Friday, May 04, 2012

British Columbia Rethinks Its Pioneering Carbon Tax | JunkScience.com

British Columbians are feeling a little lonely in their bid to save the planet.

Revised statement of sceptic view | ScottishSceptic

  • Carbon Dioxide (CO2) has been increasing: in 1960 it was 0.032% of the atmosphere, today it is 0.039%.
  • There has very probably been warming of average global temperatures. This is about 0.8 C in the past 150 years.
  • There is a greenhouse effect, and CO2 is a greenhouse gas.
  • Increasing CO2 alone should cause warming of about 1C for a doubling of  CO2.
  • People think there are mechanisms that could increase warming further than the direct effect of CO2. This catastrophic warming is not supported by the evidence.
  • Although man-made sources of CO2 have increased global levels of the gas, it is falsely suggested that all the rise is man-made. Scientific analysis shows part of the increase is natural and no one is certain how much or little of this rise is man-made.
  • The effects of warming have been exaggerated and known benefits have been hidden (We have yet to see substantial evidence of adverse changes such as increasing weather extremes. It is estimated there are more than 20,000 extra winter deaths each year in the UK and increasing fuel costs will make this worse.)
  • Heartland Institute: Indefensible un-American Behavior « Global Warming: Man or Myth?

    The billboard series features Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber; Charles Manson, a mass murderer; and Fidel Castro, a tyrant. Other global warming alarmists who may appear on future billboards include Osama bin Laden and James J. Lee (who took hostages inside the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in 2010).

    These rogues and villains were chosen because they made public statements about how man-made global warming is a crisis and how mankind must take immediate and drastic actions to stop it.

    Justin Gillis: More on the Science of Clouds and Climate | JunkScience.com

    Actually a bit better attempt (at least it’s not a rank hit piece)

    I always wonder about these warming worriers because they don’t ask the basic questions.

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