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• • 07 Apr 07
  • 1:29 pm

  For those interested in debunking "The Great Global Warming Swindle" on Channel 4, here's George Monbiot's take on it: http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/03/13/channel-4s-problem-with-science/#more-1047 I notice a lot of people saying that the global warming alarmists have economic interests. I doubt very much that these economic interests, whatever they are, outweigh the economic interests of the oil companies, the car companies, the shipping companies, the airline industry, and everyone interested in cheap transportation of Chinese goods to the U.S. So whose grinding axe is bigger?

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• • 08 Apr 07
  • 12:56 am

  Here's another article debunking the "Great Global Warming Swindle": http://www.jri.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=137&Itemid=83

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• • 08 Apr 07
  • 1:09 am

  "All the political dogma aside crack open a chemistry book once in a while people. Carbon while the sixth most common atom in the universe doesn’t even crack the top ten elements on Earth. We have more titanium in the earths crust than carbon." This factoid would be relevant only if the commonness of an element on earth directly determines how it affects global warming. What is actually important is not how common an element is but what its chemical properties are with respect to trapping heat. "Data from fossil core samples debunks the central holy “truth” about the eco movement. …

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• • 08 Apr 07
  • 1:20 am

  Another example of how the sun, despite being a driving force in climate, can be a weaker effect: I'm sure some of you have seen the documentary on global dimming, which is the gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface, observed since the beginning of systematic measurements in 1950s, and thought to be due to the increased presence of aerosol particles in the atmosphere caused by human action. Now despite this reduction, the temperature of the earth has increased in this time. How can this be if the sun completely determines climate, swamping all other …

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• • 08 Apr 07
  • 1:39 am

  Another article claiming problems with the Channel 4 program: http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/climate_change/article2355956.ece

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