Shock: BBC Global Warming Honesty

'For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures' -- 'Debate about what is causing it is far from over' -- Cooling 'could last another 10-20 years' Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Cynthia Gilbert - Oct 10, 2009 - 6:29 AM PDT
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Edited by: Cynthia Gilbert - Oct 10, 2009 - 6:11 PM PDT

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Walter Cox
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by Walter Cox - Oct. 11, 2009

Remarkable that as staid an organization as the BBC is finally facing the truth about how murky the science is with respect to anthropogenic global warming. This article gives a fine overview of the facts, pro and con, which should confuse those who pretend certainty on this issue.

Eleven years is a long time not to see increases in global temperature, especially since the anthropogenic model predicts rises in temperature consonent with rising carbon emissions. I don't pretend to know what causes global temperatures to rise and fall, and no reputable scientist pretends to know either. It is only the Al Gores of the world who would wish to impose costly, and probably unnecessary, measures to reduce carbon emissions, based on alarmist predictions that have ... More »

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Cynthia Gilbert
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by Cynthia Gilbert - Oct. 10, 2009

Interesting brief synopsis of competing scientific points of view on global warming.

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