Once again procrastination fails to leave me hanging. Yesterday I was busy finalizing a speech on why human-caused global warming is a myth that I was to give first hour this morning. Thankfully, this was a manuscript speech for which I had to already have the speech typed out, so basically I was able to just stand in the front and read most of it while clicking along in my powerpoint. I got a few positive comments on it, scored a 99% (my highest yet on a speech, I think I’m finally getting it), and my teacher even mentioned that maybe I should try out for the “commencement contest.” Apparently that is an opportunity to get a wider audience for your speech, and couple of finalists even get to perform in front of the whole student body. So, I’ll wait and think about that a bit. It may be an opportunity that God’s giving me to work on speaking in front of people… a whole lot of people… so I’ll definitely think about it.
Anyways, I did want to post the manuscript in case anyone’s interesting in reading it. Perhaps I’ll send a link to Rush Limbaugh, perhaps he’d find it interesting, but doubtfully so since he already knows most of what’s discussed in it. There are links to images of the powerpoints slide at the bottom as well as the bibliography. Leave comments if you’ve got them!
“They cling precariously to the top of what is left of the ice floe, their fragile grip the perfect symbol of the tragedy of global warming. Captured on film by Canadian environmentalists, the pair of polar bears look stranded on chunks of broken ice.” That’s a quote from an article written earlier this year in the UK’s Daily Mail by Bill Mouland. This photo has become an icon for global warming as it has been used an innumerable amount of times in articles and even in schools to demonstrate the supposed devastating effects of global warming. But the effects don’t stop there. Global warming will also lead to dangerous rises in sea levels, increasingly turbulent weather, droughts, and even disease, or, at least, that’s what the media tells us. I often listen to Rush Limbaugh, number one talk show host in America, and when I heard him saying that global warming doesn’t exist, I didn’t believe him. However, after researching the topic myself, I have arrived at the same conclusion: the human-caused global warming crisis is a hoax.
Why is this relevant? Why does this matter? Because the United Nations is already considering the possibility of imposing a global tax on greenhouse gas emissions. John Holdren of Harvard University who is on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said early this year, “We don’t think ultimately society will get it right . . . until there is an additional incentive in the form of a price on greenhouse gas emissions, either through a carbon tax or a cap and trade approach.”
In this speech, I want to make two things clear to you: the science behind global warming is incorrect, and the media is biased on the side of global warming.
So, first up – the science. The theory of global warming is based the supposed greenhouse effect, which basically states that greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, or CO2, are magnifying and capturing an excessive amount of sunlight and heat, leading to a warmer earth. The UN has said in a report earlier this year there is “virtually no doubt” that global warming is linked to man’s use of fossil fuels. That report includes the names of over 2,000 of the world’s leading scientists, which sounds impressive, until you do your research and find that Professor Paul Reiter of the Pasteur Institute in Paris states that the list contains the names of scientists that disagree with the UN’s findings.
Why the opposition? Well, according to former editor of New Scientist Gary Calder, scientists are “ignoring a raft of evidence against the greenhouse effect being the main driver against climate change.” Professor Ian Clark, an expert in palaeoclimatology from the University of Ottawa, says that a warmer period of the Earth’s history came around 800 years before there were rises in carbon dioxide levels. And Philip Stott, previous professor of biogeography at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London has said that “climate change is too complicated to be caused by just one factor, whether CO2 or clouds.”
The next point I would like to make regarding the science of global warming is that climate science is far too complex for us to base predictions on. According to scientist James Lewis, “Climate science is very immature right now: Physicists just don’t know how to deal with hypercomplex systems like the earth weather.” He also states that, “The human-caused global warming hypothesis is completely model-dependent” and that the “best imaginable model has a total probability of one out of three.” What does that mean? It means that there’s almost no way we can accurately decipher what future climates could be or what changes they could hold in store for the earth.
So, that’s the supposed “science” behind global warming. Now I would like to shift our focus to how that “science” is being indoctrinated into millions of minds across the United States and throughout the world.
The media has been the primary source of that indoctrination. Wendy Redal of CEJ News wrote last year that, “trying to further a defense against global warming is becoming an increasingly lonely mission, and journalists are recognizing that.” Unfortunately, that is the case, and instead of being presented with facts from the media, we are presented with many distortions.
Two examples: Hurricane Katrina and polar bears. Global warming is often cited as a huge factor in the strength of Hurricane Katrina. Even Al Gore does so in his documentary on global warming – “An Inconvenient Truth.” However, Jim White, a geologist at the University of Colorado Boulder and advocate of global warming states that it is impossible to conclusively say that global warming is to blame for Katrina’s strength.
Now back to the polar bears. The World Wildlife Fund in Canada has warned that global warming could ultimately lead to the extinction of the species. However, climate scientist Willie Soon of Massachusetts claims that polar bear populations have actually been rising since hunting restrictions were initiated in the early 70s and that a suggested link between global warming and polar bear survival is on loose footing. Mitch Taylor, a polar bear expert with the Department of the Environment in Canada’s far-northern Nunavut territory, has actually reported that the Canadian population has increased by 25% over the past 10 years.
Unfortunately, global warming advocates will use anything to advance their cause. The aforementioned Jim White is thankful for these “galvanizing events that focus people’s attention on the problems.” “You use the ammunition you have,” he says.
I’ve been able to briefly explain why the science behind human-caused global warming is faulty. I’ve shown you just a couple of the distortions the media is using to advance global warming. I just want to leave you with a couple of thoughts. In the 1970s, you can look this up in old Newsweek and Time articles, global cooling was a huge concern. Today, it’s global warming. Your guess is as good as mine as to what is next. And one last thing: you may still say, “Well, the consensus, of both scientists and the media, believe that global warming is a real problem.” Well, I’ll put it how Rush Limbaugh puts it: “Science is not up to a vote.” Thank you for your attention.
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