Big Oil. Evil Big Oil.
Evil Big Oil (EBO) is behind the contrarian's efforts to discredit the "majority" of scientists who claim anthropogenic global warming. They fund guys like Lindzen, Michaels, Idso, etc, etc.....It's EBO that's trying to convince us that global warming isn't real.
At least that's what guys like Mann, Hansen, and AlGore would like you to believe.
There certainly could be some truth to that claim, but stop for a moment and think about the yin and yang idea....who's behind the anthropogenic global warming (AGW) side???? And why.
Here's a little taste....
January 18, 2007 -
"Indianapolis - In the latest move by the insurance industry to participate in reducing the effects of global warming, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) unveiled a new Web site this week:
www.climateandinsurance.org. The site is designed to help address the increasing concerns about climate change and its impact on the property/casualty insurance industry...."
http://www.insurancenetworking.com/p...Id=4503&pb=ros
Ok, this is a no-brainer. The larger the risk from something, the higher the insurance premiums. So if the potential risk from something like, say, hurricane damage is high, you'll pay more money to the insurance company to cover their risk. How real is this claim? Watch this.
"Global warming is
likely to affect cyclones and hurricanes, concludes a new statement from 125 experts, but they say the evidence for this to date is inconclusive.
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There could be an effect but it's impossible to say for sure," says Julian Heming of the UK Met Office. The statement was issued at the end of a workshop organised by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
http://environment.newscientist.com/....ns?id=dn10796
Emphasis added is mine, to point out the way the reporter has conveniently converted the word 'could' into 'likely'. Hmmmm........ I didn't know 'could' and 'likely' meant the same thing! A prime example of how the media slants things to their own benefit, which of course makes for better sales. People don't buy newspapers when the headline says "Nothing Unusual Happened Today".
Back on topic......some of the studies showing that hurricanes will likely be more severe due to AGW have been funded, at least in part, by none other than......the insurance industry. One company in particular, AIG, the world's largest insurance company.
More scare, more money. And that's one serious problem with science when it comes to grant funding. No problem, no money.
The same is true for politics. AlGore has brilliantly worked everyone into a frenzy with his ManBearPig. How convenient, it's all the republican's and EBO's fault. (never mind that AlGore has stock in Occidental Petroleum...)