Re: Al Gore where are you?

[Milhouse Van Houten <none@xxxxxxxxx>]

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>"Milhouse Van Houten" <none@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Did you even see the movie?  See the message - not the messenger.
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>this cat from mit disagrees
>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17997788/site/newsweek/
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His opinion is his prerogative.  He is in the minority.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientists_opposing_the_mainstream_scientific_assessment_of_global_warming
(not an editorial)


This article lists scientists who have expressed doubt regarding the
current scientific opinion on global warming. The mainstream position
of the climate science community has been summarized in the 2001 Third
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) as follows:

   1. The global average surface temperature has risen 0.6 ± 0.2 °C
since the late 19th century, and 0.17 °C per decade in the last 30
years. [1]
   2. "There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming
observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities",
in particular emissions of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and
methane. [2]
   3. If greenhouse gas emissions continue the warming will also
continue, with temperatures increasing by 1.4 °C to 5.8 °C between
1990 and 2100. Accompanying this temperature increase will be a sea
level rise of 9 cm to 88 cm, and increases in some types of extreme
weather. On balance the impacts of global warming will be
significantly negative, especially for larger values of warming. [3]

While the first point is now accepted by virtually all climate
scientists, a small number of scientists?relative to the number
supporting the mainstream view?actively disagree with the second or
third points. This article lists persons with scientific experience
who have, since the Third Assessment Report, published research or
made public comments opposing at least one of the conclusions listed
above.

The criterion for inclusion in this list is that the individual has
published one peer-reviewed article in the broad area of natural
sciences (though not necessarily in a field related to climate). For a
general list including other individuals, see global warming skeptics.
Inclusion is based on specific, attributable statements in the
individual's own words, and not on listings in petitions or surveys.