--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I must thank whomever it was on this forum that posted about > "The Great Global Warming Swindle" several months ago. > > This is probably the single most important documentary made in > the past 25 years and will undoubtedly have a huge impact upon > public policy in not only the United States but the world. > > I have shown the show, which I was able to obtain on DVD, to > about 4 different showings already; that is, to people who saw > the Al Gore propaganda shit called "An Inconvenient Truth", > and "Swindle" leaves them with their jaw hanging. > > The DVD version will be updated (presumably to edit out the one > interviewee, who appears for only 4 minutes of the 75 minutes > who said he was misrepresented) as well as lots of extras. > > Intolerants and elites, such as new.morning, would be well > advised to run, not walk, and get a copy.
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/03/swindled/ The problem is that the global warming issue is *so* complicated and *so* technical that laypeople haven't the ghost of a chance of coming to an informed conclusion. The other major problem is that the issue has become so heavily politicized (at least partly because of financial considerations, although religious ones play a role as well) that partisans who are less than scrupulously honest will spin things ferociously in their favor--and again, the layperson simply isn't in a position to see through the spin. So what's the layperson to do? The only thing you *can* do is identify experts you can trust and see what they have to say. For me, that's the folks at the RealClimate.org blog: "RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. The discussion here is restricted to scientific topics and will not get involved in any political or economic implications of the science."
