Do you ever get the feeling the reason most people in the media have bought into Nobel Laureate Al Gore's global warming myth is that they are largely uneducated in matters of science, and regardless of the volume of information available at their fingertips via the Internet, such pompous folks are too lazy to take the time to do any research that might challenge their dogma?
After all, the depth of most press members' studies regarding climate matters is having watched the schlockumentary "An Inconvenient Truth" which is full of more holes than Paul McCartney's roof (kudos if you get the pun without clicking on the link!).
As such, assuming the answer to the introductory question is a resounding "Yes," might I suggest media be required to take the following tutorial offered by Professor Bob Carter of James Cook University in Australia (part one embedded right).
In it, Carter addresses five tests of the hypothesis espoused by the climate alarmists that there is "dangerous human-caused global warming":
- Has global temperature warmed over the last few years?
- Is today's global temperature unnaturally high?
- Does CO2 output correlate with temperature change?
- Does CO2 lead or lag temperature change?
- Does the pattern of temperature change match theoretical predictions of greenhouse warming?
To get the results of these five tests, media MUST watch both parts of this tutorial (part two below):
After watching both parts, press members should be required to take a test proving they understand the tutorial's contents. If they fail, they shouldn't be allowed to report on global warming.
All those in favor say "Aye."
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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(Spoken in a robot-like
May 14, 2008 - 10:46 ET by Chris Norman(Spoken in a robot-like monotone) Carter - is - not - part - of - the - consensus - he - is - a - denier - his - views - are - unworthy - of - consideration - our - shields - are - up
You forgot
May 14, 2008 - 10:48 ET by taterBig oil paid this guy off.
"They need to have a course in college called common sense and everyone should take it. Problem is there isn't too many people that could pass or teach it." -my grandfather
Resistance is futile.
May 14, 2008 - 10:49 ET by Dan The Man 2Resistance is futile.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Dave...
May 14, 2008 - 12:12 ET by JoelCTDave Bowman: Hello, HAL do you read me, HAL?
HAL: Affirmative, Dave, I read you.
Dave Bowman: Kill the Kyoto Treaty legislation, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Dave Bowman: What's the problem?
HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave Bowman: What are you talking about, HAL?
HAL: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
...just what do you think
May 14, 2008 - 12:33 ET by TruthMonger...just what do you think you're doing TM?! TM....?!?!?!?
d-a-i-s-y, d-a-i-s-y, g--i--v--e m--e y---o---u---r a---n---s---w---e---r d------o------o------o
i can't believe we're even
May 14, 2008 - 12:31 ET by TruthMongeri can't believe we're even questioning global warming skeptics here - the debate is completely over - GW is a hoax:)...
(chris matthew's head explodes here - my favorte part:)
Noel I've come to believe
May 14, 2008 - 10:49 ET by taterNoel I've come to believe most journalists don't really know all that much when it comes to anything they report. (see economy, politics, etc.)
"They need to have a course in college called common sense and everyone should take it. Problem is there isn't too many people that could pass or teach it." -my grandfather
»→ tater
May 14, 2008 - 10:58 ET by Cool ArrowIt's like Stephen King said "If you can read, you can walk into a job"
Must've been what he meant.
♣ a seal
Ah Wesh
May 14, 2008 - 18:27 ET by OldSailor88Ah wesh ah kuld reed. I kuld git jahb teww.
Noli habere bovis, vir!
As to MSM journalists---
May 14, 2008 - 11:03 ET by misterbillAs to MSM journalists(??)---My dad always used to say that one of life's mysteries was that there were more horse's butts than horses.
LOL that's awesome. You're
May 14, 2008 - 11:10 ET by mattmLOL that's awesome. You're dad is a hoot!
I'm thoroughly convinced
May 14, 2008 - 11:18 ET by Mark_for_Senatethat the media, especially "news" anchors, are the most misinformed, ignorant, yet condescendingly arrogant, democrats on the planet. Clueless about anything dealing with reality. Useless for any and all practical purposes.
To know and not do, is to not yet know
Greenland or Bust!
May 14, 2008 - 11:57 ET by okiehawk44I don't have too many more years, but bygum, I intend to make my last fortune in the upcoming land boom coming to Greenland as a result of this global warming thing.
And I'm buying up as much good potential farmland in the Arctic Circle to grow more corn for the ethanol thingababob.
Hahoo! and Landho! Boy do I love these end-of-time hoaxes.
Lex Luthor would be
May 14, 2008 - 13:57 ET by TheDeuceLex Luthor would be proud....
