Does anyone have a link to any site (or can tell me of any other resource) where there is
any proof of climate change at all?
I ask this seriously. There are endless EOTWAWKI articles and programmes, but I have
yet to see anyone show any proof that the climate is changing unnaturally, or that the
current trends have even a convincing correlation with human activity.
There was a 3-part TV program mid-September last year by Dr Iain Stewart which I watched
with interest since he is usually pretty good, but you still got leaps of faith (assuming you
have faith in the End Of The World).
For example, he said "This year on year relentless rise in carbon dioxide is the one
undisputable piece of evidence in the whole global warming debate. It meant that nobody
could seriously argue with one simple statement: The human race *has* steadily
increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the air."
But that was it. He just made that statement and moved on. No proof of a link between
human activity and CO2 was given.
I emailed him about it (and other problems I had with the episode).
I was hoping for the gap to be filled by Dr Stewart pointing me to some research which
he considered too technical to present in a pop-science series.
His reply was "The relentless year-on-year rise is attributed to human activity because
no other scientific theory can explain why there is a natural mechanism for this."
I replied to his email with a number of points that it raised. He replied to my email,
but he didn't answer any of my questions (he didn't even address them as opposed
to not answering them to my satisfaction).
I came to the conclusion that Dr Iain Stewart was merely a presenter, and was picked
because he had a similar accent to John Laurie ("We're doomed, I tell ye. We're
doomed.")
The 'lack of other explanation' approach isn't all that scientific. I would hope that it
wouldn't hold up in court. "I sentence you to death for murder. Well, I can't think of
anyone else who might have done it. Take him away and hang him by the neck until
he is dead."
I'm not denying climate change (you can't prove a negative), just asking for proof,
or at least, a convincing theory.
Cheers,
Ian