Global Warming Scare Tactics

[Locutus]

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Sober, well written article in the midst of all the tedious "the sky is falling" cacophony http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/opinion/global-warming-scare-tactics.html?referrer= …




OAKLAND, Calif. — IF you were looking for ways to increase public skepticism about global warming, you could hardly do better than the forthcoming nine-part series on climate change and natural disasters, starting this Sunday on Showtime. A trailer for “Years of Living Dangerously” is terrifying, replete with images of melting glaciers, raging wildfires and rampaging floods. “I don’t think scary is the right word,” intones one voice. “Dangerous, definitely.”

Showtime’s producers undoubtedly have the best of intentions. There are serious long-term risks associated with rising greenhouse gas emissions, ranging from ocean acidification to sea-level rise to decreasing agricultural output.

But there is every reason to believe that efforts to raise public concern about climate change by linking it to natural disasters will backfire. More than a decade’s worth of research suggests that fear-based appeals about climate change inspire denial, fatalism and polarization.

For instance, Al Gore’s 2006 documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth,” popularized the idea that today’s natural disasters are increasing in severity and frequency because of human-caused global warming. It also contributed to public backlash and division. Since 2006, the number of Americans telling Gallup that the media was exaggerating global warming grew to 42 percent today from about 34 percent. Meanwhile, the gap between Democrats and Republicans on whether global warming is caused by humans rose to 42 percent last year from 26 percent in 2006, according to the Pew Research Center.



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[EagleSmack]

Yup... they alarmists are losing momentum. Time to ramp up the fear factor.

I was listening to a recorded interview on the radio of some Irish alarmists. He refused to take questions or be debated. He filibustered and said that he was invited to speak on the radio and he would speak. He would not take questions or debate he was there to get his information out only and he would walk off the show if he was not allowed to do so.

lol... funny interview.

 

[petros]

Yup... they alarmists are losing momentum. Time to ramp up the fear factor.

I was listening to a recorded interview on the radio of some Irish alarmists. He refused to take questions or be debated. He filibustered and said that he was invited to speak on the radio and he would speak. He would not take questions or debate he was there to get his information out only and he would walk off the show if he was not allowed to do so.

lol... funny interview.

I guarantee more Americans now have snow shovels and snow tires than ever.

 

[darkbeaver]

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( condensed--------the warming is over, expect continued lower temperatures next 400 years) ( tilting earth axis) (weather extremes) (increased cosmic radiation) (waning earth magnetosphere) (CO2 is not a big player)

James WoodsVerified account ‏@RealJamesWoods

Sober, well written article in the midst of all the tedious "the sky is falling" cacophony http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/opinion/global-warming-scare-tactics.html?referrer= …




OAKLAND, Calif. — IF you were looking for ways to increase public skepticism about global warming, you could hardly do better than the forthcoming nine-part series on climate change and natural disasters, starting this Sunday on Showtime. A trailer for “Years of Living Dangerously” is terrifying, replete with images of melting glaciers, raging wildfires and rampaging floods. “I don’t think scary is the right word,” intones one voice. “Dangerous, definitely.”

Showtime’s producers undoubtedly have the best of intentions. There are serious long-term risks associated with rising greenhouse gas emissions, ranging from ocean acidification to sea-level rise to decreasing agricultural output.

But there is every reason to believe that efforts to raise public concern about climate change by linking it to natural disasters will backfire. More than a decade’s worth of research suggests that fear-based appeals about climate change inspire denial, fatalism and polarization.

For instance, Al Gore’s 2006 documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth,” popularized the idea that today’s natural disasters are increasing in severity and frequency because of human-caused global warming. It also contributed to public backlash and division. Since 2006, the number of Americans telling Gallup that the media was exaggerating global warming grew to 42 percent today from about 34 percent. Meanwhile, the gap between Democrats and Republicans on whether global warming is caused by humans rose to 42 percent last year from 26 percent in 2006, according to the Pew Research Center.



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I read the article, it failed to inform the reader that this period of cold climate change (LIA) was scientifically thought to be likely at least a decade ago and that we have been conned into mitigation and angst against the exact opposite of what was projected. They don't want you to be prepared they want you gone.