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April 9, 2007

Scientists Say 'Not So Fast' On Climate Gloom And Doom

While some scientists (some would say 'agended' scientists) and much of the liberal mainstream media pimps Al Gore's parallel universe of man made gloom and doom resulting from global warming, increasingly, more reality-based scientists are saying not so fast. Take for example the scientists at the U.S. National Hurricane Center, the World Meteorological Organization and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (which released the second part of this year's report earlier this month), who say that much of the alarm over climate change is based on ignorance of what is normal for weather and climate, and that there is no evidence, for instance, that extreme weather events are increasing in any systematic way:

The earth is always warming or cooling by as much as a few tenths of a degree a year; periods of constant average temperatures are rare. Looking back on the earth's climate history, it's apparent that there's no such thing as an optimal temperature--a climate at which everything is just right. The current alarm rests on the false assumption not only that we live in a perfect world, temperaturewise, but also that our warming forecasts for the year 2040 are somehow more reliable than the weatherman's forecast for next week.

A warmer climate could prove to be more beneficial than the one we have now. Much of the alarm over climate change is based on ignorance of what is normal for weather and climate. There is no evidence, for instance, that extreme weather events are increasing in any systematic way ...

... Many of the most alarming studies rely on long-range predictions using inherently untrustworthy climate models, similar to those that cannot accurately forecast the weather a week from now. Interpretations of these studies rarely consider that the impact of carbon on temperature goes down--not up--the more carbon accumulates in the atmosphere. Even if emissions were the sole cause of the recent temperature rise--a dubious proposition--future increases wouldn't be as steep as the climb in emissions.

... actions taken thus far to reduce emissions have already had negative consequences without improving our ability to adapt to climate change.