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This is simply not true. It is more of the politicizing of science by those with vested interest in the results, in this case: oil, coal and electric companies, and other big polluters. It is discouraging that the disinformation campaign has taken root with otherwise intelligent people: it is our children and grandchildren who will pay the price for the willful ignorance we choose to believe on this subject. Go see the movie. I will buy your ticket. It discusses the source of this misconception in detail. Every reputable climatologist without ties to big oil agrees with Gore's core statements. Global warming is real. It is not a liberal or conservative issue, neither Democratic or Republican. It is a human being issue. I also have a degree in the natural sciences, and I also have some idea of what I speak. |
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Just one highly regarded scientific organization that I don't think has been "polluted" by vested interest is the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Below is a quote from them and the link for the site. There are many other scientific groups that are in complete agreement.
Abrupt Climate Change
Most of the studies and debates on potential climate change have focused on the ongoing buildup of industrial greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and a gradual increase in global temperatures. But recent and rapidly advancing evidence demonstrates that Earth's climate repeatedly has shifted dramatically and in time spans as short as a decade. And abrupt climate change may be more likely in the future.
http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/occi/...?o=read&id=501