by Puteri | January 9th, 2008
An American Thinker article called Global Hot Air from the BBC hits the nail on the head.
Billions of people now ‘know’ about global warming and how it threatens the planet. They ‘know’ that it is all the fault of decades of irresponsible, profligate industry and capitalism.
And yes, what exactly do they really know? Have they delved in to the research data? Have they made it their business to acquire a thorough understanding of atmospheric processes and of climatology? Or have they simply heard it ad nauseam on the news. Heard it so insistently, emphatically and endlessly repeated that it must be true. Surely?
Yes, what exactly do these people know? These people who claim that global warming is threatening the planet?
I was invited to join a cause called Stop Global Warming on Facebook, and naturally I declined. I cannot join a cause that I do not believe in. If even scientists cannot agree as to whether there is real global warming or not, or if the earth is just going through one of its natural cycles, how can I who’s neither a scientist nor an expert on climatology agree to join a cause that is mostly based on consensus?
Call me a climate change denier if you like, but I won’t be dragged into this global warming hysteria. I think I’d rather stock on fur coats and felt boots in preparation for global cooling which is going to be more hazardous to our health if that does happen than this fear of global warming.
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