Canadians Attack Gore Film

An article in the Canadian Free Press takes a strong look at Al Gore's claim that the majority of scientists agree with his theories on global warming. I have developed new respect for Canada and their press after reading this in-depth, and rather scathing, article about "Inconvenient Truth."

It appears that Gore is suffering from "general-itis" which has caused him to keep all of his arguments and statistics very non-specific. The article interviews a number of scientists in the field of climate studies, including Prof. Bob Carter from James Cook U. in Australia, who says, "Gore's circumstantial arguments are so weak that they are pathetic. It is simply incredible that they, and his film, are commanding public attention."

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.

Scientists across Canada, America, and the rest of the world are quietly disagreeing with Gore's film, which blames humans for the melting of the ice caps, etc. Scientists in the article mainly argue that what is happening to the Earth is cyclical, and that this isn't necessarily anything new. While there aren't concrete facts about global warming one way or the other, the amount of scientists refuting Gore's claim should not be overlooked.

Carter goes on to say, "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."