In this article in the series, the National Post has since printed a retraction. But in the interest of honesty and continuety, I am including this article complete with the added retraction. Hey, if we can't be better than the alarmists in admitting our errors, then it really isn't worth trying.
I was going through my bookmarks and stumbled on this series by Lawrence Solomon of the National Post. I did a FR search and sure enough the ever vigilant FR posters didn't disappoint. Freeper Libwhacker had posted the first article in the series on 2/5/07. However at that time there were only 10 parts in the series and links to the other 9 parts in the series are only refenced in follow up posts on that thread. Since then the total number of parts in the series has grown to 27 with the last article dated 6/15/07. I checked as best I could but I don't think anyone posted any follow ups to the first in the series(my apologies if I missed anyone's efforts). Now I know that this series is a little bit dated but I can't think of a more comprehensive and fair coverage(don't let the frequent use of the term "deniers" throw ya) of climate change skepticism has been done since. This series does a thorough point by point analysis of the issues skeptics have with the so called "consensus". Heck, it not only uses frequent references to some of the biggest names in skepticism but then sites their CVs. Anyway, I am posting all 27 articles(if the administrators will let me) but here is the main site with links to all parts in the series if you don't want to wait. Dis is gonna take a lot of work.
Climate change: The Deniers
National Post Published: Friday, February 09, 2007
1 posted on
03/24/2008 11:17:57 AM PDT by
Delacon
To: Genesis defender; proud_yank; FrPR; enough_idiocy; rdl6989; Delacon; TenthAmendmentChampion; ...
2 posted on
03/24/2008 11:19:15 AM PDT by
Delacon
(“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H. L. Mencken)
To: Delacon
Dr. Weiss prefers not to speculate. He sees the coming crash as an opportunity to obtain the knowledge necessary to make informed decisions on climate change, and the extent to which man-made emissions have been a factor. "Having a crash would certainly allow us to pin down the sun's true level of influence on the Earth's climate," concludes Dr. Weiss. Then we will be able to act on fact, rather than from fear.
This is a rare find in the realm of Global Warming believers.
All I ever hear form them is “We must act now because it is already too late!”
8 posted on
03/24/2008 12:00:15 PM PDT by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: Delacon
“Others speculate that the recent global warming may be a blessing in disguise, big-time, by moderating the negative consequences of what might otherwise be a deep chill following a deep crash.”
It’s about time that SUV’s were subsidized — SUV drivers shouldn’t have to pay all the costs of saving the world.
To: Delacon
Maybe the cooling period started already. How will the liberals explain it then since CO2 has been increasing? Of course sane people know industry, coal, CO2 , SUV’s etc. don’t cause global warming.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977496/posts
“Earth’s ‘Fever’ Breaks: Global COOLING Currently Under Way February 27, 2008
Posted By Marc Morano – 4:57 PM ET – Marc_Morano@EPW.SEnate.Gov
Earth’s ‘Fever’ Breaks: Global COOLING Currently Under Way
[Disclaimer: Since there is no “normal” temperature of the Earth, there is no way the Earth can have a “fever.” The headline’s reference to “fever” is for amusement purposes only.]
A sampling of recent articles detailing the inconvenient reality of temperature trends around the planet.
News Round Up
Report: Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling (Daily Tech – February 26, 2008)
Excerpt: All four major global temperature tracking outlets (Hadley, NASA’s GISS, UAH, RSS) have released updated data. All show that over the past year, global temperatures have dropped precipitously. A compiled list of all the sources can be seen here. The total amount of cooling ranges from 0.65C up to 0.75C — a value large enough to erase nearly all the global warming recorded over the past 100 years. All in one year time. For all sources, it’s the single fastest temperature change every recorded, either up or down. […] Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded. ... No more than anecdotal evidence, to be sure. But now, that evidence has been supplanted by hard scientific fact. All four major global temperature tracking outlets (Hadley, NASA’s GISS, UAH, RSS) have released updated data. All show that over the past year, global temperatures have dropped precipitously. “
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12 posted on
03/24/2008 1:19:33 PM PDT by
Democrat_media
(Socialism will destroy a country economically. why dems & Mccain for Socialism?)
To: Delacon
Maybe the cooling period started already. How will the liberals explain it then since CO2 emissions has been increasing for the past year and the earth has cooled significantly over that same year? Of course,conservatives and sane people know industry, coal, CO2 , SUV’s etc. don’t cause global warming but it’s the Sun ,stupid that causes global warming and cooling.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977496/posts
“Earth’s ‘Fever’ Breaks: Global COOLING Currently Under Way February 27, 2008
Posted By Marc Morano – 4:57 PM ET – Marc_Morano@EPW.SEnate.Gov
Earth’s ‘Fever’ Breaks: Global COOLING Currently Under Way
[Disclaimer: Since there is no “normal” temperature of the Earth, there is no way the Earth can have a “fever.” The headline’s reference to “fever” is for amusement purposes only.]
A sampling of recent articles detailing the inconvenient reality of temperature trends around the planet.
News Round Up
Report: Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling (Daily Tech – February 26, 2008)
Excerpt: All four major global temperature tracking outlets (Hadley, NASA’s GISS, UAH, RSS) have released updated data. All show that over the past year, global temperatures have dropped precipitously. A compiled list of all the sources can be seen here. The total amount of cooling ranges from 0.65C up to 0.75C — a value large enough to erase nearly all the global warming recorded over the past 100 years. All in one year time. For all sources, it’s the single fastest temperature change every recorded, either up or down. […] Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded. ... No more than anecdotal evidence, to be sure. But now, that evidence has been supplanted by hard scientific fact. All four major global temperature tracking outlets (Hadley, NASA’s GISS, UAH, RSS) have released updated data. All show that over the past year, global temperatures have dropped precipitously. “
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977496/posts
13 posted on
03/24/2008 1:21:22 PM PDT by
Democrat_media
(Socialism will destroy a country economically. why dems & Mccain for Socialism?)
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