Here is a posting from the Foundation for Economic Education:
Al Gore Defends “Consensus”
“It is true that the climate panel published a flawed overestimate of the melting rate of debris-covered glaciers in the Himalayas, and used information about the Netherlands provided to it by the government, which was later found to be partly inaccurate. In addition, e-mail messages stolen from the University of East Anglia in Britain showed that scientists besieged by an onslaught of hostile, make-work demands from climate skeptics may not have adequately followed the requirements of the British freedom of information law.”
“But the scientific enterprise will never be completely free of mistakes. What is important is that the overwhelming consensus on global warming remains unchanged.” (New York Times Op-ed, Saturday)
It’s not about mistakes, Al, it’s about the systematic politicization of the issue.
FEE Timely Classic:
“An Earlier Response to Environmental Tyranny” by Daniel F. Walker
Al Gore Defends “Consensus”
“It is true that the climate panel published a flawed overestimate of the melting rate of debris-covered glaciers in the Himalayas, and used information about the Netherlands provided to it by the government, which was later found to be partly inaccurate. In addition, e-mail messages stolen from the University of East Anglia in Britain showed that scientists besieged by an onslaught of hostile, make-work demands from climate skeptics may not have adequately followed the requirements of the British freedom of information law.”
“But the scientific enterprise will never be completely free of mistakes. What is important is that the overwhelming consensus on global warming remains unchanged.” (New York Times Op-ed, Saturday)
It’s not about mistakes, Al, it’s about the systematic politicization of the issue.
FEE Timely Classic:
“An Earlier Response to Environmental Tyranny” by Daniel F. Walker
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