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Global warming not man-made
Posted By Jeff on July 25th, 2008
Poor Al Gore. What cause will he have to resort to for publicity and limelight if hanging chads and global warming are no longer in vogue?
I have always had a niggling doubt in the back of my mind about the veracity of global warming. How could the tiny machinations of man impact the massiveness of our planet in such a dramatic way in so short a time? I wrote a little about my thoughts on the whole issue back when I reviewed Michael Crichton’s thriller, State of Fear. (You can read an ABC News article on it here.) By the way, the title is an apropos description of what the global warming crowd would like to create.
Now it seems that another leading scientific think tank is taking the offense by opening up dialogue in its journal Physics & Society. The American Physical Society had initially been sucked into supporting the politically-charged agenda of global warming but now is backing away from it, it seems.
One of the early contributions to the journal is Victor Monckton, the science advisor to Margaret Thatcher’s administration in Britain. He says:
”I was dismayed to discover that the IPCC’s [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] 2001 and 2007 reports did not devote chapters to the central ‘climate sensitivity’ question, and did not explain in proper, systematic detail the methods by which they evaluated it. When I began to investigate, it seemed that the IPCC was deliberately concealing and obscuring its method.” (italics mine)
In a summary article on this, Powerline says:
According to Monckton, there is substantial support for his results, “in the peer-reviewed literature, most articles on climate sensitivity conclude, as I have done, that climate sensitivity must be harmlessly low.”
Monckton… says natural variability is the cause of most of the Earth’s recent warming. “In the past 70 years the Sun was more active than at almost any other time in the past 11,400 years … Mars, Jupiter, Neptune’s largest moon, and Pluto warmed at the same time as Earth.”
This news does not bode well for liberal political activists which have tried to made global warming an issue in this election season. If the legs are knocked out from under global warming like those of traditional evolution, what will they have to stand on any longer? I guess their opinions need to evolve to become truly scientific rather than emotional interpretations of what they would like to be fact.
Is it the wrath of God?
Francis Schaeffer in Death in the City had a different interpretation in 1968 of why bad things might be happening environmentally – from tsunamis to tornadoes to floods to hurricanes to earthquakes. He suggested that the insurance companies might be more correct than we allow. Call them “acts of God,” he would say:
“Not all that occurs in space-time history is explainable on the basis of natural causes and effect, for example, economic, military, and psychological forces.”
He goes on to point to Romans 1.18-19 where the apostle Paul writes:
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. (ESV)
Schaeffer prophetically declares,
“There is only one perspective we can have of the post-Christian world of our generation: an understanding that our culture and our country is under the wrath of God. Our country is under the wrath of God. Northern European culture is under the wrath of God.”
Whew. Wrath of God is not politically-correct or inspiring stuff. But it may give us insight as to why some of the things are happening that others interpreted global warming as being responsible for. Destruction, disaster and devastation. Are they being poured out from heaven as from a bowl on cultures that have turned their back on the living God after having affirmed Him as their foundation?
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July 25th, 2008 at 8:34 am
very interesting blog jeffrey! i think we, even Christians, underestimate God and his passion for the people on this earth. it’s amazing to think that He allows all that goes on and never responds, that He’s waiting til the very end. i don’t believe that. there are so many atrocities all over this world, that are happening to believers, and to innocent people. how can we think He’s just sitting there watching? i could go on more but i won’t :)
July 25th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Hmm… it’s always amazing to me how scientists can prove one thing to be true, while other scientists are proving something else to be true. I, personally, think it’s a little irresponsible for anyone in this day and age to think that they have no impact on our climate, our environment, our planet, and yes, global warming. I don’t think it’s coincidental that as cars have become more popular and bigger,constantly excreting higher amounts of CO2, the earth began to warm. Natural global warming DOES exist.. the Earth’s climate changes constantly with or without our impact. The fact remains that our Earth’s temperature has gotten much higher in the past 100 years than ever before. When the maps are showing less and less land in certain areas, and more and more water, due to huge glaciers slowly melting, then it’s pretty concrete evidence that SOMETHING is making our Earth hotter. We know for sure that CO2 holds heat in… we know for sure that we are producing insane amounts of CO2. Now, is that the ONLY thing to associate with global warming? Of course not. Is it a factor? Absolutely. We have to look outside of our own country, too. Look at China. While other countries are becoming a ‘little’ more aware (at the least) in CO2 impact, China is steadily finding ways to produce more of it than ever. I believe that God definitely has a hand in everything, from global warming to ice ages. I also believe that global warming may be his sign to us to stop being so wasteful of the resources he’s entrusted to us.