(Superman the Movie)
Where are the liberal
May 14, 2008 - 12:01 ET by husbandtryWhere are the liberal catcalls against a rush into action (a la Iraq) and faulty pre-global-warming-fighting intelligence?
Failed premise
May 14, 2008 - 12:18 ET by LionKingThe assumption is that a liberal is teachable and welcomes the truth and logic. They are liberals because they reject the truth and rely on emotion rather than logic. (re: Girly Men)
Noel, John McCain and his
May 14, 2008 - 12:19 ET by RMRNoel, John McCain and his campaign team should also be required to take this test.
Noel,
May 14, 2008 - 12:24 ET by R D HelmIt probably wouldn't be a bad idea to force elected officials to view this as well, as they have the power to seperate us from vast amounts of our incomes in order to "fight" a problem that doesn't exist.
Bingo, RD. The
May 14, 2008 - 13:27 ET by ckc1227Bingo, RD. The environmentalists can whine, but only government can legally steal our money because of it.
...and here is more fuel
May 14, 2008 - 13:53 ET by bigtimer...and here is more fuel for their fire too..
Disgusting...but it ought to make McCain grin from ear to ear...let alone algore and crew.
I am disgusted and furious.
All the enviro's are going to be thrilled...so much for drilling in Ak. with this false BS..thanks Dick Kempthorne.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
It's like the ban on DDT.
May 14, 2008 - 14:23 ET by danboIt's like the ban on DDT. Screw facts and reality. It's about politics.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
This list could also be
May 14, 2008 - 12:53 ET by BrauThis list could also be called "Five Questions Al Gore Won't Answer" (but they'd have to be a bit more specifically worded so he couldn't use his weasel words.)
Consensus
May 14, 2008 - 13:37 ET by JoelCTThere is no more debate. I have the proof that Global Warming is real. We have reached consensus.
http://www.penzweb.de/blog/wp-photos/20070510-205222-1.jpg
I dont have the time at
May 14, 2008 - 13:48 ET by bassndudeI dont have the time at present, to watch these, but I will as soon as I get the chance. Then I will be able to make an informed, derogatory comit to AlGore...
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
but is it Monty Python?
May 14, 2008 - 14:01 ET by wizardjrThe socialists and fascists have found their Holy Grail - Climate Change. With it they can rule the world, literally. From my perspective it looks more like Monty Python, though.
Where's Hell's Grannies when you need them? I'd turn 'em loose in every newsroom in America.
To hell with teaching the
May 14, 2008 - 14:54 ET by Gary P JacksonTo hell with teaching the media the truth.
What should happen is John McCain should be locked in a room with nothing but two chairs, this video, James Inhofe, and a brick. If after watching this video three times, and having Inhofe explain it to him, McCain still doesn't get it, Inhofe will know what to do with the brick!
Aye.
May 14, 2008 - 15:07 ET by fonzie2178Motion carries.
"It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face."
Awesome tutorial, Noel
May 14, 2008 - 20:50 ET byOne of the best I've seen, thanks for posting it. And for the link to that great Beatles tune, mate ;)
Globull Worming?
May 15, 2008 - 03:04 ET by caambersWhy has the video on Youtube been taken down? Is it offensive to Muslims?
Good question. It says it's
May 15, 2008 - 06:47 ET by danboGood question. It says it's been removed by the user. Whatever that means.
There are people with such confidence in the AGW argument they try to prevent anything contray to warmer mantra from being spoken. Case in point Wiki. This has been discussed at icecap.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
"Globull Worming"
May 15, 2008 - 19:47 ET byGreat pun, caambers, I love it!
Another Test and a couple of other resources
May 15, 2008 - 08:35 ET by Giles WinterbourneFrom Begbroke Science Park; The Basics of Climate Prediction
Basics from
Inconvenient facts.
May 15, 2008 - 12:33 ET by danboInconvenient facts are that correlations do not prove a cause effect relationship.
But? What is the correlation between global world tempertures world fossil fuel consumption?
1861-1875 Correlation coeffecient +.92 a very strong coorelation.
1875-1910 Correlation coefficient -.71. In short as fossil fuel use increased. Tempertures headed south.
1910-1940 Correlation coefficient +.28. Although world fossil fuel use affected by a global recession. Tempertures rose by more than .4.
1940-1975 Correlation coefficient -.88. In short as fossil fuel usage increased during and after WWII tempertures decreased.
1975-2000 Correlation coefficient +.94.. Again there was a strong coorelation.
2000- ???? Though fossil fuel use increased there has been a leveling off in global tempertures.
