http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2006/02/covering_global/ The latest Headlines, news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers. Fri, 24 May 2013 15:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2006/02/covering_global/#comment-415683 Mark Bahner Wed, 17 May 2006 00:17:12 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2006/02/covering_global/#comment-415683 Bill Blakemore writes, about global warming, "This is, after all, a story in which the most credible scientists now say life on earth could become unbearable for most humans - widespread famine and political chaos, possibly even within the lifetime of today's toddlers - if we don't soon curb greenhouse gas emissions." What credible scientists have said anything like, "Global warming could make life unbearable for most humans"? Or that "widespread famine and political chaos" could result from global warming? Bill Blakemore writes, about global warming, “This is, after all, a story in which the most credible scientists now say life on earth could become unbearable for most humans – widespread famine and political chaos, possibly even within the lifetime of today’s toddlers – if we don’t soon curb greenhouse gas emissions.”
What credible scientists have said anything like, “Global warming could make life unbearable for most humans”? Or that “widespread famine and political chaos” could result from global warming?

]]> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2006/02/covering_global/#comment-415680 J. Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:20:55 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2006/02/covering_global/#comment-415680 No one who has posted replies so far knows anything about climate change science. So why are they so sure they know what they're talking about? Take a crack at these two things. The White House-commissioned National Academy of Science report from 5 years ago: http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?id=3713&method=full These 10 peer reviewed articles demonstrating anthropocentric warming: http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?id=3458&method=full If your conclusion is that this is just a vast conspiracy of egghead scientists, I say that it's awfully convenient that you like all the cool techy stuff they brought you, but when they bring some bad news, you treat them as if they were all beneath contempt... No one who has posted replies so far knows anything about climate change science. So why are they so sure they know what they’re talking about?
Take a crack at these two things. The White House-commissioned National Academy of Science report from 5 years ago:
http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?id=3713&method=full
These 10 peer reviewed articles demonstrating anthropocentric warming:
http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?id=3458&method=full
If your conclusion is that this is just a vast conspiracy of egghead scientists, I say that it’s awfully convenient that you like all the cool techy stuff they brought you, but when they bring some bad news, you treat them as if they were all beneath contempt…

]]> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2006/02/covering_global/#comment-415677 Dick Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:58:28 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2006/02/covering_global/#comment-415677 If I light a match any where and heat any amount of the atmosphere any fraction of a degree, can I possibly deny that I have had an effect that raised the temperature of the atmosphere? I could argue that the heating effect cannot be measured by anything man has created, but I would be foolish to deny that there was heat generated when I struck the match and it warmed a portion of the atmosphere. How is it wise and demonstrative of great learning to deny that people create and warm the air around them? How can anyone turning on any electrical device argue that they haven't warmed something besides the hearts of the energy company stock holders? If I light a match any where and heat any amount of the atmosphere any fraction of a degree, can I possibly deny that I have had an effect that raised the temperature of the atmosphere? I could argue that the heating effect cannot be measured by anything man has created, but I would be foolish to deny that there was heat generated when I struck the match and it warmed a portion of the atmosphere. How is it wise and demonstrative of great learning to deny that people create and warm the air around them? How can anyone turning on any electrical device argue that they haven’t warmed something besides the hearts of the energy company stock holders?

]]> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2006/02/covering_global/#comment-415674 Skeptico Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:08:25 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2006/02/covering_global/#comment-415674 Anyone who thinks they know "Global Warming" is actually ocurring is either too arrogant or too poorly educated in basic reasoning to take seriously. Systems such as the global climate and the stock market are extremely complex with literally thousands of variables interacting in real time. Let's use the stock market as an example. I challenge any of the fervent believers in Global Warming to use their ability to see into the future to predict what stocks will go up and down. Surely a man-made system like the stock market is much easier to predict than the weather patterns of an entire planet. Use any and all information at your disposal and tell me for certain what stocks will go up or down at least 10% over the next month. Any takers ? Anyone who thinks they know “Global Warming” is actually ocurring is either too arrogant or too poorly educated in basic reasoning to take seriously.
Systems such as the global climate and the stock market are extremely complex with literally thousands of variables interacting in real time.
Let’s use the stock market as an example.
I challenge any of the fervent believers in Global Warming to use their ability to see into the future to predict what stocks will go up and down. Surely a man-made system like the stock market is much easier to predict than the weather patterns of an entire planet.
Use any and all information at your disposal and tell me for certain what stocks will go up or down at least 10% over the next month.
Any takers ?

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