Discussion welcome 18/4/2009
The nation’s highest quality broadsheet, The Australian, has emphatically thrown down the gauntlet for more debate on the manmade global warming theory with a hard-hitting editorial on the hypothesis.
But to assume we know how much the planet will warm this century and what effect this will have is a matter of faith, not reason. And faith-based research is less science than secular religion.
Elsewhere The Oz reports that alarm over Antarctic ice cap shrinkage is unwarranted and gives Professor Ian Plimer’s sceptical book on manmade global warming an even-handed review.
The pressure is now on other media to at least accept that the debate is not over and the “consensus” is more likely an agreement among the self-interested.
On cue, the Sydney Morning Herald’s Miranda Devine also gives Plimer a fair hearing.
Prediction: By the end of 2010 there will be significant pockets of manmade warming caused by blushing faces in government, academia and media.
Will they ever have the grace to admit defeat and blush, I think not, they will find somebody else to blame, maybe John Howard???
Hey Bernie and Ginger,
You two have to get with the times. Ignoring the vast majority of scientists who think global warming is manmade and serious, while clinging to a handful of denialists (many of who are in the pockets of the oil companies) makes you look like deranged cranks.
Modern conservatives admit global warming is a problem but come up with excuses why we shouldn’t do anything about it. Try to keep up dudes.