On Jan 24, 6:09 pm, Michael Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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. I read the Oreskes report when it was first published in Science. The main point was the experimental evidence: "That hypothesis was tested by analyzing 928 abstracts, published in refereed scientific journals between 1993 and 2003, and listed in the ISI database with the keywords "climate change" (9). The 928 papers were divided into six categories: explicit endorsement of the consensus position, evaluation of impacts, mitigation proposals, methods, paleoclimate analysis, and rejection of the consensus position. Of all the papers, 75% fell into the first three categories, either explicitly or implicitly accepting the consensus view; 25% dealt with methods or paleoclimate, taking no position on current anthropogenic climate change. Remarkably, none of the papers disagreed with the consensus position." Your conspiracy theory does not cut much ice with me. Let's have some evidence. The Oreskes video is not about the scientific consensus. It is about about the junk science of the sceptics, their connection with the tobacco industry, and their political motivation. But there is not much point in your watching it. You obviously have the same political leanings as them :-( Cheers, Alastair. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange
