Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Sunday, April 19, 2009 12:18:04 PM
This is the most successful disinformation campaign in the history of the world (it's largely
financed by
fossil fuel companies). There is virtual scientific unanimity on the issue: Natural planetary trends alone cannot account for the rapid changes we are currently witnessing. (
CNN:
97 percent of climate scientists believe human activity is a key factor in rising temperatures.)
And why is it always blamed on financing from fossil fuels? He can point to that if he wants, but there is certainly no evidence to prove that Rasmussen was funding this poll with oil money.
The article goes on...
What's particularly amazing about these results are that those who don't accept human-caused climate change aren't refusing to accept the complexity of climate science: Climate is a complex system, so any predictions about it are in terms of likelihoods, not straightforward facts. But accepting that the planet's climate changes naturally also involves accepting that complexity. It just doesn't look at the specifics of those trends, and balks at assuming any responsibility for our own reality.
Okay, so climate science is not about strightforward facts? That is not what James Hansen or Al Gore would have us believe. Just look at some of
these headlines from the mainstream media: