I had the opportunity to view the movie “An
Inconvenient Truth” by the now Oscar winner Al Gore
recently as it was aired on Norwegian TV in an effort to
educate the population on Global Warming.
After watching the movie on TV I realized that this clip
above was from the only part of the film that
showed any scientific data.
It turns out these data are false or miss-interpreted by
Mr. Gore.
First he uses the Hockey Stick graph to show that the last
century temperature increase is unprecedented. This is
false as the graph in scientific terminology ”is severely
deformed due to the use of CO2 sensitive biological
proxies”.
Secondly he uses ice core data from
Antarctica to show that the temperature is very sensitive
the CO2 variations. It shows nothing of the sort, instead
it shows that the CO2 level is very temperature sensitive.
In order words, the notion that the ice core can be use as
a proof that the temperature is sensitive to greenhouse
gases is false, as it doesn’t show that. Therefore his
statement he makes pointing to the ice core
”when it is more carbon dioxide the temperature gets
warmer” is wrong.
Of course this doesn’t proof that
temperature won't respond to changes of CO2 and other
greenhouse gases. The correlation between temperature and
CO2 that is shown in the ice core has nothing to do with
the greenhouse effect, nothing at all.
So, the proofs he uses that the recent temperature
increase is unprecedented and that temperature is strongly
CO2 sensitive are both wrong.
What’s wrong with this picture?
I’m finding this not only strange I find this AMAZING. I’m
speechless.
Here we have an Oscar Winner of a scientific subject
showing that by all likelihood the temperature in the near
future will reach catastrophic levels and he base this all
on faulty proofs.
Note; these proofs are very logical and convincing for
most people, politicians and to scientists in general. But
they are misleading. No wonder scientist, politician and
other decision makers jump in on the global warming
hysteria.
Of course there are other environmental treats shown in
the film, such as population explosion in the third world,
the destruction of the rain forests, over consumption in
the rich world and the gap between rich and poor which are
highlighted in the film. But these are separate from
whether human created greenhouse gases will cause a
drastic temperature increase or not.
And now is it time for some environmental entertainment!
Adults
only!
