Alastair wrote:
The debate is not about science. The scientific message is being
swamped by propaganda from the oil, coal, utilities, and automotive
industries who have most to lose if the use of fossil fuels is
restricted. The insurance industry has most to lose if they are not!
And the science is being swamped by propaganda from the IPCC, Al
Gore and the carbon trade industry who have most to lose if climate
change turns out to beyond human influence.
Here is a presentation of the science and of the propaganda war by a
scientist and historian:
The American Denial of Global Warming
http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=1345
I don't need to watch a video, I've read Oreskes' report, which
apparently you have not.
Oreskes' report, /Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Scientific Consensus
on Climate Change/ tests the hypothesis that the drafting of reports
and statements by societies such as the IPCC, AAAS and NAS downplays
legitimate dissenting opinions on AGW. Indeed, she found very little
dissent in peer-reviewed literature leading to these reports.
Climate alarmists grab this finding and cry "Scientific Consensus!"
But anyone who has worked in academe knows the pressures brought to bear
on researchers to apply for grants to support their departments and to
submit articles for publication that are sympathetic to "consensus"
opinion in order to be accepted for publication. This is the reality of
academe, which has very little to do with science, truth and reality,
and has everything to do with departmental budgets, tenure and
professional reputation. Hence the CRU emails.
Hayduke
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