It is true that the majority of scientists support the theory of global warming being primarily anthropogenic in nature. Now let's look at that fact for a minute.
1. The majority of scientists are not climatologists, or in any way qualified to comment on the efficacy of that theory one way or another.
2. There are obvious political and social (and by connection, financial) benefits to supporting this conclusion. We should look carefully at a scientific claim with such strong motivation to come down on one side.
3. I do not accept research that is published merely to justify a foregone conclusion. If I had publicly stated that anyone who disbelieves in my theory is a moron and not a scientists, and then happen to produce a study the next year that claims to scientifically state the same thing, my claims should not be swallowed blindly.
4. That the UN and other organizations have proposed a global tax to deal with this problem is very telling. Vaclav Klaus has brought this issue to light in a very articulate manner.
All these things do not say that humans are not contributing to global warming. I suspect to some extent we necessarily must be. But collectively, when considering all these things I must pause before I jump onto the bandwagon that says the climate is controlled by us, we have broken it, and we can fix it.
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It is true that the majority of scientists support the theory of global warming being primarily anthropogenic in nature. Now let's look at that fact for a minute.
1. The majority of scientists are not climatologists, or in any way qualified to comment on the efficacy of that theory one way or another.
2. There are obvious political and social (and by connection, financial) benefits to supporting this conclusion. We should look carefully at a scientific claim with such strong motivation to come down on one side.
3. I do not accept research that is published merely to justify a foregone conclusion. If I had publicly stated that anyone who disbelieves in my theory is a moron and not a scientists, and then happen to produce a study the next year that claims to scientifically state the same thing, my claims should not be swallowed blindly.
4. That the UN and other organizations have proposed a global tax to deal with this problem is very telling. Vaclav Klaus has brought this issue to light in a very articulate manner.
All these things do not say that humans are not contributing to global warming. I suspect to some extent we necessarily must be. But collectively, when considering all these things I must pause before I jump onto the bandwagon that says the climate is controlled by us, we have broken it, and we can fix it.
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