I can’t claim to be an expert in this area, but many experts, that are NOT in pocket with any political figures but merely doing their jobs, agree that global warming absolutely is greatly impacted by we humans.
July 25th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
@Mandy: I wouldn’t want to disagree in an absolute fashion with you about your comments, but when you said, “scientists can prove one thing to be true, while other scientists are proving something else to be true,” it sums up the predicament.
Another fact: global warming has been so highly politicized that average people are completely unaware of the true “facts” about it. Many leading scientists say that you can’t compare a 100 year period of global temperature and say it’s a trend one way or the other. It’s an entire planet, for pete’s sake. It’s comparable to taking your own temperature every thirty seconds and trying to predict a trend and then to speculate that at the rate you’re going, you’ll have a 130 degree temperature in 45 years…
For those who would totally subscribe to the “global warming is a fact” position, I would simply encourage a reading of the other position. One website says it not only isn’t a fact, but it’s a farce and tracks sites that seek to make that apparent. Here’s his growing list:
THE GLOBAL WARMING MYTH – DR NOAH ROBINSON – TELECOSM 2007
Guess what? Antarctica’s getting colder, not warmer
Editorial–The Columbus Dispatch
Kyoto Count up
Fox News article
Remember “Global Cooling” in the 1970s?
Global Warming – Farce or Comedy?
Scientists respond to Gore’s warnings of climate catastrophe
“Oooo its hot out today….ooooo there’s hurricanes—must be global warming is true!”
Hot Air Hysteria
Up, down, up, down…its called the weather
Just because they say so, doesn’t make it so.
More data showing a cooling, not warming
Global Warming: The Origin and Nature of the Alleged Scientific Consensus
Holes in the Greenhouse Effect?
HDP-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
HDP Guide Home Page
Kyoto Protocol “a useless appendage to an irrelevant treaty”
Global Warming: THE ANATOMY OF A DEBATE
Cato Books: Why We Shouldn’t Worry About Global Warming
Desperately Seeking Mission: Why the State Department’s Gone Green
The Consequences of Kyoto
The Heated Rhetoric of Global Warming
Reason Public Policy Institute
RPPI News Release
Faulty Forecasts
Nine Lies About Global Warming
Chill out over global warming–Denver Post/Colorado State University’s Bill Gray, perhaps the world’s foremost hurricane expert
One-Sided Global Warming Fear-Mongering
Gust of Hot Air BlogSpot
Bjørn Lomborg
Man and the Environment
Newsweek – The Cooling World – Newsweek article from 1975 on the dangers of Global Cooling.
Skepticism – Global Warming Links
A convenient lie By John Stossel
Global Warming and the Politics of Fear
Still Waiting For Greenhouse
Forecaster Blasts Gore on Global Warming
Garth George: Ignore all that hot air about global warming
Climate Hysteria
SCIENTISTS: GORE GOES TOO FAR IN ‘AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH’
Temperatures in Antarctica Haven’t Climbed as Predicted By Climate Models
On Global Warming: Follow the Money Indeed!
The Great Global Warming Swindle
The gods are laughing
Global Warming Facts
Global Warming Snowjob
Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’
Global Warming Skeptics
STUDY: PART OF GLOBAL-WARMING MODEL MAY BE WRONG
DEBUNKING GLOBAL WARMING
Survey: Less Than Half of all Published Scientists Endorse Global Warming Theory
The global warming farce
The lighter side of global warming
WEATHER CHANNEL FOUNDER: SUE AL GORE FOR FRAUD
John Coleman’s (Weather Channel founder) briefs on global warming
John Coleman’s Comments Before the San Diego Chamber of Commerce
MIT Climatologist Richard Lindzen Information:
Overview
Wall Street Journal editorial (June 11, 2001)
Canadian Reactions To Sir David King
Climate of Fear: Global-warming alarmists intimidate dissenting scientists into silence
RealClimate article
Don’t Believe the Hype- Wall Street Journal opinion
Publications
Testimonies:
Testimony of Richard S. Lindzen before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
Testimony of Richard S. Lindzen Before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 2001
Effects of Proposals for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction
U.N. GLOBAL CLIMATE TREATY
Senate Briefing on Global Warming: The Other Side of the Story
Commentaries:
ABC and Al Gore: A Global Warming Love Story?
