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I don't see any open threads on this topic specifically so I'd be interested to know what everyone's familiarity with the issue is. My treatment of the topic is quite wide; that is to say I think to really tackle the issue we need to examine more than just what's happening within the sphere of popular science and meterology.
The paramaters of the discussion, if it gets going, are I think as follows:
We are in possession of a model of climate change that is popularly accepted. The most widely accessible presentation of the current model is best described in Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'.
There is however a dissenting voice which states the original facts, well-meaning as they were, are not correct and we are NOT in possession of the best known and most wholistic approach to climate change. There are models and data available which tell of a completely different story, and this is being largely ignored by the major media outlets. In the opinion of some, it's being actively suppressed.
From this, stems the question, if a campaign of deception exists, who's agenda is actually being furthered by the possibility of a false climate change model and false approach? Why, in other words, are we being potentially deceived on the issue? Within the context of climate change, is it possible and to what degree could science itself be compromised and manipulated by business or politics?
Climate Change: what is your understanding and opinion on the facts as you see them?
The paramaters of the discussion, if it gets going, are I think as follows:
We are in possession of a model of climate change that is popularly accepted. The most widely accessible presentation of the current model is best described in Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'.
There is however a dissenting voice which states the original facts, well-meaning as they were, are not correct and we are NOT in possession of the best known and most wholistic approach to climate change. There are models and data available which tell of a completely different story, and this is being largely ignored by the major media outlets. In the opinion of some, it's being actively suppressed.
From this, stems the question, if a campaign of deception exists, who's agenda is actually being furthered by the possibility of a false climate change model and false approach? Why, in other words, are we being potentially deceived on the issue? Within the context of climate change, is it possible and to what degree could science itself be compromised and manipulated by business or politics?
Climate Change: what is your understanding and opinion on the facts as you see them?
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