The Great Global Warming Controversy

The Great Global Warming Swindle is a very well done documentary with the purpose of showing that the science of global warming is 'bad science'. Many high placed scientists and leaders are interviewed, they make a very good argument for the 'bad science', and actually even offers what they feel is the true causes of global warming. The documentary expounds on the idea that alarmism has be used to stir up attention and media coverage to the benefit of all those doing research and getting government grants. They say the political forces are so strong as to threaten those who disagree.

But then Chris Merchant, from the University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences, does a Debunk of The Great Global Warming Swindle. He goes through the major arguments of the documentary, one a time and shows how they are based on bad logic, 'bad science', or contrived data. He makes a convincing argument that the whole documentary was a con job.

And then Carl Wunsch, professor of physical oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says his comments in the film were taken out of context. He also says The Great Global Warming Swindle, was 'grossly distorted' and 'as close to pure propaganda as anything since World War Two'.

So, who to believe? I would have to say I am not totally convinced by either side's arguments so far. It is a complex situation with lots of variables. Just as a matter of common sense it seems like it is not a good idea to dump mass amounts of pollutants into the air. Whether this will cause global warming or global cooling or whatever, I am not sure. But it can't hurt to clean up the air. And even if there is only a small chance the global warming guys are correct, creating better air quality might be a good direction to move in. Whether its reason for alarm I am not so sure of.

What do you think?