How many times have we heard that the world’s climate is being destroyed by the actions of man, especially westerners? Our lifestyle, our cars, our fireplaces, our lawn mowers, barbeque grills, and so on, are destroying the planet. A global emergency is at hand or we will surely bring about our end. We cannot wait any longer, the end is near. The sea will rise and hundreds of thousands will be displaced. The sky is falling!
Everyone that questions the science behind this claim has been labeled a “ring wing lunatic” or simply not intelligent enough to understand the situation, since obviously liberals are the only truly enlightened ones. Just this week when I brought it up, a friend suggested that I “read some scientific journals” before we continue the debate. Well I suppose that would have completely substantiated the claim that man made climate change is a real phenomenon despite my insistence that it is not. Unfortunately it appears that this scientific evidence was not based on science at all. The data does not appear to support the findings that the temperature is indeed rising and there is little to no correlation to the so called “green house gases”.
Emails of some of the top scientists who supported this theory, often incorrectly referred to as a fact, were hacked and became available online for all to see. The emails suggested that data was overlooked when it disputed the claim or additional data was included to support it. Additionally efforts were made to conceal the information that didn’t support the claim or disputed it. True science does not allow the elimination of significant amounts of data. Though single points of data, outliers, which are often due to errors in recording, are often thrown out but never is it okay to pick and choose what information to use to support a position. If this theory, which so many have staked their livelihood to (Al Gore and many scientists) is debunked, what will the result be?
Many seem to think the leak, though damning, will not impact the long term position on global warming and climate change. Those that have the most to gain will surely discredit the doubters and they will attempt to push forward with the current plans that have already resulted in billions being spent and countless jobs being lost. Senator Inhofe (R-OK) isn’t planning to let this happen so easily however. He is calling for an investigation to determine if in fact there was “cooking of the books” with regard to climate change data and findings. I expect he’ll come to the same conclusion many already have, we simply aren’t 100% sure and we need to learn the truth before we all panic.
The sky may not be falling after all.
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I agree. Thx for writing. Keep up the good work.
An inconvenient truth...it's been a fraud and hoax all along. Here's hoping Al Gore and the huckster scientists get their just desserts and their names go down in ignominy.
Thanks for writing this.
"Global warming is a hoax?"
You used the wrong punctuation -- should be an exclamation point, not a question mark (LOL).
New reader, but I will be back. This is good stuff.
You are not a journalist, and ignorance is not a virtue.
An independent panel has determined that scientists accused of improprieties in their research into climate change conducted their studies according to high academic standards but failed to respond openly to criticism.
The so-called Climategate scandal involving researchers at Britain's University of East Anglia erupted on the eve of an international global-warming conference in Copenhagen last December. Skeptics of human-caused climate change used e-mails hacked from a server for the university to allege that researchers were suppressing data about global warming or slanting it to support their conclusions.
Los Angeles Times London bureau chief Henry Chu writes:
But an outside review commissioned by the university rejected those claims Wednesday. The report said that, despite some injudicious comments about skeptics, the scientists’ “honesty and rigor” were “not in doubt.” It also dismissed allegations of data-tampering, saying there was no “evidence of behavior that might undermine the conclusions” of man-made climate change.
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