A Convenient Lie

We all know that Al Gore is the biggest inventor of our time. First, he invented the Internet. Then, he invented the man-made global warming. The media was harassing us by the tale of the man-made global warming all throughout the Bush rule years. I haven't heard it lately. Maybe because the falsehood of this notion has become too obvious. Maybe because Democrats are now in power - mission accomplished, and the tool of achieving the goal is retired. Maybe because we are having one of the coolest years on record, and the obvious stupidity of the notion of global warming strikes even the journalists. Maybe because the global economic crisis reduced the size of the trough from which the "scientists" supporting the myth of man-made global warming were collecting their 30 silver coins in the form of grants. Maybe, all of the above.

I will be writing more on how this false notion, though, became a new dogma of political correctness forced down our children's throats in schools. But for now, I just want to list a few facts and resources which debunk the myth of the man-made global warming.

First, there is an excellent British-made 2-hour long documentary called "The Great Global Warming Swindle" which is available for purchase online, and although it will not play on your DVD, it will play on your computer. Lots of data and solid research behind that movie. Hear it from the scientists who did not sell out for the potilically motivated grants.

Secondly, there have been periods on Earth when the climate change was much more abrupt, and the human civilization was not around then. For example, as the last ice age ended abruptly around 11,700 years ago, the Northern Hemishphere over Greenland warmed by dramatic 10 degrees Celsius in just 50 years. (Data quoted by Thomas Friedman in his column.) Compare this to the hysteria over an increase of at most .5 degree F over the past 20 years.

The Arctic cap may be melting, but the Antarctic ice has actually been growing. This reflects just a shift in ice growth patterns. You can look up the pictures and data collected daily since 1979 at http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere. Although it mostly deals with the data from the Arctic, the Antarctic data can be found towards the bottom of the page under the main block of photos on the left (look for SH - South Hemisphere data).

Rising sea levels have been mentioned as an immediate threat and an evidence of the man-made global warming. We need to remember that about 35,000 years ago, seal levels were where they are now. For the next 20,000 years they were dropping till they declined by almost 500 feet. Since that low point they have been going up. So no drama here, unless you have a vested interest in seeing one in it.

About 32,000 U.S. scientists signed a petition questioning the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change's views (http://www.petitionproject.org/).

Finally, recently "a prominent federal scientist" in Associated Press definition, Tom Knutson, has reversed his long-standing conclusion that global warming is going to cause more hurricanes in the Atlantic, and as a result of a new study, published online in the journal "Nature Geoscience" has concluded that warmer temperatures "will actually reduce the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic and those making landfall". (I think a meteorologist is the best job to have: make your prediction - get paid, reverse your prediction - get paid, never get anything right - get paid.)

So there is NO environmental disaster in the making by our release of CO2 into the atmosphere. I think Al Gore has known that all along since his own house, according to reports, generates about 20 times larger carbon footprint than an average American house. I don't blame him - 30 silver coins is 30 silver coins, and the guy needs to make his living since he lost the election.

However, his movie for which he got an Oscar called "An Inconvenient Truth" should be more appropriately called "A Convenient Lie."