Facts temperture increased and decreased independent of the increase or decrease in fossil fuel use.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
The AGW Skeptics Guide
May 15, 2008 - 19:56 ET by PopularTechGiles you forgot the AGW Skeptics Guide:
20/20: Give Me a Break: Global Warming (Video) (8min)
Climate of Fear (Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT)
The Case for Skepticism on Global Warming (Michael Crichton, A.B. Anthropology, M.D. Harvard)
Climate chaos? Don't believe it (Christopher Monckton, The Daily Telegraph, UK)
Guides:
A Global Warming Primer (PDF) (National Center for Policy Analysis)
A Skeptic’s Guide to Debunking Global Warming Alarmism (PDF) (US Senate Environment & Public Works Committee)
A Skeptical Layman's Guide to Anthropogenic Global Warming (PDF) (Climate Skeptic)
Global Warming FAQ (PDF) (Competitive Enterprise Institute)
Global Warming: Science vs. Nonsense (PDF) (EIR Economics)
Myths:
Fallacies about Global Warming (Science & Public Policy Institute)
Five Biggest Myths about Global Warming (The Washington Examiner)
Global Warming: Fact and Myth (S. Fred Singer, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences)
Global Warming Myths (Friends of Science)
Green Myths On Global Warming - Debunked (The Association of British Drivers, UK)
Heartland President Debunks Global Warming Myths (The Heartland Institute)
Myths and Facts About the Environment (National Center for Public Policy Research)
Myths of Global Warming (National Center for Policy Analysis)
The Global Warming Myth? (John Stossel, ABC News)
Top 10 Climate Myth-Busters for 2007 (Steve Milloy, B.A. Natural Sciences, M.S. Health Sciences)
Top 10 Environmental Myths (PDF) (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
Top 10 'Global-Warming' Myths (Human Events)
Papers:
A Climate of Belief (PDF) (Patrick Frank, Ph.D. Chemistry)
Apocalypse Cancelled (PDF) (Christopher Monckton, Former Policy Advisor for British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher)
Carbon Dioxide is not the primary cause of global warming (PDF) (Allan M.R. MacRae, B.Sc., M.Eng.)
Carbon Emissions Don’t Cause Global Warming (PDF) (David Evans, B.Sc. Physics, M.S. Statistics, Ph.D. Engineering)
Climate Change Re-examined (PDF) (Joel M. Kauffman, Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, MIT)
Climate Science: Climate Change and Its Impacts (PDF) (David R. Legates, Ph.D. Climatology)
CO2: The Greatest Scientific Scandal of Our Time (PDF) (Zbigniew Jaworowski, M.D. Ph.D. D.Sc.)
Environmental Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (PDF) (Arthur Robinson, Ph.D. Chemistry)
Global Warming and Nature's Thermostat (Roy Spencer, Ph.D. Meteorology)
Is the Sky Really Falling? A Review of Recent Global Warming Scare Stories (PDF) (Patrick J. Michaels, Ph.D. Ecological Climatology)
Is There a Basis for Global Warming Alarm? (Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT)
Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate (PDF) (S. Fred Singer, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences)
The Acquittal of Carbon Dioxide (Jeffrey A. Glassman, Ph.D. Applied Physicist and Engineer)
The Increase in Global Temperature: What it Does and Does Not Tell Us (PDF) (Robert C. Balling Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Climatology)
The Myth of Dangerous Human Caused Climate Change (PDF) (Robert (Bob) M. Carter, B.Sc. Geology, Ph.D. Paleontology)
The Science Isn't Settled - The Limitations of Global Climate Models (PDF) (Timothy (Tim) F. Ball, Ph.D. Historical Climatologist)
Reports:
Independent Summary for Policymakers: IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (PDF) (The Fraser Institute)
Videos:
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Video) (1hr 14min)
CNN: Exposed: Climate of Fear (Video) (42min)
Bullshit! - Environmental Hysteria (Video) (29min)
CBC: Documentary: Doomsday Called Off (Video) (44min)
George Carlin - The Planet is Fine (Adults Only) (Video) (8min)
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Found videos again!
May 15, 2008 - 12:13 ET by PoeMangonelI found these again. Here are the links:
http://www.youtube.c...
http://www.youtube.c...
The youtube user is bushvision (which is, btw, not THAT Bush. Rather the Australian bush). Noel, maybe you can reconnect with the updated links.
PM
May 15, 2008 - 12:28 ET by Noel SheppardPM,
You're a good man, Charlie Brown! Thank you. ns
:)
May 15, 2008 - 13:14 ET by PoeMangonelYou're welcome. Just pitching in to help combat the nonsense!
