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Put a Tiger In Your Think Tank
« on: 2005-04-19 11:24:19 » |
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The May/June 2005 issue of Mother Jones is about Climate Change (commonly known as Global Warming).
http://www.motherjones.com/toc/2005/05/index.html
They specifically target corporate funded "think tanks" (typically run by the same few persons) which actively promote skepticism regarding the mainstream climatologists' work. There is also an article about Michael Crichton's involvement.
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Think tanks and journalists funded by ExxonMobil are out to convince you global warming is a hoax.
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http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2005/05/exxon_chart.html
If you are into playing with the crooks, this domain seems to offer pretty good financial opportunities.
There are several well crafted documents online which argue against mainstream climate science and the "hokey stick" graph. Some of them are appealing to an audience with good critical thinking but with a limited knowledge of the tools of the trade.
http://www.john-daly.com/hockey/hockey.htm
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This graph [the "hockey stick" graph] asserts that temperatures during the Medieval Warm Period were higher than those of today (as suggested by the opening lines to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer), while it was much cooler during the Little Ice Age (as suggested by John King). Historical records from all over Europe, and Greenland attest to the reality of both events, and their profound impact on human society. For example, the colonisation of Greenland by the Vikings early in the millennium was only possible because of the medieval warmth. During the Little Ice Age, the Viking colonies in Greenland collapsed, while the River Thames in London often froze over, resulting in frequent `frost fairs' being held on the river ice.
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[rhinoceros] A problem with using the historical record is that it is composed of events which may well be local. It takes much more to draw conclusions from it. Climate -- and especially global climate -- is not the weather.
That said, not all objections to the "hockey stick" are ignorant of the field or corporate- funded. There is an open heated argument among real working climatologists about the "hockey stick" and more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_record_of_the_past_1000_years
Notice the two links at the bottom of that page, two very important blogs run by climatologists where some dialog takes place:
The "orthodox": Run by Michael Mann (the father of the "hockey stick" graph) and several other climatologists.
http://www.realclimate.org
The "challenger": Run by Steve McIntyre
http://www.climateaudit.org
Unfortunately they are both highly technical.
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