Global warming ‘facts’ are flawed

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Global warming ‘facts’ are flawed

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Dearly beloved, our global warming brethren provided several ‘‘facts” that they claim prove that global warming is real and that it is caused by humans [‘‘Don’t stand by and ignore global warming,” Letters to the editor, April 3]. Anyone who disagrees with them is either in the employ of Big Oil or too stupid to understand how science works.

There are flaws in every piece of ‘‘evidence” our fanatical brothers and sisters cite, starting with the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] Report. In fact, the ‘‘evidence” doesn’t actually say what they say it does. Many of the scientists involved refused to endorse the executive summary that was written by bureaucrats at the U.N. This summary is cited repeatedly by the acolytes of global warming. The actual report, however, is very careful to point out that there is no definitive link between human pollution and global warming. We cannot even say for certain that the current trend is unnatural.

Environmentalists on the left cite the report of the National Academy of Sciences, which actually stated that there is no conclusive link between human activity and global warming. In fact, only 17 percent of the members of both the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union think that the increase in greenhouse gas emission in the 20th Century caused global warming. The leadership of both organizations has embraced the global warming theology and threatened to excommunicate members who don’t follow the catechism.

Computer models that portend to divine the future are extremely unreliable. These models cannot take into account the effects of cloud formations, precipitation, and changes in the ocean or the sun. That’s because science doesn’t understand them well enough to make use of them in the models. Considering that clouds and ocean currents have an enormous impact on our weather cycle, it is critical to understand these areas of inquiry before leaping to conclusions.

Finally, recent scientific evidence actually suggests the current climate change may be due to solar radiation changes that are affecting the entire solar system. Measurable increases in recent global temperature have been found on Mars and the moon. If confirmed elsewhere in the solar system, this would cast doubt on the dogma of global warming.

All you tree huggers needn’t fear, however. Big Brother has the situation well in hand. Tim Wirth, an adviser to President Clinton, has stated, ‘‘We’ve got to ride the global warming issue. Even if the theory is wrong, we will be doing the right things in terms of economic and environmental policy.”

Forgive me, Tim, if I’m skeptical that selling me and mine into state-sponsored slavery for a ‘‘problem” that has no definitive cause is for my own good or even the good of the planet. I’d prefer to wait for science before worshiping at the Church of the Almighty Kyoto Protocol with its high priest, His Eminence Al Gore.

Jason Papanikolas, Laurel