Posted by
Always To The Right on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 6:21:52 PM
Global-warming skepticism has apparently gone mainstream enough to get the attention of Politico.
On the cusp of getting the most progressive Congressional leadership in
history, the science used to argue for central control of energy
production may disappear along with the warming that by all accounts
stopped ten years ago
The global-warming movement exists to provide cover for statists who
demand central control over energy production. That’s an inconvenient
truth that has begun to emerge as global temperatures fail to meet
expectations of increase. Rather than admit that more research is
needed, global-warming activists have increased the hysterical tone of
their efforts, demanding immediate action and giving dire predictions
of catastrophe without it.
Their cause did not get helped by the Goddard Institute’s mishandling of data.
Not only did they mistakenly use the wrong month’s data, they failed to
catch the error before publication. In the controversy that erupted,
Goddard — the primary source for the most hysterical global-warming
advocates — admitted that they don’t do any independent verification of
the data they receive, making their conclusions all but worthless.
Over 31,000 scientists have now signed onto the Global Warming
Petition Project, demanding more skepticism and a return to scientific
inquiry into climate change rather than political propaganda. They
face an uphill battle in convincing the beneficiaries of research
dollars from Washington to risk their funding by acting like scientists.