Don't Believe the Hype. Al Gore is wrong. There's no "consensus" on global warming.?

Question

http://www.opinionjournal.com/forms/printThis.html?id=110008597
Mr. Lindzen is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT.

Answer 1

There are a (very) few skeptics. But the vast majority of scientists agree that global warming is real, and mostly caused by us. EVERY major scientific organization agrees. Proof:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686

"There's a better scientific consensus on this [climate change] than on any issue I know -
Global warming is almost a no-brainer at this point,You really can't find intelligent, quantitative arguments to make it go away."

Dr. Jerry Mahlman, NOAA

"The fact that the community overwhelmingly supports the consensus is evidenced by picking up any copy of Journal of Climate or similar, any scientific program at the meetings, or simply going to talk to scientists. I challenge you, if you think there is some un-reported division, show me the hundreds of abstracts that support your view - you won't be able to. You can argue whether the consensus is correct, or what it really implies, but you can't credibly argue it doesn't exist."

NASA's Gavin Schmidt

jim z - Consensus is not proof. But without scientific proof there is no scientific consensus. Unless you're a conspiracy nut. The "skeptics" like Lindzen have nothing but words, the global warming scientists have the data. In science, the data wins.

Besides, the question asked about consensus.

bdog1321 - Liberals like these?

"Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich challenged fellow conservatives to stop resisting scientific evidence of global warming"

"National Review (respected conservative magazine) published a cover story this past week calling on conservatives to shake off denial and get into the climate policy debate"

"Pat Robertson (very conservative Christian leader) 'It is getting hotter and the ice caps are melting and there is a build up of carbon dioxide in the air. We really need to do something on fossil fuels.”

Answer 2

You do know that 99% of scientists oppose his views of Global warming right? Yeah as stated above, Lindzen has made some really bad claims in the past, and is not credible anymore. I like to read Wall State Journal and NY Times quite a bit, so thanks for article though.

Answer 3

It depends how you want to define the word 'consensus'.

If you define it as being a 'unanimous agreement' then there isn't a consensus. If you define it as being 'an overwhelming majority' then there is a consensus.

In general terms there is no doubt that there is a majority consensus, it's for this reason that you're unable to find a single credible scientific organisation in the world that doesn't agree we're contributing to global warming. You'd be hard pressed to find a better 'consensus' than that.

Answer 4

So you and GWB don't believe that Global Warming is happening.....?
Well, don't tell that to the Inuits of Alaska and Canada. You might also ask the Greenlanders, Icelanders and more whose houses are slowly sinking because the Normal permafrost is thawing.
Also check out the islands in the south pacific that are rendered uninhabitable because the rising sea level has taken over the few freshwater wells they had.
So just close your mind an pretend that is not happenimg

Answer 5

Honestly, liberal loonies, where are you getting this idea that "all of the scientific communities agree that there is global warming?!" thats BULL SHET BULL. not even the vast majority, you just dont hear about the scientists that disagree because it isnt politically correct to disagree. there is global warming, i grant you. But it is not being caused by humans as you dopes think. a VERY small portion of the ice is actually melting, and it is just natural patterns of the earth. actually the south pole is GAINING ice. wheres your global warming now? hmm? the highest british court and the US government condemned 9 out of 10 of gores major points false also. BS it is. there have been around 4 of these cycles in the last 70 years, where "all of the scientists" have "unequivocal" proof that there is global warming, or that we are entering the next ice age. all of them have been BS. all of them were supported by liberals such as now. why is now any different? one reason, because the sheep in this country just get herded along by these liberal wackos pursuing their agenda and swallow anything they tell the sheep. people think there is actually a crisis. calm down, its just another liberal plot to make the conservatives look bad. ever wonder WHY al gore makes 20 times the amount of greenhouse gasses that the normal person does in a year? its because he doesnt believe in global warming himself deep down, he knows hes just tricking you sheep, and its working well. yeah i bet hes sitting down in his millions of dollars house making emissions like theres no tomorrow thinking how stupid we all are. thats the basic liberal mindset. END RANT.

Answer 6

Lindzen also thinks that smoking doesn't cause lung cancer, so I'm rather skeptical of his claims.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lindzen#Views_on_health_risks_of_passive_smoking

As for the consensus, if there isn't any then how did the IPCC write its report?

http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html

If there's no consensus, then why are there virtually no peer-reviewed scientific papers which reject the so-called consensus? Lindzen cites the Peiser study, but only 1 paper in the Peiser study was found to reject the consensus after review, and it was an opinion paper, not a research paper.

http://www.norvig.com/oreskes.html

Sorry, but this is just wishful thinking. There is indeed a scientific consensus that humans are the primary cause of the current warming. The only evidence Lindzen provides to prove otherwise actually disproves his point.

Answer 7

You notice they can't disaggree with anything Dr. Lindzen says because he is far more qualified than they or anyone that they can get to support their cause. They mostly get a list of politicians or scientists putting their name on a list to feed off the government trough. Consensus is not science and that is why Bob and Dana depend on consensus to push their agenda

Answer 8

The scientists who have proof against global warming are being suppressed to protect political agendas.

Answer 9

Another link to Mr.Lindzen
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/08/30/mits_inconvenient_scientist/

Answer 10

I know of intelligent people who thought Hitler and Stalin were good for mankind and there was nothing wrong with them too. Infact the whole of Europe thought Hitler was good till he started taking all the countries in Europe, they denied anything wrong with his speeches or policies, you deny global warming and pollution.

Man kind forgets history which repeats itself.