In-freaking-credible. 31,072 scientists have all debunked Al Gore's global warming climate change nonsense.
I wonder where ABC, CBC, CNN, NBC, MSNBC and NPR's coverage is on this? One would think this groundbreaking news would be "Stop The Presses!" worthy, but I did not see a single piece of it on any of the aforementioned news media outlet websites (as of this blog post date). Most interesting, wouldn't you say?
From Newsmax:
An incredible 31,072 Americans with university degrees in science, including 9,021 Ph.D.s, have signed a petition that flatly denies Al Gore’s claims that human-caused global warming is a settled scientific fact.
This is something I've been telling you all for how long now, and I'm not a scientist. It doesn't take a scientist to figure out Al Gore's scam. Why? Look at the number of carbon credit companies Al Gore invested in. Can someone say "Duh!"
Gore calls scientists and others who question the reality of human-caused global warming “deniers” and claims they are a tiny minority among the scientific community who he insists almost universally agree that the planet is being threatened by the alleged warming of the earth.
Is that right, Mr. Gore? If you're so confident in your cause, they why don't you step up to the plate and set the mother of all examples. And while you're at it, why don't you give up the investment(s) you hold in your carbon credit companies, too. Oh, you won't? I didn't think so, you complete phony.
Gore told CBS’ Leslie Stahl on "60 Minutes" recently, "I think those people are in such a tiny, tiny minority now with their point of view. They're almost like the ones who still believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the world is flat."
Yeah, Mr. Gore. Way to go. 31,072 is such a tiny minority, huh? You have a lot of chutzpah to sit there comparing those of us who don't believe in your global warming climate change hoo-haw to those who still believe the earth is flat.
These 31,072 scientists do not believe the world is flat, and they say there is no convincing scientific evidence that so-called greenhouse gasses are causing catastrophic heating of the earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the earth’s climate.
Indeed, I suppose those 31,072 scientists are full of a four letter word. By the way, Al, have you started to set the standards yet?
On Monday, Dr. Arthur Robinson of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, (OISM) announced the results of a drive asking scientists to sign a petition stating: “We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto Japan in December 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limit on greenhouse gasses would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind.”
The petition went on to say, “There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the earth’s climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the earth.”
I wonder where Rob stands on this. Could those 31,072 scientists be wrong as well? Rob? I don't hear you, sir. *crickets chirping*
Robinson explained that the purpose of OISM’s petition project is to demonstrate that the claim of “settled science” and an overwhelming “consensus” in favor of the hypothesis of human-caused global warming and consequent climate damage is wrong.
Despite Gore’s extravagant claims, the petition shows that no such consensus or settled science exists.
Settled science? Now, that's a laugh where Al Gore is concerned. Why? Because, settled science doesn't matter, especially if you're Al Gore and have your assets invested in carbon credit companies.
In 2001, OISM circulated what was known as the Oregon Petition, and according to Lawrence Solomon, executive director of Energy Probe and author of “The Deniers: The World-Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political Persecution, and Fraud,” that effort, spearheaded by Dr. Frederick Seitz, past president of the National Academy of Sciences and of Rockefeller University, gathered an astounding 17,800 signatures.
To establish that the effort was bona fide, and not spawned by kooks on the fringes of science, as global warming advocates often label the skeptics, the 2001 effort was spearheaded by Dr. Seitz, a towering figure in the world of science.
Solomon wrote, “The Oregon Petition garnered an astounding 17,800 signatures, a number all the more astounding because of the unequivocal stance that these scientists took: Not only did they dispute that there was convincing evidence of harm from carbon dioxide emissions, they asserted that Kyoto itself would harm the global environment because increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the earth.”
According to Dr. Robinson, “As indicated by the petition text and signatory list, a very large number of American scientists reject this hypothesis.”
Solomon asked, “How many scientists does it take to establish that a consensus does not exist on global warming?”
"How many scientists does it take....? Well, allow me: It would take all the scientists in the entire world, and even then, it wouldn't be good enough. Why? Because I've said it again (and again, and again), global warming climate change is nothing more than an excuse for those people with political power (and influence) to attain more political power, and more importantly (to them), money. How many times do I have to say it? Global warming is pure B.S.
On a related note: I wonder how many scientists Al Gore has on his payroll supporting his claims of global warming climate change?