If you listen to progressive politicians and their
mainstream media lapdogs, you’ll hear the same old tiresome lie that a majority
of scientists believe that global warming, now termed climate change, is caused
by man. American Thinker published an
article refuting this “consensus.”
The main pillar of the warmist argument is the
contention that a "consensus" exists among scientists that global
warming is caused by man and threatens catastrophe. But a Canada-based group
calling itself Friends of Science has just completed a review of
the four main studies used to document the alleged consensus and found that
only 1 - 3% of respondents "explicitly stated agreement with the IPCC
declarations on global warming," and that there was "no agreement
with a catastrophic view."
"These 'consensus' surveys appear to be
used as a 'social proof,'" says Ken Gregory, research director of Friends
of Science. "Just because a science paper includes the words 'global
climate change' this does not define the cause, impact or possible mitigation.
The 97% claim is contrived in all cases."
The Oreskes (2004) study claimed 75% consensus
and a "remarkable lack of disagreement" by the other 25% of the
abstracts she reviewed. Peiser (2005) re-ran her survey and found
major discrepancies. Only 1.2% or 13 scientists out of 1,117 agreed with the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) view that human activity is
the main cause of global warming since 1950.
These people had better get ready. The progressive attack machine is oiling up
their engines.
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