees global warming as over-hyped and an environmental concern of second rank.

Read the rest here:
Allegre's second thoughts

Is this the same Martin Durkin who made the documentary on breast implants?

Not sure.

[mikesilvia]

Here is another case in point. Unproven theories and the UK government is FORCING, not asking, their citizens to make your homes for efficient or else. This will make home owners spend money that they may not have one something that may not help.


Warning to homeowners as the green vision is unveiled | the Daily Mail

Homeowners who refuse to make their properties energy efficient will face financial penalties under drastic government plans to transform Britain into the world's first 'green' economy.

Ministers yesterday promised deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions that they warned would mean everyone in the country having to 'live, work and travel differently'.

Homeowners who refuse to make their properties energy efficient will face financial penalties under drastic government plans to transform Britain into the world's first 'green' economy.

Ministers yesterday promised deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions that they warned would mean everyone in the country having to 'live, work and travel differently'.

I applaud anyone that decides to make an effort to make the earth cleaner. I take up arms against governments that force me from my homes and try to change my way of life. I already drive a Miata and spend $25 a month and my energy bill is $80 in Hawaii with a family of 3. Most of my friends spend $300 on electricity, but I refuse to use AC. I already live efficiently and should have to change my lifestyle because other people don't. Government needs to keep out of the peoples business and give incentives, not punitive action.

Mike

[mikesilvia]

Interesting is the top of the page story on Ann Bancroft abandoning her artic quest due to excessive cold and frostbite. They went to the pole to prove global warming. That went well.

[mikesilvia]

Another nice article:

Danish scientist: Global warming is a myth

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 15 (UPI) -- A Danish scientist said the idea of a "global temperature" and global warming is more political than scientific.

University of Copenhagen Professor Bjarne Andresen has analyzed the topic in collaboration with Canadian Professors Christopher Essex from the University of Western Ontario and Ross McKitrick of the University of Guelph.

It is generally assumed the Earth's atmosphere and oceans have grown warmer during the recent 50 years because of an upward trend in the so-called global temperature, which is the result of complex calculations and averaging of air temperature measurements taken around the world.

"It is impossible to talk about a single temperature for something as complicated as the climate of Earth," said Andresen, an expert on thermodynamics. "A temperature can be defined only for a homogeneous system. Furthermore, the climate is not governed by a single temperature. Rather, differences of temperatures drive the processes and create the storms, sea currents, thunder, etc. which make up the climate".

He says the currently used method of determining the global temperature -- and any conclusion drawn from it -- is more political than scientific.
The argument is presented in the Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics.

United Press International - NewsTrack - Danish scientist: Global warming is a myth

[abnascar22]

Are you done yet? Seems like you're the only one who's posting to this topic anymore. I really have no opinion either way. After just going through the coldest winter in my lifetime, hard for it to say 'it's warming up,' but also, there's no problem with conserving energy.

[mikesilvia]

Nope, not done. Here is another nice one.

Scientists question climate tinkering - Yahoo! News

As long as the TV and Al Gore continue to brain wash the world, I will continue to educate it.