Climate Debate
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Tuesday » February 13 » 2007
The climate change debate
National Post
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Canadians are very aware of climate change, but I would challenge anyone to ask those same Canadians exactly what they know about "climate change" and the science behind it. Some basic questions, such as what percentage of CO2 emissions are natural? Which countries did not sign Kyoto? Of the countries that did sign, why do they not have any restraints on their CO2 emissions? How did the global climate cycle itself between ice ages and warm periods, before man? Why is it that some pro-warming researchers are not willing to allow other researchers to review their work?
Do people realize that the catastrophic climate predictions we hear about are merely the most extreme and unlikely examples of hundreds of possible different forecasts? Are people aware of the difficulty in determining and correlating temperatures and CO2 levels back thousands of years?
Anthropogenic global warming is at present a hypothesis, an unproven theory. Not only are we not being told the other side of the debate, but the media often completely ignore the fact that there is even another side to the debate. Instead, we are led to believe that it is a proven, undeniable fact and that the only debate is about how soon and how much we should spend on alleviating man-made emissions.
The cart has been put ahead of the horse. At present, we are trying to determine policy and spending priorities that will have huge impacts on our lifestyle and our economy, based on an unproven hypothesis. There is no prudence in acting before we have a more clear understanding of the issue.
Would you consider amputation a prudent treatment for a sore leg just in case it turns out to be cancer? Limited funds and resources used to meet our Kyoto requirements could be better used to fight more acute and immediate problems both here and abroad.
Tom McAuley, Winnipeg.
© National Post 2007
Copyright © 2007 CanWest Interactive, a division of CanWest MediaWorks
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Tuesday » February 13 » 2007
The climate change debate
National Post
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Canadians are very aware of climate change, but I would challenge anyone to ask those same Canadians exactly what they know about "climate change" and the science behind it. Some basic questions, such as what percentage of CO2 emissions are natural? Which countries did not sign Kyoto? Of the countries that did sign, why do they not have any restraints on their CO2 emissions? How did the global climate cycle itself between ice ages and warm periods, before man? Why is it that some pro-warming researchers are not willing to allow other researchers to review their work?
Do people realize that the catastrophic climate predictions we hear about are merely the most extreme and unlikely examples of hundreds of possible different forecasts? Are people aware of the difficulty in determining and correlating temperatures and CO2 levels back thousands of years?
Anthropogenic global warming is at present a hypothesis, an unproven theory. Not only are we not being told the other side of the debate, but the media often completely ignore the fact that there is even another side to the debate. Instead, we are led to believe that it is a proven, undeniable fact and that the only debate is about how soon and how much we should spend on alleviating man-made emissions.
The cart has been put ahead of the horse. At present, we are trying to determine policy and spending priorities that will have huge impacts on our lifestyle and our economy, based on an unproven hypothesis. There is no prudence in acting before we have a more clear understanding of the issue.
Would you consider amputation a prudent treatment for a sore leg just in case it turns out to be cancer? Limited funds and resources used to meet our Kyoto requirements could be better used to fight more acute and immediate problems both here and abroad.
Tom McAuley, Winnipeg.
© National Post 2007
Copyright © 2007 CanWest Interactive, a division of CanWest MediaWorks
posted by Gerry Surtees at Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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