Global Warming: It’s A Myth

August 30, 2009 by Infowars Ireland

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Martin McCauley writes: Where has our summer gone? Last August in Britain was the wettest on record. And the winter of 2007 had proven to be the coldest in North America for the last 30 years.

So why is there still all this talk about global warming which is supposed to put our planet in mortal danger? The facts would suggest the exact opposite. I know it is politically incorrect to challenge the established view, promoted by our politicians and many scientists, that global warming exists. However, a good scientist is aware that knowledge always evolves: today’s wisdom becomes tomorrow’s nonsense. And as for politicians, they have an uncanny ability to get things wrong.

Why, you may ask, do I reject the concept of global warming or anthropomorphic climate change? There is simply no hard scientific evidence to prove that it is happening. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its so-called ground breaking report in November 2007 argues that global temperatures have risen by 0.7 degrees Celsius since 1880. The problem with this is that there were not many thermometers around in 1880 and, even more importantly, they were not standardised. Many assumptions were made in calculating an average.

In order to ensure that their calculations are reliable scientists aim for a P (probability of error) of 0.05 or 5 per cent. If they are under 0.05 it means the results are not due to mere chance. In the case of global warming the P value is 800. This means that there is no direct link between the data and the conclusions that were made. This renders the IPCC study useless from a scientific point of view. But even despite this many scientists proceed to lay down instructions for policy makers.

What evidence do the doom and gloom mongers present to support their argument that global warming is taking place? Well, they say that the Arctic ice is at its lowest level for thousands of years. This has led to the Northwest Passage in Canada becoming free of ice. The problem with this is that the Northwest Passage was open in the 19th century and in the 1930s. The Canadian government is about to launch a search operation for two British ships, captained by Sir John Franklin, with 128 men on board, which sank in an attempt to sail through the Passage in 1845-48.

Then there is the problem of carbon dioxide (CO2). Mankind produces about 4 per cent of the atmospheric CO2 in any given year. The natural variation in CO2 is higher than the total CO2 production of humankind. There is no evidence that CO2 causes temperatures to rise. Indeed, the evidence points to elevated temperatures raising CO2.

What about the question of the shrinking ozone layer? We are told that there is a huge hole up there and that it is growing all the time. Actually, the hole in the ozone layer may always have been there. Who knows when it first formed? There is no reliable scientific data to answer this question. Read full article…