I watched "The Great Global Warming Swindle" tonight on Channel 4. It claimed the truth (that man is having no effect on the temperature of the planet) has been hijacked by political activists and self-interested climatologists. Well argued with lots of graphs and clever people explaining complex subject, it reminded me of the incredible power (and pointlessness) of statistics. Someone has got to be wrong. If the experts on the programme were correct it shows how easy it is to prove the complete opposite with exactly the same set of data.
I agree that there is a real sense of mania around green issues right now and without all the scare stories (papers to sell, people) and catastrophe movies coming out it would never have the momentum it does. But regardless of whether CO2 emissions are harmful or not the consequences of the eco-frenzy created by the issue are wonderful. Would anyone like to tell me how producing less pollution, recycling and generally being more thoughtful of the consequences of our actions is such a terrible thing?
This polarised debate is not doing anyone any good as what cannot be denied is that the general state of our planet is undeniably linked to human activity. We are affecting a lot more than just the air temperature by gorging on its limited resources just so we can try and make ourselves happy by buying mountains of crap we don't need. Unfortunately, this show will give environmental sceptics a warm glow of righteous justification tonight.
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