Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Global Warming Is Real

My partner Doug sent me this link for an article on global warming. The lead is long, but there's some valid stuff farther down.

The climate is warming. It is almost certain this is caused by emissions of greenhouse gases caused by human activity. Nobody has come up with an alternative explanation that stands up. If the present warming trend continues, nasty things will probably start happening to humans within the next century, possibly the next decade. Something must be done. If nothing is done, then the benign climatic conditions that have sustained human civilisation for 10,000 years are in danger of collapse to be replaced by… well, write your own disaster movie.
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There's a famous story in which somebody asks an Irish Catholic why he believes in God. His answer is "To be sure, the Pope's a very clever man". This is the trap that Appleyard is falling into. Believe something because clever people tell you, that's faith and not science. For a balanced view, Google "Climate Debate Daily" and you will see both sides of the argument.
This was more about believing scientists because their data is in good order. Not doing that is stupid.
After what happened at Hadley / University of East Anglia last week, I am not sure their data is in good order.
Veronica - Thank you.
Believing scientists whose data ISN'T in good order is stupider. Believing them when you have people screaming this fact at you at the top of their lungs and providing hundreds of MB of data that prove it dumber still.

http://www.devilskitchen.me.uk/2009/11/data-horribilis-harryreadmetxt-file.html

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/deconstructing-climategates-smoking-gun-email/2/

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