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Poor Canadians
Published on Monday, July 24, 2006 by the Los Angeles Times
Global Warming-- Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
Scientists agree: The Earth is warming, and human activities are the
principal cause.
by Naomi Oreskes
An Op-Ed article in the Wall Street Journal a month ago claimed that a
published study affirming the existence of a scientific consensus on the
reality of global warming had been refuted. This charge was repeated
again last week, in a hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
I am the author of that study, which appeared two years ago in the
journal Science, and I'm here to tell you that the consensus stands. The
argument put forward in the Wall Street Journal was based on an Internet
posting; it has not appeared in a peer-reviewed journal ? the normal way
to challenge an academic finding. (The Wall Street Journal didn't even
get my name right!)
My study demonstrated that there is no significant disagreement within
the scientific community that the Earth is warming and that human
activities are the principal cause.
Papers that continue to rehash arguments that have already been
addressed and questions that have already been answered will, of course,
be rejected by scientific journals, and this explains my findings. Not a
single paper in a large sample of peer-reviewed scientific journals
between 1993 and 2003 refuted the consensus position, summarized by the
National Academy of Sciences, that "most of the observed warming of the
last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse
gas concentrations."
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[The rest of the article:]
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0724-28.htm
Mtl-Marc wrote:
> There is actually no "scientific proof" that there is global warming going
> on. The world scietists just don't agree on that one.
>
> It is nice to think we don't consume more than necessary, and it is very
> noble to try to lower our gas consumption, but to follow the Kyoto Protocol
> would cost so much that it would bring the western world economies down to a
> stop. This is why the US Government will not follow it, and many other
> western world governments won't follow it either.
>
> The alarmists will try to tell you we are heading to dooms day, but they are
> just trying to scare people off for their own hidden agendas. It also makes
> for really good media coverage to show you a bird dunk in crude oil on a
> beach, than telling you that the air is actually getting cleaner and that
> the waters are less polluted than they were the last century.
>
> Yes "poor canadians" because the previous gevernments were more interested
> in satisfying all these private interest groups with our tax money.
>
> Aren't you tired to have 40% of your income revenues funding our third world
> countries roads and our third world countries healthcare system? I know I am
> sick of it.
>
> I hope the conservative government cuts down on unnecessary spending and red
> tape, like the gun registry, Kyoto, and tons of other silly exemples and
> lower the taxes back to a normal western world rate so we can spend the
> money ourselves and have a choice, like private helthcare services.
>
> For once we don't have a left wing bleeding heart government in Ottawa. I'll
> keep Prime Minister Harper over the Liberals anytime.
>
> Thank you for reading this Canadian Politic rant, but Julie started it, not
> me... :-)
>
> Marc
>
>
>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : julie@menloparkrandd.com [mailto:julie@menloparkrandd.com]
>> Envoy? : 16 octobre 2006 20:01
>> ? : desinor@sympatico.ca; julie@menloparkrandd.com
>> Cc : Org, Scirocco
>> Objet : Re: Poor Canadians
>>
>> The "Poor Candians" was an attempt at sarcasm.
>> Our (US) Govt and the companies behind it are on the same
>> stupid path. Make as much money as you can, as fast as you
>> can, regardless of the out come.
>> The panic of the gas shortage in the 70's has been long
>> forgotten. Any research stopped and shelved If we had kept
>> going with the research, what would we be driving today?
>> Make the move, be smarter than the american govt.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jean-Claude Desinor [mailto:desinor@sympatico.ca]
>>> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 07:12 PM
>>> To: julie@menloparkrandd.com
>>> Cc: 'Org, Scirocco'
>>> Subject: Re: Poor Canadians
>>>
>>> What do you mean, "poor Canadians"?
>>> I totally agree with the goal of reducing emissions. I am
>> dismayed by
>>> the attitude of our current moronic Canadian government.
>> They have all
>>> but decided to drop the goals of the Kyoto accords. They say
>> the goals
>>> are unrealistic and are asking for "scientific proof" that there is
>>> global warming.
>>>
>>> Jean-Claude
>>> 84 8v, soon to get into hibernation
>>> 96 Jetta GLS, will slug it through the smog and snow.
>>> All three of us waiting for the next elections
>>>
>>> julie@menloparkrandd.com a ?crit :
>>>> Cath, after your last post....
>>>>
>> <http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/10/16/canada.cars.reut/in
>>>> dex.html>
>>>
>
>
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