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RedHeadPeter · 12-03-2009, 12:19 PM

Well its nice to see that it isn't only the 'beleivers' who can get up to a bit of jiggery-pokery. Those 'good souls' at the Global Warming Policy Foundation - which despite its name is actually a bunch of deniers - has been caught out using some very dodgy numbers to create the graph for their logo (see http://www.thegwpf.org/) by excluding the numbers for 2000 they conveniently lose the big jump frrom 2000 to 2001. But it looks like the 2009 figures are going to knock a hole in the 'cooling not warming' argument.

Personally I'm surprised this thread is still running. It's obvious there is no reasoning with these people and one can only shake your head and wonder what their motives might be, beyond talking up the price of their oil company shares.

I'm tempted (oh - go on I just gave in to temptation) to wonder what crossover there might be between Climate Change deniers and HIV-Aids deniers. And the presence in the latter group of Thebo Mbeki could have cost South Africa in excess of 300,000 unnecessary deaths.

12-03-2009, 12:19 PM	#233
RedHeadPeter Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 294 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: London, England Device: Bebook	Well its nice to see that it isn't only the 'beleivers' who can get up to a bit of jiggery-pokery. Those 'good souls' at the Global Warming Policy Foundation - which despite its name is actually a bunch of deniers - has been caught out using some very dodgy numbers to create the graph for their logo (see http://www.thegwpf.org/) by excluding the numbers for 2000 they conveniently lose the big jump frrom 2000 to 2001. But it looks like the 2009 figures are going to knock a hole in the 'cooling not warming' argument. Personally I'm surprised this thread is still running. It's obvious there is no reasoning with these people and one can only shake your head and wonder what their motives might be, beyond talking up the price of their oil company shares. I'm tempted (oh - go on I just gave in to temptation) to wonder what crossover there might be between Climate Change deniers and HIV-Aids deniers. And the presence in the latter group of Thebo Mbeki could have cost South Africa in excess of 300,000 unnecessary deaths.