Climate Skeptics gaining traction
Hat tip to Maggie's Farm for the link to this
Neoneo Climate Post:
Mind change on climate change?
This is interesting.
And here�s something related. It�s from a year ago, when a number of previously convinced scientists were having doubts about the proof that global warming is generated by human activity. That number seems to have increased since�and in my opinion a scientist who once believed and now does not is of even more significance that one who was always a doubter.
One recanter, Dr. David Evans of Australia, said:�As Lord Keynes famously said, �When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?��
This is right up my alley, being a specialist of sorts in what it takes to change a person�s mind in the face of a strongly entrenched belief system. Answer: a great many facts, forming a pattern strong enough to mount a powerful challenge. And even then, only some minds will change.
The links that Neoneo points to (
here and
here) are wonderful.
The first is from the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and it leads off with the following:
U. S. Senate Minority Report: More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims
Scientists Continue to Debunk �Consensus� in 2008
Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernemntal Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report report -- updated from 2007�s groundbreaking report of over 400 scientists who voiced skepticism about the so-called global warming �consensus� -- features the skeptical voices of over 650 prominent international scientists, including many current and former UN IPCC scientists, who have now turned against the UN IPCC. This updated report includes an additional 250 (and growing) scientists and climate researchers since the initial release in December 2007. The over 650 dissenting scientists are more than 12 times the number of UN scientists (52) who authored the media-hyped IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers.
The full report (PDF file) can be
downloaded from here.
The
second item Neoneo links to is from the same Committee, published one year earlier (May 17, 2007) and has statements from key scientists who have woken up to the sub-prime science that is AGW:
Climate Momentum Shifting: Prominent Scientists Reverse Belief in Man-made Global Warming - Now Skeptics
Growing Number of Scientists Convert to Skeptics After Reviewing New Research
Following the U.S. Senate's vote today on a global warming measure (see today's AP article: Senate Defeats Climate Change Measure,) it is an opportune time to examine the recent and quite remarkable momentum shift taking place in climate science. Many former believers in catastrophic man-made global warming have recently reversed themselves and are now climate skeptics. The names included below are just a sampling of the prominent scientists who have spoken out recently to oppose former Vice President Al Gore, the United Nations, and the media driven �consensus� on man-made global warming.
The list below is just the tip of the iceberg. A more detailed and comprehensive sampling of scientists who have only recently spoken out against climate hysteria will be forthcoming in a soon to be released U.S. Senate report. Please stay tuned to this website, as this new government report is set to redefine the current climate debate.
In the meantime, please review the list of scientists below and ask yourself why the media is missing one of the biggest stories in climate of 2007. Feel free to distribute the partial list of scientists who recently converted to skeptics to your local schools and universities. The voices of rank and file scientists opposing climate doomsayers can serve as a counter to the alarmism that children are being exposed to on a daily basis. (See Washington Post April 16, 2007 article about kids fearing of a �climactic Armageddon�)
The media's climate fear factor seemingly grows louder even as the latest science grows less and less alarming by the day. (See Der Spiegel May 7, 2007 article: Not the End of the World as We Know It ) It is also worth noting that the proponents of climate fears are increasingly attempting to suppress dissent by skeptics. (See UPI May 10, 2007 article: U.N. official says it's 'completely immoral' to doubt global warming fears).
This last item suffers from a bit of link rot at the Forbes and UPI sites.
More, faster, please! This expensive idiocy needs to be stopped now.
Posted by DaveH at December 16, 2008 5:30 PM