Posted by
The Proud Ex-Democrat on Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:00:24 AM
BBC climate correspondent Paul Hudson was a leading advocate of the idea of man-made global warming. Now Mr. Hudson checks in with this article, where he begins to come to grips with what many of us know: there is no conclusive proof of this theory. And it is just a theory.
There is no "consensus" among the science community about the earth getting warmer or not. This must be particularly disconcerting to the alarmists, since two years ago there was at least agreement that it was getting warmer. Now nearly 10 years of steady cooling and they're not even sure of that much. There is also the added complication of there being no consensus that human activity significantly impacts climate. Remember the activists who are selling this are the ones who worked to have CO2 classified as a pollutant. A naturally occurring gas that is essential to life is a pollutant? It's astounding that anybody would take such an obviously absurd assertion seriously.
Let's be clear: I am not saying there is no such thing as man-made global warming. I'm saying I don't know. And neither does anyone else. If they say they know they are making statement of faith, very much like a statement of belief in a religion. That's what global warming has become today, a secular religion.
And until it is proven to my satisfaction, I am unlikely to sign on to turning the economy of the western world upside down to "stop" it.
UPDATE: The London Daily Mail, not wanting to outdone, weighs in with this piece. More examples, more evidence. More bad news for the global warming crowd.