Peer-reviewed science
I’ll scratch your back; you scratch mine
Ian Campbell
I think the contrarian view arose in response to the terrible way this issue (human-caused global warming) was first presented at the so-called “Rio Summit”. This early ’90’s event was chaired by Maurice Strong, a finance maven who saw this as a big money-making opportunity. We were then told “the science is settled” (about as an unscientific statement as one could possibly make), and that 97% of scientists agreed about something or another. This had all the earmarks of a religious edict.
Immediately, anyone who raised questions was branded a “denier”. To all intents and purposes, you would lose your academic career if you failed to support the AGW consensus.
Over the years, virtually every weather-related event, even geological events have been cited as being caused by AGW. Ludicrous assertions about migration being directly caused by warming are but one example.
Over this past winter, an unusually heavy snow pack accumulated in much of eastern Canada. Temperatures remained below normal for much of the early Spring. The snow subsequently melted in a hurry, and a number of regions are experiencing devastating flood conditions. A hue and cry has gone up that this has been caused by global warming. Little is said about the lunacy of allowing residential construction on flood plains, or the fact that some of the flooding has occurred due to neglected infrastructure.
Meanwhile, rich individuals fly around the World in private jets, expressing their outrage over climate change. The burden of addressing AGW will primarily be borne by middle class and working class citizens.
And please, don’t hit me with “peer reviewed science”. That could be called “I’ll scratch your back; you scratch mine”.
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