Thursday, February 11, 2010

Man-Made Global Warming Faces More Scrutiny

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Consensus. That is what the man-made global warming faithful told us. The science can't be questioned because a bunch of trusted scientists have determined that Climate Change is a fact, and we must do all we can to save the planet because they said so.

Problem is, it was all false.

Scientific evidence has proven time and time again that the warming cycle we experienced was a part of a natural serious of cycles that both warm and cool the planet, primarily because of solar sunspot activity, and water vapor from the oceans.

Despite the global warming lie put out by Al Gore, and his cronies, Rajendra K. Pachauri and Al Gore accepted the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their work.

Now, the United Nations’ climate change panel is under heavy scrutiny, and is facing accusations of scientific sloppiness and potential financial conflicts of interest from climate skeptics, right-leaning politicians and even a number of mainstream scientists.

Problems have been unearthed that questions the intergovernmental United Nations panel’s landmark 2007 report on climate change, which concluded that the planet was warming and that humans were likely to blame.

The report is being accused of misrepresenting the state of scientific knowledge, and in fact, exaggerating the evidence for climate change.

With the mounting evidence to the contrary of the panel's report, and the questions regarding the validity of the research unanswered, the signing of a global climate treaty could be at risk.

The Climate Change faithful continue to claim there is no evidence to the contrary of their findings, and the the accusations are politically motivated lies.

Nonetheless, accusations of errors in the panel’s report continue to mount, and the validity of the panel's findings remain in question.

In one case, the report included a sentence that said the Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035. The sentence was based on a decade-old interview with a glaciologist in a popular magazine; the scientist now says he was misquoted. The panel recently expressed “regret” for the error.

The panel was also criticized for citing a study about financial losses after extreme weather events that found an increase in such losses of 2 percent a year from 1970 to 2005. That study had not been peer reviewed at the time, although it was later on.

Lord Monckton of Britain says the incidents reflect a pattern of willful misrepresentation by scientists with financial and professional interests that render them unsuitable to give neutral advice.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

Skeptics Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel - New York Times

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