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Daily Express | UK News :: Climate change is natural: 100 reasons why
HERE are the 100 reasons, released in a dossier issued by the European Foundation, why climate change is natural and not man-made:


Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Dec 15th, 2009 at 01:58:15 PM EST
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50 reasons why global warming isn't natural - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist
A British newspaper this week published a list of "100 reasons why global warming is natural".

Here we take a quick look at the first 50 of their claims - and debunk each


Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Dec 15th, 2009 at 01:59:15 PM EST
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One thing to note the "European Foundation" is the Eurosceptic  "Eurorealist" mouthpiece of Bill Cash MP And its patron is Margret Thatcher

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Dec 15th, 2009 at 02:06:35 PM EST
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Can people please just stop thinking in two extreme positions?

There is a significant human impact in the global climate.

There is also natural variation in the global climate.

What is contributed to what, and particularly how much, is still a muddle and surrounded by studies, as far as I can make out...

by Nomad on Wed Dec 16th, 2009 at 06:08:07 AM EST
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Nomad:
Can people please just stop thinking in two extreme positions?
No.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Dec 16th, 2009 at 06:16:19 AM EST
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Nope. Single factor explanations are God's plan.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Dec 16th, 2009 at 06:19:15 AM EST
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I really wouldn't worry, the Express is just a downmarket version of the Daily Mail (which does accept global warming).

Absolutely nobody takes it seriously except people whose lips move when they read it.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Dec 16th, 2009 at 08:34:52 AM EST
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They don't have to take it seriously. They just have to see it repeated. That's all propaganda needs.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Dec 16th, 2009 at 08:35:56 AM EST
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