Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’
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CLIMATE CHANGE 'FRAUD'
Wednesday December 2,2009
THE scientific consensus that mankind has caused climate change was rocked yesterday as a leading academic called it a “load of hot air underpinned by fraud”.
Professor Ian Plimer condemned the climate change lobby as “climate comrades” keeping the “gravy train” going.
In a controversial talk just days before the start of a climate summitattended by world leaders in Copenhagen, Prof Plimer said Governments were treating the public like “fools” and using climate change to increase taxes.
He said carbon dioxide has had no impact on temperature and that recent warming was part of the natural cycle of climate stretching over billions of years.
Professor Pilmer
Prof Plimer - author of Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, The Missing Science - told a London audience: “Climates always change. They always have and they always will. They are driven by a number of factors that are random and cyclical.”
His comments came days after a scandal in climate-change research emerged through the leak of emails from the world-leading research unit at the University of East Anglia. They appeared to show that scientists had been massaging data to prove that global warming was taking place
The Climate Research Unit also admitted getting rid of much of its raw climate data, which means other scientists cannot check the subsequent research. Last night the head of the CRU, Professor Phil Jones, said he would stand down while an independent review took place.
Professor Plimer said climate change was caused by natural events such as volcanic eruptions, the shifting of the Earth’s orbit and cosmic radiation. He said: “Carbon dioxide levels have been up to 1,000 times higher in the past. CO2 cannot be driving global warming now.
“In the past we have had rapid and significant climate change with temperature changes greater than anything we are measuring today. They are driven by processes that have been going on since the beginning of time.”
He cited periods of warming during the Roman Empire and in the Middle Ages – when Vikings grew crops on Greenland – and cooler phases such as the Dark Ages and the Little Ice Age from 1300 to 1850.
And he predicted that the next phase would cool the planet.
Climate change is widely blamed on the burning of fossil fuels which release greenhouse gases such as CO2 into the atmosphere, where they trap the sun’s heat.
The talks at Copenhagen are expected to find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally.
But Professor Plimer, of Adelaide and Melbourne Universities, said that to stop climate change Governments should find ways to prevent changes to the Earth’s orbit and ocean currents and avoid explosions of supernovae in space. Of the saga of the leaked emails, he said: “If you have to argue your science by using fraud, your science is not valid.”
Wednesday December 2,2009
THE scientific consensus that mankind has caused climate change was rocked yesterday as a leading academic called it a “load of hot air underpinned by fraud”.
Professor Ian Plimer condemned the climate change lobby as “climate comrades” keeping the “gravy train” going.
In a controversial talk just days before the start of a climate summitattended by world leaders in Copenhagen, Prof Plimer said Governments were treating the public like “fools” and using climate change to increase taxes.
He said carbon dioxide has had no impact on temperature and that recent warming was part of the natural cycle of climate stretching over billions of years.
Professor Pilmer
Prof Plimer - author of Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, The Missing Science - told a London audience: “Climates always change. They always have and they always will. They are driven by a number of factors that are random and cyclical.”
His comments came days after a scandal in climate-change research emerged through the leak of emails from the world-leading research unit at the University of East Anglia. They appeared to show that scientists had been massaging data to prove that global warming was taking place
The Climate Research Unit also admitted getting rid of much of its raw climate data, which means other scientists cannot check the subsequent research. Last night the head of the CRU, Professor Phil Jones, said he would stand down while an independent review took place.
Professor Plimer said climate change was caused by natural events such as volcanic eruptions, the shifting of the Earth’s orbit and cosmic radiation. He said: “Carbon dioxide levels have been up to 1,000 times higher in the past. CO2 cannot be driving global warming now.
“In the past we have had rapid and significant climate change with temperature changes greater than anything we are measuring today. They are driven by processes that have been going on since the beginning of time.”
He cited periods of warming during the Roman Empire and in the Middle Ages – when Vikings grew crops on Greenland – and cooler phases such as the Dark Ages and the Little Ice Age from 1300 to 1850.
And he predicted that the next phase would cool the planet.
Climate change is widely blamed on the burning of fossil fuels which release greenhouse gases such as CO2 into the atmosphere, where they trap the sun’s heat.
The talks at Copenhagen are expected to find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally.
But Professor Plimer, of Adelaide and Melbourne Universities, said that to stop climate change Governments should find ways to prevent changes to the Earth’s orbit and ocean currents and avoid explosions of supernovae in space. Of the saga of the leaked emails, he said: “If you have to argue your science by using fraud, your science is not valid.”
Hey, waitaminit!
This guy thinks climate change is a fraud and then turns around and says, “Climates always change. They always have and they always will. They are driven by a number of factors that are random and cyclical.”
So apparently he's confused as to whether it happens or not.
This guy thinks climate change is a fraud and then turns around and says, “Climates always change. They always have and they always will. They are driven by a number of factors that are random and cyclical.”
So apparently he's confused as to whether it happens or not.
Plimer is yet another scientist of the outdated type because he forgets to include himself in his image of the world.
Man-made climate change is a fraud. Natural climate change has been going on for millions of years. For example:
Canadian natural disaster sparked 'Big Freeze' in Europe 12,800 years ago: scientist
Man-made climate change is a fraud. Natural climate change has been going on for millions of years. For example:
Canadian natural disaster sparked 'Big Freeze' in Europe 12,800 years ago: scientist
If there hadn't been any climate change in those years Canada would be very different.
Looking at something that happened 12 thousand years ago and trying to say it has anything to do with what is happening today is ludicrous. There was no industrialization back then and to think that the millions of tons of toxic waste that we have introduced into the atmosphere and water has no effect on weather patters is to stick one's head in the sand (or elsewhere).
Cap and Trade, on the other hand, is a fraudulent smoke screen to divert attention away from the real problem and do nothing about it. It will be business as usual while pulling the wool over the public eyes.
Cap and Trade, on the other hand, is a fraudulent smoke screen to divert attention away from the real problem and do nothing about it. It will be business as usual while pulling the wool over the public eyes.
That is where it all separates. What is spewed into the water and atmosphere effects our health not the climate. I agree we need to clean up all this crap and it doesn't stop there, toxins we come in contract with are our clothing especially baby clothing and food. We need controls on those and it would not cost the same thing as trying to stop natural climate change.
Prove it.
No kidding.http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Canadian+disaster+sparked+Freeze+Europe/2225992/story.html Ah sher am glad yew tol me. Ah never wooda thunk it.
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