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They call this a consensus?
Lawrence Solomon, Financial Post Published: Saturday, June 02, 2007
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=c47c1209-233b-412c-b6d1-5c755457a8af
"Only an insignificant fraction of scientists deny the global warming crisis. The time for debate is over.
The science is settled."
So said Al Gore ... in 1992. Amazingly, he made his claims despite much evidence of their falsity. A
Gallup poll at the time reported that 53% of scientists actively involved in global climate research did not
believe global warming had occurred; 30% weren't sure; and only 17% believed global warming had
begun.
Even a Greenpeace poll showed 47% of climatologists didn't think a runaway greenhouse effect was
imminent; only 36% thought it possible and a mere 13% thought it probable.
Today, Al Gore is making the same claims of a scientific consensus, as do the United Nation's
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and hundreds of government agencies and environmental
groups around the world. But the claims of a scientific consensus remain unsubstantiated. They have
only become louder and more frequent.
More than six months ago, I began writing this series, The Deniers. When I began, I accepted the
prevailing view that scientists overwhelmingly believe that climate change threatens the planet. I doubted
only claims that the dissenters were either kooks on the margins of science or sell-outs in the pockets of
the oil companies.
National Post's Deniers series:
Scientists who challenge the climate change debate
The series
Statistics needed -- The Deniers Part I
Warming is real -- and has benefits -- The Deniers Part II
The hurricane expert who stood up to UN junk science -- The Deniers Part III
Polar scientists on thin ice -- The Deniers Part IV
The original denier: into the cold -- The Deniers Part V
The sun moves climate change -- The Deniers Part VI
Will the sun cool us? -- The Deniers Part VII
The limits of predictability -- The Deniers Part VIII
Look to Mar! s for the truth on global warming -- The Deniers Part IX
Limited role for C02 -- the Deniers Part X
End the chill -- The Deniers Part XI
Clouded research -- The Deniers Part XII
Allegre's second thoughts -- The Deniers XIII
The heat's in the sun -- The Deniers XIV
Unsettled Science -- The Deniers XV
Bitten by the IPCC -- The Deniers XVI
Little ice age is still within us -- The Deniers XVII
Fighting climate 'fluff' -- The Deniers XVIII
Science, not politics -- The Deniers XIX
Gore's guru disagreed -- The Deniers XX
The ice-core man -- The Deniers XXI
Some restraint in Rome -- The Deniers XXII
Discounting logic -- The Deniers XXIII
More on the environment
Lawrence Solomon, Financial Post Published: Saturday, June 02, 2007
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=c47c1209-233b-412c-b6d1-5c755457a8af
"Only an insignificant fraction of scientists deny the global warming crisis. The time for debate is over.
The science is settled."
So said Al Gore ... in 1992. Amazingly, he made his claims despite much evidence of their falsity. A
Gallup poll at the time reported that 53% of scientists actively involved in global climate research did not
believe global warming had occurred; 30% weren't sure; and only 17% believed global warming had
begun.
Even a Greenpeace poll showed 47% of climatologists didn't think a runaway greenhouse effect was
imminent; only 36% thought it possible and a mere 13% thought it probable.
Today, Al Gore is making the same claims of a scientific consensus, as do the United Nation's
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and hundreds of government agencies and environmental
groups around the world. But the claims of a scientific consensus remain unsubstantiated. They have
only become louder and more frequent.
More than six months ago, I began writing this series, The Deniers. When I began, I accepted the
prevailing view that scientists overwhelmingly believe that climate change threatens the planet. I doubted
only claims that the dissenters were either kooks on the margins of science or sell-outs in the pockets of
the oil companies.
National Post's Deniers series:
Scientists who challenge the climate change debate
The series
Statistics needed -- The Deniers Part I
Warming is real -- and has benefits -- The Deniers Part II
The hurricane expert who stood up to UN junk science -- The Deniers Part III
Polar scientists on thin ice -- The Deniers Part IV
The original denier: into the cold -- The Deniers Part V
The sun moves climate change -- The Deniers Part VI
Will the sun cool us? -- The Deniers Part VII
The limits of predictability -- The Deniers Part VIII
Look to Mar! s for the truth on global warming -- The Deniers Part IX
Limited role for C02 -- the Deniers Part X
End the chill -- The Deniers Part XI
Clouded research -- The Deniers Part XII
Allegre's second thoughts -- The Deniers XIII
The heat's in the sun -- The Deniers XIV
Unsettled Science -- The Deniers XV
Bitten by the IPCC -- The Deniers XVI
Little ice age is still within us -- The Deniers XVII
Fighting climate 'fluff' -- The Deniers XVIII
Science, not politics -- The Deniers XIX
Gore's guru disagreed -- The Deniers XX
The ice-core man -- The Deniers XXI
Some restraint in Rome -- The Deniers XXII
Discounting logic -- The Deniers XXIII
More on the environment
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