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April 14, 2006
Global warming? Canuck eggheads beg to differ
As I was saying, although Al Gore and his moonbots want us to believe that global warming is a done deal; to disagree is a sign of either early-stage Alzheimer's or membership in the Republican Party.
Well, 60 Canadian scientists sent an open letter to their prime minister, advising him that the matter was far from settled.
As accredited experts in climate and related scientific disciplines, we are writing to propose that balanced, comprehensive public-consultation sessions be held so as to examine the scientific foundation of the federal government's climate-change plans.
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Observational evidence does not support today's computer climate models, so there is little reason to trust model predictions of the future. Yet this is precisely what the United Nations did in creating and promoting Kyoto and still does in the alarmist forecasts on which Canada's climate policies are based. Even if the climate models were realistic, the environmental impact of Canada delaying implementation of Kyoto or other greenhouse-gas reduction schemes, pending completion of consultations, would be insignificant.
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While the confident pronouncements of scientifically unqualified environmental groups may provide for sensational headlines, they are no basis for mature policy formulation. The study of global climate change is, as you have said, an "emerging science," one that is perhaps the most complex ever tackled. It may be many years yet before we properly understand the Earth's climate system. Nevertheless, significant advances have been made since the protocol was created, many of which are taking us away from a concern about increasing greenhouse gases. If, back in the mid-1990s, we knew what we know today about climate, Kyoto would almost certainly not exist, because we would have concluded it was not necessary.
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"Climate change is real" is a meaningless phrase used repeatedly by activists to convince the public that a climate catastrophe is looming and humanity is the cause. Neither of these fears is justified. Global climate changes all the time due to natural causes and the human impact still remains impossible to distinguish from this natural "noise." The new Canadian government's commitment to reducing air, land and water pollution is commendable, but allocating funds to "stopping climate change" would be irrational. We need to continue intensive research into the real causes of climate change and help our most vulnerable citizens adapt to whatever nature throws at us next.
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It was only 30 years ago that many of today's global-warming alarmists were telling us that the world was in the midst of a global-cooling catastrophe. But the science continued to evolve, and still does, even though so many choose to ignore it when it does not fit with predetermined political agendas.
Of course, they're only five dozen of Canada's best and brightest experts in the field -- what the hell do they know? Have they ever marched in a patchouli-soaked protest with gigantic paper-mache puppets and burned the American flag?
Amateurs.
Read the whole thing.
Posted by Mike Lief at April 14, 2006 12:28 AM
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Evidence of global warming is vast and unchallenged by legitimate science. The mumbling of a group of right wing scientists doesn't change verifiable satellite and other climate imagry from goups as respected as NASA. I don't want to sound cliche but to quote a famous song...How can we sleep when our beds are burning? The time is now to change this sphere, to pay the "rent" to pay our share by putting the future of the earth over the interests of corporate fat cats who encourage the use of gas guzzling cars and fat ass oil profits.
OOLM you probably drive a giant Hummer right over desert animals on the weekends. I can see you now with a huge American flag and a CB antenna on the back of your SUV monstrosity. My hometown had many such rednecks.
This is about our planet. Wake up people! I'm PROUD to say that I don't even own a car!!!!! Earth First!
Posted by: Sbarro at April 16, 2006 11:01 AM