Years ago I wrote “What if global warming zealots are wrong?”
Will they apologize?
Will they feel any shame for all the bile and nastiness they heaped on those who were merely skeptical?
In the past couple of years, the evidence in favor of manmade global climate change has not worked out so well for the zealots.
This past week saw what may be the beginning of the end for the whole global warming movement with the outting of hundreds of emails that allegedly detail countless examples of global warming advocates manipulating data and silencing dissent as they use the man-made global warming scare to secure lucrative grants and (like Al Gore) get involved in cap and trade ventures.
Here’s some links to follow.
We’ll start with the New York Times, that famously “neo con” journal:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/science/earth/21climate.html?_r=3&hp
The only defense I’ve seen so far is that because so many people accept that the earth is warming due to human produced CO2 that such a scandal will have limited effect.
And I agree with that. The people who call and email me because they can’t figure out how to use their computer or at a get-together will call me in to settle some scientific dispute on everything from evolution to string theory suddenly are aghast that I’m skeptical on whether humans are having a measurable impact on the earth’s mean temperature. Suddenly I’m either ignorant or brain-washed or both.
My position on human-caused global warming is much the same as my views on any religion. I’m skeptical and until I see conclusive evidence (and left-wing analysis is not evidence) I’m going to remain skeptical.
That doesn’t mean I don’t think we should reduce our footprint on the world. I absolutely agree we should be doing that. The house I’m building has geothermal heating, solar panels, etc. I’m eagerly awaiting plug-in Hybrids. But that’s a matter of personal principle just as I don’t need to believe in a magical super being to keep me from going on a killing spree.
I like people and I like seeing a diversity of opinion.
I just don’t like it when people try to promote their opinions as fact and then try to get laws passed that take away our choices. I don’t like the government doing something “for our own good” unless it is a 100% thing and even then, I would not necessarily support it.
Here are some other helpful links on this latest blow up.
http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/2009/11/the_cru_hack_wh.html
http://i49.tinypic.com/mk8113.jpg
http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2009/11/20/climate-cuttings-33.html