| campaign of deception or ignorance? | | | | nations and the emerging industrial countries, |
| In the first part of our look at the controversial | | | | notably China and India. |
| theory of man-made global warming the issues | | | | The other factors that could be responsible for |
| presented by both those who believe in this | | | | this atmospheric imbalance - factors that could |
| theory - the Scaremongers - and those who don't | | | | have a profound influence - were not mentioned |
| - the Idealists - were analyzed and compared. | | | | at all or were given little attention. |
| Looking at the Scaremonger's position the | | | | Firstly no mention was made of the practice |
| question needs to be asked: are they scientifically | | | | prevalent in third world countries of mass |
| ignorant, or are they engaged in deception? | | | | deforestation by burning thus emitting carbon |
| Better quality data needed before a trend can | | | | dioxide into the air. Also as trees emit oxygen and |
| determined | | | | take in CO2 they're able to help keep in balance |
| The whole position and argument put forward by | | | | the relationship between these two gases. |
| the 'Yes' case to support their position comes | | | | The other factor the UN failed to mention was |
| from data collected over the past 50 years. This | | | | the explosion in the worlds' population over the |
| data is then compared with data collected since | | | | past 50 years. In that time world population has |
| the 1890s - when climatic data first became of | | | | grown from 2 billion to over 6 billion and third |
| interest to scientists - and from the changes a | | | | world countries have been responsible for the |
| wholly unrealistic assumption is made. | | | | greater part of this. |
| There are two major issues with this: | | | | If the increase in greenhouse gases has been |
| Firstly, the instruments and equipment used today | | | | caused by man's activities then all of man's |
| to measure such factors as air temperature, sea | | | | actions should be taken into account. The UN do |
| temperature etc. are considerably more accurate | | | | themselves no justice by highlighting only the |
| than those in use 50 years ago, let alone 110 | | | | actions of the industrialized and emerging nations. |
| years ago. So that raises the question - how | | | | If the UN is to enjoy any credibility on this issue, |
| accurate is any data collected more than 10 years | | | | then it must mention that deforestation and an |
| ago? The 'Yes' case needs to clarify this point. | | | | unregulated population explosion may also be to |
| The second issue concerns the number of years | | | | blame. |
| over which the current data has been collected. | | | | Scaremongers: Our proof is strong and convincing |
| 110 years may provide a start, but it's nowhere | | | | That's what they insist on, but closer examination |
| near long enough from which to predict the future | | | | shows otherwise. |
| . Realistically though, 110 years in comparison to | | | | Most of the 'proof' they offer is weak and totally |
| the scientifically recognized age of the earth - 4.5 | | | | unconvincing. |
| billion years - is meaningless. | | | | Why do they continually repeat the lie that of the |
| To get a valid and significant understanding of the | | | | ten hottest years on record, six have occurred |
| recent changes in the worlds' temperature - if | | | | within the past 10 years? This has been seen to |
| indeed there has been any abnormal changes - | | | | be false - it's recently been reported that the 10 |
| and to try to determine future trends in the area | | | | hottest years occurred before 1950, with the |
| of climate change, the absolute minimum period | | | | hottest decade being the 30s. |
| from which such data is collected should be no | | | | But what's so important about the last 110 years, |
| less than a thousand years. | | | | the number of years that climatic data has been |
| Of course this is not possible, but it doesn't give | | | | collected? Now if those years had been the |
| the 'Yes' case the right to give credibility to the | | | | hottest in the last 1000 years, then that would |
| limited data they have by suggesting something | | | | have greater importance. |
| that can't be proven. All this approach does is give | | | | Why does the 'Yes' case refuse to ignore the one |
| ammunition to the emotionally immature. | | | | question that would give their theory credibility - |
| Whilst all of this may point to an incorrect and | | | | what caused climate change in the 12 previous |
| highly contentious interpretation of the available | | | | occasions it's occurred during the life of the earth? |
| facts, the role of the UN could be considered as | | | | After 12 periods of climate change caused by |
| blatant deception. | | | | Nature, why should the activities of man be |
| The role of the UN in this deception | | | | responsible for present events? |
| Recent reports issued by the UN's committee on | | | | And this last point raises a very interesting |
| man-made climate change laid the blame for this | | | | question - what gives the 'Yes' case the right to |
| perceived problem clearly at the feet of the | | | | think they can reverse the work of Nature or |
| industrial western world. Two reports presented in | | | | God? What gives Al Gore and his like the right to |
| early 2007 pointed to the damage being caused | | | | think they can undo God's work? |
| by the burning of fossil fuels leading to an increase | | | | And why are the worlds' religious leaders saying |
| in greenhouse gases, and an imbalance between | | | | nothing about this? |
| the CO2 and oxygen in the worlds' atmosphere. | | | | This is the second part of a look at the |
| The UN said quite clearly that this problem was | | | | international controversy concerning the cause of |
| caused by the ever-increasing expansion of | | | | climate change, and an attempt to put some |
| industrial activity by the established western | | | | balance into the argument. |