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16 March 2010

Global Warming: Once Liars, Always Liars.

From


News 24


3/15/2010 5:10:30 PM Sydney - Australia's top scientists on Monday released a "State of the Climate" report at a time of growing scepticism over climate change as a result of revelations of errors in some global scientific reports.


The scientists said their monitoring and research of the world's driest inhabited continent for 100 years "clearly demonstrate that climate change is real".


"We are seeing significant evidence of a changing climate. We are warming in every part of the country during every season and as each decade goes by, the records are being broken," said Megan Clark, head of Australia's state-backed Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).


The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledged in January its 2007 report had exaggerated the pace of Himalayan glaciers melting, and in February said the report also had overstated how much of the Netherlands is below sea level.


The 2007 report is based on the work of thousands of scientists and is the main policy guide for governments looking to act on climate change. Sceptics have leapt on the errors, saying they undermine the science of climate change but the IPCC, which has announced a review, has defended its work.


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This article was sent to me recently and i couldn't help responding.

When i tell people that i don't believe in the hype of Global Warming, they automatically take it to mean that i don't believe in Climate Change. This is rubbish. not believing in Climate Change is like not believing in the moon. It's everywhere and has been for forever, certainly long before our or any species was around to notice. It's an integral part of the chaotically fluctuating system that makes up our world - hell, our universe, for that matter. I'd happily bet money - if i thought i'd live long enough to see it pay out - that when we eventually find ourselves a new planet to colonize, we'll eventually end up having the same problems over there. Why? Because it's nature, and it's our phenomenally arrogant assumption that it's all our fault that i find mind-boggling. I don't deny that we may have helped it on it's way, but when you consider that we're approximately 2500 years overdue for a new Ice Age, it's hard to imagine we've helped it by much.


Anyway, go ahead and read the rest of the above article if you're interested (especially if you live in Australia). It's nothing new, though.

Here's my response:



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