Better to consult Vikings on Kyoto
October 13, 2005
Better to consult Vikings on Kyoto
By LICIA CORBELLA
Way back in the years 1000 to 1200 AD, Vikings farmed on the now frozen islands of Greenland and Iceland.
That's right, 800 to 1,000 years ago, when the Earth was sparsely populated and the internal combustion engine wasn't anywhere close to becoming even a spark of an idea, the Earth was warmer than it is today.
How can that be when we keep hearing that the earth is getting catastrophically too warm?
That's the kind of question Dr. Douglas Leahey, President of the Calgary-based group Friends of Science, is hoping more and more Canadians ask themselves -- and soon.
Yesterday, Friends of Science launched an ad campaign in vote-rich and Liberal-ruled central Ontario to bust a few global warming myths. And there are many.
The 30-second radio spots asks listeners to engage in a quick true-and-false quiz.
1) Global warming causes the violent weather worldwide.
2) The Earth is warmer today than it has been in 1,000 years.
3) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is dangerous pollution.
"If you said 'yes' to all three then you've been misled," states the radio ad, urging those listening to ask their MP why they want to spend $10 billion on unproven global-warming theories and inviting listeners to visit the group's website: www.friendsofscience.org
Log onto that site and it's positively chock-a-block with myth-busting facts, all backed up with scientific articles and studies.
In fact, Dr. Tim Patterson, a professor of Geology at Carleton University in Ottawa, is quoted on the site saying: "If back in the mid-nineties, we knew what we know today about climate, Kyoto would not exist because we would have concluded it was not necessary."
Dr. Timothy Ball, Canada's first climatology Ph.D states it even more forcefully. "The Kyoto Protocol is a political solution to a non-existent problem without scientific justification."
Leahey said numerous other climate scientists along with himself have watched in alarm as much of the world and its media "buy in 100 percent to the notion that man's emissions of CO2 was causing rapid global warming."
"We saw billions, if not trillions of dollars being earmarked for the Kyoto protocol and we felt very concerned that science was being pushed aside by hysteria over global warming," he said at a news conference at Calgary's Chamber of Commerce.
But Leahey, Patterson and Ball don't stand alone as voices crying out in the wilderness as to the foolishness, wastefulness and ineffectiveness of Kyoto. They are joined by no less than 19,700 other scientists -- 95% of them Ph.D's -- who have signed the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine petition which states in part: "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."
There are many other global-warming myths being debunked, and many can be found at the Friends of Science website -- which is funded mostly by a University of Calgary trust fund.
For instance, most people keep hearing from environmental groups and media that the Earth's poles are warming. But that's just not what science indicates. Studies show that while the western Arctic is getting a little warmer due to "unrelated cyclic events in the Pacific Ocean," the Eastern Arctic and Greenland are getting colder.
The small Palmer Peninsula of Antarctica is getting warmer, while the main Antarctic continent is actually cooling.
Leahey points out that the $10 billion the federal Liberals plan to squander on implementing Kyoto would be better spent on fighting pollution or hiring more doctors.
"The only thing that is certain about climate," said Leahey, "is that it will change."
It always has and always will. Science proves it. While most of the world's climate scientists now say man-made global warming is mostly just a bunch of hot air, they are hoping politicians will soon catch on.
Frankly, with the corrupt, incompetent and deceitful lot we have running this country, don't hold your breath.
Better to consult Vikings on Kyoto
By LICIA CORBELLA
Way back in the years 1000 to 1200 AD, Vikings farmed on the now frozen islands of Greenland and Iceland.
That's right, 800 to 1,000 years ago, when the Earth was sparsely populated and the internal combustion engine wasn't anywhere close to becoming even a spark of an idea, the Earth was warmer than it is today.
How can that be when we keep hearing that the earth is getting catastrophically too warm?
That's the kind of question Dr. Douglas Leahey, President of the Calgary-based group Friends of Science, is hoping more and more Canadians ask themselves -- and soon.
Yesterday, Friends of Science launched an ad campaign in vote-rich and Liberal-ruled central Ontario to bust a few global warming myths. And there are many.
The 30-second radio spots asks listeners to engage in a quick true-and-false quiz.
1) Global warming causes the violent weather worldwide.
2) The Earth is warmer today than it has been in 1,000 years.
3) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is dangerous pollution.
"If you said 'yes' to all three then you've been misled," states the radio ad, urging those listening to ask their MP why they want to spend $10 billion on unproven global-warming theories and inviting listeners to visit the group's website: www.friendsofscience.org
Log onto that site and it's positively chock-a-block with myth-busting facts, all backed up with scientific articles and studies.
In fact, Dr. Tim Patterson, a professor of Geology at Carleton University in Ottawa, is quoted on the site saying: "If back in the mid-nineties, we knew what we know today about climate, Kyoto would not exist because we would have concluded it was not necessary."
Dr. Timothy Ball, Canada's first climatology Ph.D states it even more forcefully. "The Kyoto Protocol is a political solution to a non-existent problem without scientific justification."
Leahey said numerous other climate scientists along with himself have watched in alarm as much of the world and its media "buy in 100 percent to the notion that man's emissions of CO2 was causing rapid global warming."
"We saw billions, if not trillions of dollars being earmarked for the Kyoto protocol and we felt very concerned that science was being pushed aside by hysteria over global warming," he said at a news conference at Calgary's Chamber of Commerce.
But Leahey, Patterson and Ball don't stand alone as voices crying out in the wilderness as to the foolishness, wastefulness and ineffectiveness of Kyoto. They are joined by no less than 19,700 other scientists -- 95% of them Ph.D's -- who have signed the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine petition which states in part: "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."
There are many other global-warming myths being debunked, and many can be found at the Friends of Science website -- which is funded mostly by a University of Calgary trust fund.
For instance, most people keep hearing from environmental groups and media that the Earth's poles are warming. But that's just not what science indicates. Studies show that while the western Arctic is getting a little warmer due to "unrelated cyclic events in the Pacific Ocean," the Eastern Arctic and Greenland are getting colder.
The small Palmer Peninsula of Antarctica is getting warmer, while the main Antarctic continent is actually cooling.
Leahey points out that the $10 billion the federal Liberals plan to squander on implementing Kyoto would be better spent on fighting pollution or hiring more doctors.
"The only thing that is certain about climate," said Leahey, "is that it will change."
It always has and always will. Science proves it. While most of the world's climate scientists now say man-made global warming is mostly just a bunch of hot air, they are hoping politicians will soon catch on.
Frankly, with the corrupt, incompetent and deceitful lot we have running this country, don't hold your breath.
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