The global warming swindle
The global warming swindle is a documentary that premiered on channel4 in UK on Mar 08, 2007 [1]. You can watch the video on youtube [2]. I personally feel that it is propaganda and not science. What I personally feel does not matter but what scientists feel matter. Scientists at Realclimate [3] have a lot of criticism for this video [4].
The video has clippings of Prof Carl Wunsch [5], Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography at MIT, saying things that suggests that he does not believe in human induced global warming. But the professor came out with a clarification the very next day [6] claiming that he was misquoted and had this to say about the makers of the documentary.
'I knew I had no control over the actual content, but it never occurred to me that I was dealing with people who already had a reputation for distortion and exaggeration.'
Martin Durkin, maker of the documentary, responded to the criticisms [7] and claimed that he expected much stronger attacks but the attacks were actually feeble. He also goes on to give a conspiracy theory that a lot of journalists and scientists have built their careers on this and hope to draw mileage by fanning paranoia on global warming. I feel thats the most ridiculous argument to put across. If we apply the same rule to people who oppose global warming and count the number of people who depend on fuel, automobile and allied industries, we can get a feel of the stupidity of his self defeating argument. Also wikipedia [8] has some very interesting and pertinent facts about his political affiliations and track record. It needs to be noted here that the article has been tagged to indicate that the neutrality of that article is disputed.
References
[1] Channel4's page on the documentary
[2] Global warming swindle on youtube
[3] Realclimate home page
[4] Realclimate criticism of global warming swindle
[5] Prof Carl wunsch home page
[6] Carl Wunsch responds
[7] Martin durkin responds
[8] Martin durkin - on wikipedia
The global warming swindle is a documentary that premiered on channel4 in UK on Mar 08, 2007 [1]. You can watch the video on youtube [2]. I personally feel that it is propaganda and not science. What I personally feel does not matter but what scientists feel matter. Scientists at Realclimate [3] have a lot of criticism for this video [4].
The video has clippings of Prof Carl Wunsch [5], Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography at MIT, saying things that suggests that he does not believe in human induced global warming. But the professor came out with a clarification the very next day [6] claiming that he was misquoted and had this to say about the makers of the documentary.
'I knew I had no control over the actual content, but it never occurred to me that I was dealing with people who already had a reputation for distortion and exaggeration.'
Martin Durkin, maker of the documentary, responded to the criticisms [7] and claimed that he expected much stronger attacks but the attacks were actually feeble. He also goes on to give a conspiracy theory that a lot of journalists and scientists have built their careers on this and hope to draw mileage by fanning paranoia on global warming. I feel thats the most ridiculous argument to put across. If we apply the same rule to people who oppose global warming and count the number of people who depend on fuel, automobile and allied industries, we can get a feel of the stupidity of his self defeating argument. Also wikipedia [8] has some very interesting and pertinent facts about his political affiliations and track record. It needs to be noted here that the article has been tagged to indicate that the neutrality of that article is disputed.
References
[1] Channel4's page on the documentary
[2] Global warming swindle on youtube
[3] Realclimate home page
[4] Realclimate criticism of global warming swindle
[5] Prof Carl wunsch home page
[6] Carl Wunsch responds
[7] Martin durkin responds
[8] Martin durkin - on wikipedia
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