Recently, Arthur Robinson of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine announced the results of an effort in which he asked scientists to sign a petition stating: “We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limit on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind.†The petition went on to say, “There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the earth’s climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the earth.â€
The number of American scientists with actual degrees in science who signed this petition and are in agreement with Robinson number 31,072, with 9,021 of those scientists having Ph.D.s. If memory serves me correctly, the number used by proponents of the global warming theory was 2,000. As in 2,000 scientists made up a consensus that man-made global warming was in fact real. I always thought that was a very low number considering this is global warming we’re talking about, not United States warming.
There you have it, folks – 31,072 scientists say man-made global warming doesn’t exist. As Al Gore would say, “The debate is over.†I bet Robinson has the courage to debate Gore regarding global warming. Why doesn’t Gore have the courage to debate anybody about man-made global warming?
Perhaps some of the anthropogenic climate change believers will explain why Gore won’t debate.
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