Global Warming: Try It, You Might Like It
Warmer Earth Might Be Welcome Trend
Beware El Nino Combined With Global Warming? Nah!
Hot Air vs. Warm Temperatures
Gore Shouts “Fire” in Crowded Greenhouse
Organizations, Think Tanks, Reports and Studies:
The United Kingdom House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs (UK)
Study: Oceans have cooled in recent years (US)
The search for an explanation of the apparent lack of dramatic and damaging global warming (Australia)
Friends of Science: Providing Insight into Earth Science (Canada)
Competitive Enterprise Institute (US)
Institute of Public Affairs–Inconvenient Truths (Australia)
Natural Resources Stewardship Project—Understanding Climate Change (Canada)
New Zealand Climate Science Coalition
The Lavoisier Group (Australia)
George C. Marshall Institute-Climate Change (US)
Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine – Global Warming Lecture Video Dr. Art Robinson (US)
Global Warming Petition Project – Signed by over 31,000 scientists
Science & Environmental Policy Project – Founded by atmospheric physicist S. Fred Singer
Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
July 25th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
When I have five years to look at your links I will. lol ;) I totally agree that you can’t take a relatively short period, like 100yrs, and use it as a real measure of the Earth’s warming or cooling trends. Things that are not disputed though would be examples of glaciers melting. Polar bears are drowning b/c they cannot reach another ice patch once they begin swimming. When has that ever happened before? I think that we’ll have times of warmer temps and times of colder temps as a natural occurence and to be a total “global warming wacko” is definitely not my style. My main objective is to not be nonchalent about our environment. Let’s say global warming IS a myth… it still doesn’t do away with ridiculous amounts of CO2 entering the atmosphere, pollutants entering our water and air supply, landfills taking up land that used to be swamps, forrests, or other wildlife enhabitation. I think global warming, true or not, is the LEAST of the environmental problems to worry about. On the way to Little Rock on I-440 the huge landfill there just filled in a once swamp area where ducks and geese used to frequent to make room for more trash. It’s ridiculous. Simply ridiculous. I just think we Americans need to get our heads out of the sand and see what impact each and every one of us has on this planet. Shall we all join hands and start singing?
“This land is your land, this land is my land…”
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July 25th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Oh, and on a completely different note.. I’m so glad you gave me the “job” of fantasy shopping for the church’s next big thing.. IT’S SO FUN!!
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July 25th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Aww Jeff, you mean all those icemakers, air conditioners, fans, and freezers I’ve been hoarding are no longer applicable?
I have not read that book but if the title is true to the work I can imagine the possibilities.
It’s funny how differently skewed opinions can be, even in the scientific world. It’s also funny to me how people can take things and run very far with it. One extreme to the other. I wonder how much money Al Gore has made off of his agenda?
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July 27th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
@Michael: If you want to know the Gore-y details, it’s stunning to discover that he charges $100,00 to speak at a university! Imagine, public ed funds going for that. All in the name of spreading a dubious political agenda.
He was also roundly cricitized in the UK last year after making almost $5000 per minute in a speech pushing the green agenda.
Unfortunately, I was disappointed to find out that Gore is a board member at Apple, as well as continuing to line his pockets. Check out this disturbing article where it says:
I do need to clarify that I’m not against being environmentally astute and responsible! Please don’t misinterpret this entry as saying that we should waste, burn, and clearcut our way across the planet.
I am saying that most of what most people understand as global warming and conservation is inaccurate, misleading and downright scientifically dubious.
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July 27th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Ugh..those money facts are absolutely disgusting. They could hire me to speak about green issues for at least half that price. ;)
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