My Views on Global Warming.....

Ok, I feel the need to weigh in on the global warming issue. In a nutshell, my views are:

1. Global warming is a reality.

2. The extent to which man is responsible (if any) is still in question.

3. No matter what you've heard. There is no "consensus" about global warming and very respected scientists that are skeptical about the so-called "consensus" are not all oil industry stooges.

4. Whether or not man is responsible, the extent to which we can do anything about it is still in question.

5. Science and politics don't mix, and when they do, it's dangerous.

6. When studying a complex issue, if you already know the answer you're looking for, you usually find it.

7. Knee-jerk solutions and hysteria will only confuse the issue and the motives of many who advocate these "solutions" are questionable.

8. However, if the discussion accelerates improvements in the way we produce power, transport people and goods, provide clean water, provide food, and basically fuel our lifestyle, while not hindering growth (especially in undeveloped countries), that can only be a good thing.

9. Much global warming hysteria is steeped in ill-informed anti-Americanism.

10. Al Gore is a snake-oil salesman.

Some articles on both sides of the issue:

George Will

Wall Street Journal

Robert Samuelson

Dennis Byrne

Debra Saunders

Paul Driessen

Some sites on both sides of the issue:

http://www.realclimate.org/

http://www.junkscience.com/

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/

http://www.climatecrisis.net/

http://www.ucsusa.org/

http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html

From Brainster:

Global Warming Roundup

The first Canadian to earn a PhD in climatology says it's bunk:

Believe it or not, Global Warming is not due to human contribution of Carbon Dioxide (CO2). This in fact is the greatest deception in the history of science. We are wasting time, energy and trillions of dollars while creating unnecessary fear and consternation over an issue with no scientific justification. For example, Environment Canada brags about spending $3.7 billion in the last five years dealing with climate change almost all on propaganda trying to defend an indefensible scientific position while at the same time closing weather stations and failing to meet legislated pollution targets.

No sensible person seeks conflict, especially with governments, but if we don't pursue the truth, we are lost as individuals and as a society. That is why I insist on saying that there is no evidence that we are, or could ever cause global climate change. And, recently, Yuri A. Izrael, Vice President of the United Nations sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed this statement. So how has the world come to believe that something is wrong?

Meanwhile, the Lefty bloggers are incensed that a new poll reveals that very few Republicans believe in their Global Warming revelations. David Roberts has a cow:

But we survey the Democrats and find a patchwork of apathy and equivocation. We find endless hearings and tepid cap-and-trade proposals. Only two bills -- Waxman's Safe Climate Act in the House, Sanders' Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act in the Senate -- even pretend to target the 80% emissions reductions by 2050 scientists say will be needed to avoid irreparable damage. Suffice to say, those bills -- the closest thing on offer to alarmism -- are not supported by 87% of Congressional Democrats.

Of course he uses this to bash Republicans.