The Great Global Warming Swindle...channel 4..true or false?

Answer 1

FALSE. Martin Durkin, the guy who made this programme, has been up to his old tricks. He was convicted by the Independant Television Commission for a programme he made in the 90's called 'Against Nature' where it was found that the editing of interviews with four contributors had 'distorted and misrepresented their known views.' Now Pofesser Carl Wunsch, professor of physical oceanography at the Massachusetts Insistute of Technology has said he has been 'completely misrepresented' by the programme, and 'totally mislead' on its content. He added he is considering making a formal complaint. He claims 'I am the one who's been swindled.'

So, what do most scientists believe caused Global Warming?

The vast majority are convinced it is human emissions of carbon dioxide. It was established scientifically 180 years ago - and has never seriously been disputed - that natural levels of the gas given off by decaying vegetation and the oceans help to keep the Earth warm: without it, and other greenhouse gases, the planet would be some 20C colder and we would freeze. Adding even the so far relatively small amounts from human activities makes us warmer.

Has the world warmed before?

Yes, and big warmings over prehistoric times were not started by increasing CO2 levels: changes in solar activity are more likely. Levels of the gas started rising some 800 years into the warming, but then probably reinforced it, making it bigger and longer. Temperature and CO2 are interdependant: when one goes up the other follows. This time is different because vast amounts of the gas are being artificially put into the atmosphere by humans.

So is the sun responsible now?

Some sceptics say so and probably it played a major role until recently. But over the past three decades sloar activity has scarcely risen, while temperatures have shot up - a fact disguised in the film.

Answer 2

How can we tell? I've been a strong GW advocate on moral grounds for a long time - I've been a casual reader of the science for most of that time too. When Al Gore's an Inconvenient Truth was released I was deeply relieved that this message would now resonate in the political community and that meaningful action would at last be taken. In short I was very impressed.

However, since the C4 programme, I have had to reassess this. The arguments forwarded are again persuasive, coherent and seem to demonstrate the exact opposite.

What we need to know is whether the effects of cosmic rays on cloud formation and in turn solar variability which affects comic ray flux has been incorporated in the GW models - if not then the models are wrong. I've looked back at the IPCC report and can see mention of the solar heating flux and that water vapour is the predominant green house gas - but I can find no mention of cosmic ray interaction on cloud formation or the link to solar variability.

If we can get an anwser on this then there will be no doubt. Until then we can't know - I don't work in the field nor do I have access to the models - is there anyone out there who does? Then if so can you please clear this up.

Another letter to my MP, I think.

Answer 3

The most worrying part of the prog just how far the eco-fascists are willing to go to stifle genuine debate on a very complex issue. Whether or not global warming is man-made or not, the apocalyptic predictions of its effect are nonsense. For this, us in the rich west may have to pay a little extra tax if we want to take five holidays a year. The effect on Africa and rest of the developing world means continued poverty, disease and social strife - still, no chance of any economic competition to the west!

Answer 4

peter253350. How can you say the programme is dangerous nonsense when you didn't see it all. You are totally missing the point on the solar panel issue. Solar power and wind power are not reliable sources of providing power over a period of time. They are also 3 times more expensive producing power than with more traditional methods . Fact:- solar power and wind power are inefficient. This part of the programme was concerned with developing Africa in the hope of improving ordinary African lives. Solar power and wind power can't do that. This then means that development in black African countries will virtually cease because of the cost. Fact:- You can't run a factory on solar power. The west is now telling Africa that they shouldn't be using their natural resources to develop their economies because according to them it causes global warming. Stay in the stone age!

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Answer 6

True.
Finally someone stands up and speaks up. I was getting so tired of all the brainwashing from the media about this terrible apocaliptic thing that we bad bad humans are supposedly causing. I never believed any of it and never will.
We've had a global cooling scare
A global oil shortage scare
A Y2K scare
and now it seemed like they were running out of stuff to scare us with, so they had to have that big idiot Al Gore make a movie named "Booo... everybody, stop farting, or we'll all die from the hot gasses".
About time someone steps up and challenges the "unquestionables"...

Answer 7

It must be true, as in it is all a big con. However, the CO2 debate is another case of the right things being done for the wrong reasons. As fossil fuels are in finite supply, alternatives have to be found. If finding the alternatives arises because of some nonsence about CO2 in the atmosphere, it does not take away from their merits.

Answer 8

The programme was dangerous nonsense.
If there are other causes of climate change, than it is more reason to be careful.
Admittedly, I didn't see the beginning of the programme, but one example of the methods used by it was in relation to a clinic in Africa whose solar panels were malfunctioning so that the refrigerator cut out if the lights were turned on. However the clinic was a large single story building which had room for more solar panels.

Answer 9

Yes, it's true. Republicans and their big oil money cronies are trying to swindle the American public by pouring huge advertising dollars into convincing people the global climate change is not happening - despite the vast mountains of scientific data that indicate that it is. It truly is the Great Global Warming Swindle.

However, it has very little to do with Channel 4, which on my set is the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. All Channel 4 does is show Hockey Night in Canada, crappy documentaries, painful Cancon sitcoms and sketch comedy shows, and a few high points like Rick Mercer and the occassional poorly publicized, months late run of Dr Who.

Answer 10

Look at the green house gas.
The big bad CO2 .first CO2 is very heavy .
Next God or whoever programed this Earth put plants here to recycle our air and remove the CO2 from our air . Granted we burn tremendous amounts of fuel ,but look at the amount of CO2 in out atmosphere . The plants have done a great job and as they get bigger they will do more.
Then that bad methane. Methane is very light and goes very high in our atmosphere ,how did the environmentalist make that measurement? There is another problem is the big methane lake that they think is in our upper atmosphere is gone where did it go???