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Last week we had a bit of a discussion after the Pope made comments on the environment that focused on the now front and center MMGW debate. A list of 100 scientists was presented there in the comment thread that said "ahem", to those in the Gore camp, and of course there are ongoing challenges to his bloated assertions.
Yesterday another 400 scientists piled on with this message fronted by Sen. James M. Inhofe: "less and less credible every day."
More than 400 scientists challenge claims by former Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations about the threat of man-made global warming, a new Senate minority report says.
The scientists — many of whom are current or former members of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that shares the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Mr. Gore for publicizing a climate crisis — cast doubt on the "scientific consensus" that man-made global warming imperils the planet.
"I find the Doomsday picture Al Gore is painting — a six-meter sea level rise, 15 times the IPCC number — entirely without merit," said Dutch atmospheric scientist Hendrik Tennekes, one of the researchers quoted in the report by Republican staff of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
"I protest vigorously the idea that the climate reacts like a home heating system to a changed setting of the thermostat: just turn the dial, and the desired temperature will soon be reached," Mr. Tennekes said in the report.
Sen. James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma, ranking Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, said the report debunks Mr. Gore's claim that the "debate is over."
"The endless claims of a 'consensus' about man-made global warming grow less-and-less credible every day," he said.
When you are done snatching up awards around the globe, Mr. Vice President, perhaps you can sit down and have a substantive debate over this.
One excellent venue you should consider showing up at is the "The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change". Sounds like his cup of tea, no?
Well, considering it is put on by the Heartland Institute, and I am sure there is not another man on mother earth they would rather have attend, I seriously doubt he will accept the invitation. If you're not familiar with the Heartland Institute, here's why I doubt Mr. Gore will show:
Hundreds of conferences are taking place each year on "global warming," the popular name given to the theory that human activities are causing a potentially catastrophic warming of the Earth's climate. Most of these conferences are lavishly financed by government agencies or liberal foundations. All of them predict doom and gloom unless mankind takes drastic actions to change its energy use.
But is it true? Is there another side to this important story?
On March 2-4, 2008, a very different kind of conference will take place at the Marriott Times Square Hotel in downtown New York. Hundreds of the world's leading scientists, economists, and policy analysts will come together to explore key issues overlooked by advocates of the theory of man-made global warming. Such issues include:
- What does the Earth's climate history tell us about the possible causes of the Modern Warming?
- How reliable are data showing the size and distribution of the Modern Warming?
- How much of the Modern Warming is natural and how much is man-made?
- How reliable are computer models that attempt to replicate the complex processes of the Earth's climate?
- How reliable are forecasts of climate 10 years or 100 years in the future?
- How accurate are forecasts of human emissions 10 years or 100 years from now?
- Are the consequences of moderate warming positive or negative?
- Is emissions mitigation or adaptation the best response to global warming?
- Is it possible to reduce human emissions enough to affect the climate?
- How costly would it be to reduce emissions?
- What would be the consequences of higher energy taxes?
- Would "cap and trade" programs work as well as their advocates predict?
- Are the world's governments capable of undertaking climate change policies?
- Who profits from global warming alarmism?
That last bullet point is one I am very interested in.
No small orders or trivialities here, Mr. Gore, but then it just doesn't fit the rubber chicken model. So we'll see you at the next award ceremony, I'm sure.
Cross-posted at Freedom Dogs. Comments welcome.
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