Casting Doubt on Climate Change - PT. 2/2

Description: If youve ever listened to a Republican-stacked talking head show, you probably think that scientists are evenly split about whether or not global climate change is real. And while theyve been successful at making this point over and over again, the truth is that there is no debate in the scientific community. Human beings are responsible for climate change and scientists know that. So how did corporate America and the GOP convince us all that this was in doubt? Through decades of crafty public relations and by using their echo chambers, theyve made Nobel prize-winning scientists look like mental patients. Mike Papantonio talks about how this shift occurred with Jim Hoggan, author of the new book Climate Cover-Up.

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News & Politics

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• Global Warming
• Climate Change
• Denier
• Lies
• Hoax
• Steve Milloy
• Frank Luntz
• Talking Points
• DiCaprio
• Jim Hoggan
• Mike Papantonio
• Ring of Fire
• Air America
• GoLeftTV
• GoLeft.tv

[drowz1]

Talk about a stupidity gradient! Look at the posts below:

[jamesomusic]

If the planet is destroyed, I doubt such trivial matters as economic philosophy will really matter much, though it is funny how you derive that from my short responses.

If it is not for our government to protect us from large scale disaster, then who's is it? I am pretty sure that when they wrote the constitution & said "General Defense", disasters was one of those things they had in mind.

We could do more, & should, Immediately. Those against it should be ignored as scientific morons.

[werecow2003]

Yes, it is quite simple. The scientific consensus among climatologists is that the earth is warming, that it's anthropogenic, and that the consequences are going to be potentially very severe. If climate skeptics would actually read the peer reviewed literature rather than relying on non-peer reviewed papers, the media, the blogosphere and cherry picked data, they would know this.

[detest4321]

Its pretty simple. First, it is not clear that the globe is even warming. Second, even if it was known to be warming it isn't known that it is our fault.

It seems almost ridiculous to end a debate with so few words, but there you have it. You want to continue research, I don't think anyone is against that. You want to attempt to put a gun to peoples heads, call them backwards hicks while throwing a tantrum every time you are presented with facts...well, that is another way to end debate.

[jacobew2000]

We should all be stewarts of the earth, but the issue is that Humans only put out about 3% of the yearly CO2 emissions. Natural sources such as volcanos put out 96-97% more. The problem is that the liberal progressives have no facts. The limited amount of data can not prove that its not a natural, earthly cycle. Does the earth naturaly warm up and then cool down as it orbits the sun, or as it changes it axis over 20,000 years? There is some data that shows that this is in fact the norm.

[inflateyourtires]

No truly global temperature statistics are available pre-1958 (or perhaps pre-1860, if you wish to trust the earlier parts of the surface thermometer record). Meaningful comparative judgements about climate change cannot be made on the basis of the trivially-short, 150-yr-long thermometer surface temperature record, much less on the 26-year-long satellite tropospheric record, for long-term climate change occurs over spans of many thousands to millions of years.

[CheSpotting]

Good call - Thanks

An abundance of peer-reviewed studies, analyses, and data error discoveries has prompted scientists to declare that fear of catastrophic man-made global warming bites the dust and the scientific underpinnings for alarm may be falling apart. The latest study to cast doubt on climate fears finds that even a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide would not have the previously predicted dire impacts on global temperatures.

US Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works

[jamesomusic]

Good for you, now keep reading, try peer reviewed scientific studies. See what conclusions you derive from those...

;-p

[CheSpotting]

I deduced your political philosophy based on your favorites at your channel.

Ice cores from the north & south poles prove that recent studies are based on the coldest point in earth's recent past.

These cores also prove that the earth has had much higher levels of CO2 & has been much hotter than "industrial revolution" levels.

Studies have also shown that ocean levels secede as temperatures rise by placing higher levels of water vapor into the atmosphere.

[CheSpotting]

Clearly, you are a Marxist.

I guess you have no drive or will to make something of yourself.

As long as the government is there to take care of you, then what do you care if the cost of living in this already overpriced world triples.

You probably think that you are above breeding, so why would you care what the impact is on our children.

The U.S. has come a long way to improve environmental impact, but I guess you won't be happy until we are all riding bicycles to power our laptops.