Are conservatives interested in knowing the truth about global warming or not?

Question

I just posted the following link;

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686

It describes a systematic study of ALL published research by climatologists in the field of climate change for a TEN year period. They wanted to know how many of the 928 papers disagreed with an international statement as follows;

"the consensus of scientific opinion is that Earth's climate is being affected by human activities: "Human activities ... are modifying the concentration of atmospheric constituents ... that absorb or scatter radiant energy. ... [M]ost of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations"

They found ZERO out of 928 papers disagreed. When I posted it conservatives said; http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkyrC7JZ8DcRb.HCP5Rd0Frsy6IX?qid=20061102112730AAFtN9W

Are they just not interested in knowing the truth or just plain dumb?

And scorbore I checked your links; one is an editorial by a

chemist at Dow Jones & Co. Inc (LOL) another is an opinion by a man testifying in front of caongress, athird has nothing to do with global warming - it's about forest fragmentation, the fourth is a NASA scientists study of sun spots and ONE is a climatologists dissenting opinion from the consensus. Good job finding one! LOL.

So no actual substantive arguments? No links to refute the claim? Just ad hominem attacks? Just jokes in response? Why am I not surprised?

Answer 1

Some of us are interested in the whole truth. 928 papers you think that is even close to all the papers written on the subject that is probably only one years worth. And notice your own quote says "most of the warming" and "is likely" not exactly words you use when you have a proven fact. When I was in college in the 80's we where taught that emissions where leading to an ice age. Global cooling was the concern maybe that is why a large precentage of Americans don't believe in global warming to many theories have been thrown out. I read papers on global warming and I wiegh them against other facts I don't buy it. Claude Allegre, a French scientist who supported the global warming theory 20 years ago and was once a supporter of the Kyoto accords, recently came forward and said it now appears to him that the theory is wrong. Other scientist put him down and said he "was once respectable". How do you explain everyones rush to close out any debate. You talk about conservatives but they are not they ones running around saying the debate is over and falsifying data( The Hockey Stick Graph) How can a scientist at the forefront of your cause defect and you call me ignorant and uninformed. Are you interested in the truth? Or are you more interested in convincing people there is no debate so they don't seek differing opinions.

Answer 2

Scientific theories have come and gone many times over the course of history. Each new generation thought the previous scientists were wrong. I am sure there were scientist that proved the world was flat. The current scientific thinking is probably along the same lines. A lot worst things have happen to earth than what man has done and it has recovered. Time to take a chill pill...

Answer 3

i think of that's in charge to desire to freshen up our atmosphere yet basing it on anthropogenic worldwide climate replace can no longer convince many conservatives that we would desire to smash what's left of our financial gadget to keep the planet. There are scientists who're calling for the dismantling of the IPCC with the aid of fact they think their technological understanding is amazingly incorrect. At this factor, the satellite tv for pc temperatures tutor a diverse cooling trend at an analogous time as the exterior temperatures are exhibiting it getting warmer and warmer. that's believed via some that city section floor temperatures are skewing the pc fashions bobbing up fake guidance. Their pc fashions have by no potential been waiting to correctly are looking forward to destiny climate replace. they do no longer contain the pastime of the sunlight, historic data of the earth starting to be warmer than now earlier the Little Ice Age earlier fossil fuels have been even used. additionally they do no longer think with reference to the 20-30 year cooling and warming traits. lower back interior the 70's they have been warning of an coming near ice age. in certainty, they don't have adequate documents to declare data of synthetic worldwide warming. There are too many, further and extra each and all the time, who locate this to be greater approximately politics than technological understanding. the climate has been unusual earlier lower back interior the 30's whilst we suffered extreme droughts, severe temperatures, and that i remember my mom telling me she became caught in Chicago for a month with the aid of fact of a snow hurricane in 1936. i've got self belief that's cyclical.

Answer 4

A major source of greenhouse gases come from the burning of carbon-based fossil fuels.

There are people that make mountains of cash selling these fuels.

These people contribute mostly to Republicans.

Repbulicans need voters to win elections.

If voters knew the truth about global warming, they might not vote for the people protecting the polluters.

Therefore, Republicans need to confuse Conservatives in to thinking it is not a real problem.

And hence, Conservatives are confused about the issue.

Answer 5

global warming.... geez, that's a tough one. Ok, there is NO question that the ice caps are reseeding faster than hulk hogan's hair line. But, at one time.... the ice cap was as far south as kentucky. now.... i'm sure that we can both agree that the "bluegrass state" shouldn't be frozen tundra. The real question is.... how far north should the ice cap be? What is "normal". that IS the question. Not, "is the earth getting warmer?" no kidding, yes it is. The question is.... "What's too hot?"

Answer 6

Do you post this question for every "shift-change?"

Look, we disagree. You'll have to get the ACLU on this one. Force them to teach it in public schools and silence any other theory.

By now you ought to know the game, it's been played for over 30 years!

Answer 7

I know that the Earth warms.
Man did nothing to cause it. Al Gore can't fix it (the liar) and what does it have to do with politics. Look I'm not a Bush supporter. I just worship Science.

Answer 8

LMAO those links are propaganda global warming is not real it is a made up THEORY

The TRUTH is thinking for your self. I see links on both sides of the issue and make up my own mind you tend to let others think for you like all liberals

Answer 9

Yes we are interested but what you give us is so full of holes its laughable.
We try to show you what is wrong with Al Gores theories but you never listen and just yell louder.
So whats the point?

Answer 10

I Do know the truth. It spews from Kerry & Hillary's mouth!!