Posted on 05/05/2007 3:51:40 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
A reply I received from one of the three left-wing political parties in Canada concerning their undying belief in AGW:
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We are committed to pushing for decisive action to curb climate change and to meet our international obligations on Kyoto.
It is important to note that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a United Nations body that consists of over 2,000 scientists from more than 100 nations around the world. Their assessments on climate change are peer-reviewed. You can find out more about the work of the IPCC, including today's most recent assessment report, at: http://www.ipcc.ch/
Many climate change skeptics are not even climate scientists - they're from other fields such as geology or oceanography. Which may help explain the litany of false information that is spread on this issue. And we have heard it all. The following are just a few of the points raised by some and our responses:
- Canadians will have to chose between the environment or the economy It is now clear that we have the technology and money to decisively act in time to avoid a sharp rise in temperatures that scientists say would wipe out species, raise ocean levels, wreak economic havoc and trigger droughts in some places and flooding in others: http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM040507.pdf and http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/Impacts/Economy_At_Risk.asp.
- Climate change is not occurring Don't believe the IPCC reports? Fair enough. That does not change the fact that there is indeed a consensus on climate change: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686.
- documentaries such as "The real global warming swindle" expose the massive fraud on citizens The only swindle here is the one perpetrated by it's maker: http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/climate_change/article2355956.ece.
- reports from the "Friends of Science" and fellow travelers The Friends of Science have been thoroughly discredited due to their questionable connections and funding sources: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Friends_of_Science and http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2005/05/exxon_chart.html.
And, we could go on. However, the following websites thoroughly address all other arguments against climate change. http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics http://www.realclimate.org/ http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/Science/Skeptics.asp
Although we may have to agree to disagree on this matter, we appreciate the time you have taken to register your views with us. All the best.
Sincerely,
Office of Jack Layton, MP (Toronto-Danforth) Leader, Canada’s New Democrats
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After 4 Ice Ages and thaws it seems the only thing constant about the climate is change....
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