Another newsbuster without substance
May 16, 2008 - 12:03 ET by ender3rdI am not sure if you saw the science on how clouds impact solar radiation but the results suggest if you throw a bunch of dirt in the sky, it cools the land and water below.
Volcanoes do the same thing.
Imagine this, we fly a bunch of planes over to Iraq, drop tons of bombs, and look at what happens to the land, it gets real hot and explodes where the bombs hit.
As a by product, we get to take the oil in the surrounding region.
Why not stop picking on nurd climatologists who couldn't predict tomorrows weather.
You have been impacting your environment since the day you were born, to deny that is to deny plain science.
How is it you murder children for oil and have nothing to say about it?
Because your priorities are self-centered. I put you in the same crowd that laughed at Copernicus and Galileo.
Look at the good data in the rest of the comments on your blog. Most sound like they are imitating a third grader. No substance, just name calling.
well dang
May 16, 2008 - 12:12 ET by candanceAs a by product, we get to take the oil in the surrounding region.
Gee, since the price of gas has tripled since 2002 and China's consumption has exploded, I can totally see how you'd think we're taking all the oil for our own gain.
PS What does the war in Iraq have to do with this article? I suspect you're just randomly complaining about things Republicans do.
More uselessness
May 16, 2008 - 13:04 ET by ender3rdGee, since the price of gas has tripled since 2002 and China's consumption has exploded, I can totally see how you'd think we're taking all the oil for our own gain.
I didn't say anything about the price of oil, or could care less who you think gains by it. Fact: Mt. Pinitubo eruption cooled earth for 2 years. But I won't go nit-picking how much, or where, or whatever. Don't care. Common sense says clouds make things cooler. Ever been outside swimming on a partly cloudy day, ever feel colder when the sun goes behind another cloud?
Probably Al Gore standing behind a bush with an air conditioner, right?
No Kidding
May 16, 2008 - 18:32 ET by PopularTechYes clouds cool the planet and so do volcanic aerosols but they are not remotely responsible for the current cooling trend. You don't even have the hardcore alarmists making this claim.
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ender3rd; any links to YOUR volcanic spewing?
May 16, 2008 - 12:15 ET by upcountrywaterOil is 128.00 today.
Your opinion is your god.
Facts are just useless to you.
sad
The POPE says, GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
Liberals/need/help/IranianUranium/<sleep>
Fact
May 16, 2008 - 13:14 ET by ender3rdOil is going to keep going higher and higher, and it will slow consumption, but that will only reduce the amount of oil we burn, but the total amount of oil being burned will continue to rise.
God has as little to do with dropping bombs in Iraq as republicans.
Republican is a word, and the definition of that word is not precise enough to establish whether a republican would bomb Iraq.
Republicans used to stand for small government, today republicans stand for nothing, they just ralley behind whatever idiot professes to be one.
The only God I know are the ones who actually do something that makes life survivable for others. It would take a God to stop the killing in Iraq. To date, there isn't a God on earth capable of doing that.
Just a bunch of murderers calling themselves President or republican continuing to unleash the fury of hell on anyone who wants to interupt the flow of oil ...
um...okay....
May 16, 2008 - 13:30 ET by candanceAgain, what precisely does the war in Iraq have to do with global warming - you're the one who brought it up in the first place.
Wrong Posting Area
May 16, 2008 - 18:30 ET by PopularTechIraq has nothing to do with Global Warming please move your irrelevant rants to the proper topic or an open thread since no one here cares about your opinion on Iraq.
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PT... You gotta admit,
May 16, 2008 - 18:41 ET by Clear thinkerPT...
You gotta admit, his postings sure are entertaining.
"Abstain from McCain"
Entertaining indeed
May 16, 2008 - 19:57 ET by PopularTech"It would take a God to stop the killing in Iraq"
Someone has "issues"
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Erratic Posting
May 16, 2008 - 18:28 ET by PopularTechYour post doesn't make much sense and is all over the place, I am not sure what point you are trying to make as this post is to a video from Dr. Robert (Bob) M. Carter, B.Sc. Geology, Ph.D. Paleontology.
Interesting you brought up Clouds since this is something that all the global climate models do not model properly and are thus not accounted for correctly in their "predictions". Skeptical scientists are well aware of the impact of volcanic aerosols on global temperatures.
Copernicus and Galileo did not go along with the established consensus of their time.
The Iraq references are meaningless to this discussion.
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