In Reply to: We must be reading a different language posted by E-Stat on June 14, 2009 at 15:24:09:
The article you linked is a classical example of propaganda. The logical fallacy is right up front: the author compares estimates of human-generated greenhouse gas effects with total greenhouse effects, which have existed for as long as the planet has had an atmosphere.
The issue in the "debate" over global warming is whether or not the effects of human-generated greenhouse gases can cause the observations of warming. By swallowing the article's conclusions, you are accepting a naive model that counts all gas contributions independently and linearly. In other words, you are supporting a forecast, even though you claim to not believe forecasts.
If you want to see where this rubbish comes from, do a Google search on 'Dr. S. Fred Singer.'
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Follow Ups
- You could start with the Wikipedia article on denialism. - Al Sekela 06/16/0916:15:14 06/16/09 (23)
- Huh? - E-Stat 18:28:57 06/16/09 (22)
- Well, Singer certainly has you fooled. - Al Sekela 15:29:21 06/17/09 (21)
- Please address the data - E-Stat 15:33:56 06/17/09 (20)
- Here is some of the 'data...' - Al Sekela 12:52:59 06/18/09 (19)
- Internal EPA comments that were suppressed - Tony Lauck 10:31:39 06/30/09 (0)
- This is politics, not science. - Tony Lauck 21:17:33 06/18/09 (15)
- Thanks for the link - E-Stat 10:33:05 06/19/09 (0)
- Let me generalize. - Al Sekela 09:52:38 06/19/09 (13)
- RE: Let me generalize. - Tony Lauck 10:42:53 06/19/09 (6)
- The solar system is a chaotic dynamical system. - Al Sekela 15:47:56 06/20/09 (5)
- RE: The solar system is a chaotic dynamical system. - Tony Lauck 18:07:15 06/20/09 (4)
- Speaking of ad hominem - E-Stat 16:47:59 06/21/09 (1)
- It's summer here in Vermont - Tony Lauck 18:38:34 06/22/09 (0)
- "Only recently..." - Al Sekela 15:26:06 06/21/09 (1)
- RE: "Only recently..." - Tony Lauck 07:55:01 06/22/09 (0)
- What I read is how the IPCC - E-Stat 10:35:46 06/19/09 (5)
- You mean the Frederick Seitz claim? - Al Sekela 15:40:47 06/21/09 (4)
- When all else fails... - E-Stat 16:36:45 06/21/09 (3)
- Suggest you look up the definition of ad hominem. - Al Sekela 11:21:02 06/22/09 (2)
- Ok - E-Stat 11:37:27 06/22/09 (1)
- The evidence has been eviscerated (54175); the man is all you have left. - Al Sekela 16:11:27 06/23/09 (0)
- I agree about ad hominem attacks - E-Stat 13:45:21 06/18/09 (1)
- A convenient summary of climate change denialist myths. - Al Sekela 10:04:08 06/19/09 (0)