Many readers will be perplexed by the media arguments over whether measures to combat global warming – or as scientists now prefer to call it, climate change – are necessary to forestall a serious threat to the environment, or form part of a politically-motivated scam. What I want to do here is to take a look at the underlying facts.
Firstly, let’s establish an important point. Al Gore made the famous statement that, ‘There can be NO debate’ over global warming. He was correct, but not in the sense he envisaged. Debate is the process by which politics proceeds. Science, however, is not politics. Science is not a process of debate. It is a process of making postulates which which fit the observed facts. If a postulate fits the facts, then the postulate is potentially valid. If it does not fit the facts, then it is not valid.
Thus we need to exclude all of the emotional propaganda from our minds, and satisfy ourselves as to whether or not the claims of climate scientists fit the observed facts. » Read more: Climate Change – Fact or Fiction?
