March 13, 2007

A Pox on your Heresy

There are some issues with "The Great Global Warming Swindle." Apparently, it's also a swindle.

    The Great Global Warming Swindle, was based on graphs that were distorted, mislabelled or just plain wrong. The graphs were nevertheless used to attack the credibility and honesty of climate scientists.

    A graph central to the programme's thesis, purporting to show variations in global temperatures over the past century, claimed to show that global warming was not linked with industrial emissions of carbon dioxide. Yet the graph was not what it seemed.

    Other graphs used out-of-date information or data that was shown some years ago to be wrong. Yet the programme makers claimed the graphs demonstrated that orthodox climate science was a conspiratorial "lie" foisted on the public.

(tip to HotAir)

Deleterious Anthropogenic Warming of the Globe Posted by AlexC at March 13, 2007 10:04 PM

This "debunking" of the Swindle film largely attacks the validity of graphs used in the film. There are "updated" and "corrected" versions that contradict those shown.

This proves the folly of trying to beat the global warming alarmists at their own game: charts and graphs.

"Credibility and honesty of climate scientists?" I think the jury's still out on this one.

Posted by: johngalt at March 14, 2007 1:07 AM

Sadly, they play the game much like VP Gore's friends. I was uncomfortable that they purported to disprove global warming. I don't think the data are there to make a call either way [Insert boilerplate jk Karl Popper commentary here]

The value -- and perhaps it's too discredited to work -- is to convince people that "no, the science is NOT settled." scientific discovery should continue until a solid understanding is reached.

Posted by: jk at March 14, 2007 10:32 AM | What do you think? [2]