View Single Post
Old 10-16-2007, 08:51 AM   #25
emkay
Zealot
emkay began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 103
Karma: 11
Join Date: Jul 2006
I'm pretty amazed at some of the comments in here...

I find it baffling when otherwise rational people suddenly decide that they have more expertise on the issue of climate change than the world's top climate experts.
Maybe it's understandable when you look closely at the amount of misinformation and FUD spread on the topic, particularly in the American media.

Yes, the climate has always been changing on Earth. But the rate of change since industrialisation is completely anomolous in comparison to previous fluctuations. A *massive* majority of *credible* climate scientists (i.e. those publishing their findings in peer-reviewed journals) believe that this change is due to human activity.

Gore's film was found by the British judge to have some factual innacuracies, but the judge found the film to be "broadly accurate", and said
Quote:
many of the claims made by the film were supported by the weight of scientific evidence and he identified four main hypotheses, each of which is very well supported "by research published in respected, peer-reviewed journals and accords with the latest conclusions of the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]."
link

The action against the film was funded by a Scottish quarrying magnate.

Personally I've heard enough of the "we don't have all the facts" arguments - from what we know now, the risk is so serious that we have to take out an insurance policy on what might happen. The "wait till we have more evidence" approach just happens to suit those who make their money from fossil fuels, or have lifestyles completely dependent upon them.

If you don't want to adjust your lifestyle for the sake of my and your children's quality of life, be honest about it. Don't ramble on pretending to be an expert on climate change, or quote some press release from an Exxon Mobil funded interest group.

/rant.

And now, I'll take a deep breath, and go back to my book
emkay is offline   Reply With Quote