Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Scientists Say: Gore Full of Junk Science

Lots of scientists are distancing themselves from Mr. Gore and his "The Inconvenient Truth" movie and Global Warming Campaign, via Canada Free Press:

Professor Bob Carter of the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University, in Australia gives what, for many Canadians, is a surprising assessment: "Gore's circumstantial arguments are so weak that they are pathetic. It is simply incredible that they, and his film, are commanding public attention." .............


The article goes on to bait the question that surely Carter is simply just one very out-of-touch scientist:

But surely Carter is merely part of what most people regard as a tiny cadre of "climate change skeptics" who disagree with the "vast majority of scientists" Gore cites? No; Carter is one of hundreds of highly qualified non-governmental, non-industry, non-lobby group climate experts who contest the hypothesis that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are causing significant global climate change. "Climate experts" is the operative term here. Why? Because what Gore's "majority of scientists" think is immaterial when only a very small fraction of them actually work in the climate field...................


Carter later in the article lays out the junk science charge:

Carter does not pull his punches about Gore's activism, "The man is an embarrassment to US science and its many fine practitioners, a lot of whom know (but feel unable to state publicly) that his propaganda crusade is mostly based on junk science." .....................


Gore is a nut, no doubt about that.............He seems to be loving this "Gore-fest"..................