THESE CLIMATE CHANGE CHARTS ARE WRONG – HERE ARE THE REAL VERSIONS
SENSIBLE PROGRESS REQUIRES HONESTLY EVALUATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVISING REALISTIC STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS IT, NOT MANIPULATING DATA TO GENERATE HOCKEY STICKS.
THE JOB OF SCIENTISTS ISN’T TO MANUFACTURE ALARM.
IT’S TO COMMUNICATE THE TRUTH.
RICHARD LINDZEN, THE MIT ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICIST AND ONE OF THE WORLD’S LEADING CLIMATOLOGISTS, SUMMARIZES THE SCIENCE BEHIND CLIMATE CHANGE:
1) THE CLIMATE IS ALWAYS CHANGING.
2) CO2 IS A GREENHOUSE GAS WITHOUT WHICH LIFE ON EARTH IS NOT POSSIBLE, BUT ADDING IT TO THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD LEAD TO SOME WARMING.
3) ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS OF CO2 HAVE BEEN INCREASING SINCE THE END OF THE LITTLE ICE AGE IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
4) OVER THIS PERIOD (THE PAST TWO CENTURIES), THE GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURE HAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY AND ERRATICALLY BY ABOUT 1.8 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR ONE DEGREE CELSIUS; BUT ONLY SINCE THE 1960’S HAVE HUMAN BEINGS’ GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS BEEN SUFFICIENT TO PLAY A ROLE.
5) GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF CLIMATE, NO CONFIDENT PREDICTION ABOUT FUTURE GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURE OR ITS IMPACT CAN BE MADE.
THE IPCC ACKNOWLEDGED IN ITS OWN 2007 REPORT THAT “THE LONG-TERM PREDICTION OF FUTURE CLIMATE STATES IS NOT POSSIBLE”.
