Is it plausible that scientists are faking global warming?

Question

Is it plausible that scientists are faking global warming?

Answer 1

Though I am not a proponent of the hype, I do not believe they are faking.  Some are passionate about what they believe, so they will read the data differently then others. The media has created more hype over the issue and they did not present both sides.   I still tend to believe that the majority of people are well intentioned even thought they may disagree.

Answer 2

It is very possible. They usually choose to convey information to us that supports the agenda of whoever funds them. Oil companies desperately want global warming from fossil fuels to be false so they can continue to market their goods, governments want global warming to be true so they can place restrictions and taxes on domestic goods and extra tariffs on imported ones.

Answer 3

What do you think it would take to have all countries in the world united and confirm this as a problem. I mean, a "worldwide conspiracy" including China and the U.S and all other countries just to raise taxes??? And nobody has been able to reveal this top secret conspiracy? How likely is this?

I can assure you that for example China doesn't want to raise carbon taxes and they don't want this to be an issue, because it will limit their future growth. Still, they don't deny the problem but are very concerned about it.

Answer 4

Absolutely!  Although, I don't think they are "faking it", I believe that they think they are right.  For whatever reason, scientists like to think they have the answers.  The bottom line is, it's just a theory.  Did you know, for 2000 years people thought that all spiders had six legs.  It wasn't until Lamarck(?) actually counted the legs on spiders that the theory was disproven.

Answer 5

No,however the underlying causes and the exacerbating causes-and their extent may not be accurately understood.Data can always be shaped and re-shaped to fit a particular theory.

A good example of this is the debate during the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th century over the age of the earth.Check it out it's quite astonishing.

Answer 6

No.  For many reasons.

This would have to be the biggest conspiracy the world has ever seen, as well as the longest lasting.  For 20 years, scientists all over the world have produced stdy after study supporting various aspects of global warming science.  Unlike the skeptics theories they are all consistent with each other.

Scientific frauds are routinely exposed, and the guilty party's career ruined.  To think that thousands of scientists would be so stupid as to try it is crazy.

Surely some "skeptic" would have been able to demonstrate the fraud by now.

Scientists uninvolved with global warming grants have validated the theory.

Most all the world's leaders would have had to be in on the conspiracy, since they support the view of the scientists.

This is a really crazy idea.

Answer 7

Yes.  Big science is out to get you, because scientists, as a rule love making big words up and making you feel stupid.  

No, I am joking, mostly.  But the goal of science is to show everyone else to be wrong.  So plenty of scientists would gladly say their was no global warming if they could prove it.  Fortunately, proving the opposite of the truth is much harder than the proving the truth.

Answer 8

Not only plausible, but they actually are.  Global warming is a complete hoax. The media lie about it. The current average annual temperature of the Earth is lower than the average has been for the last 10,000 years. When the UN stated in 2006 that global warming was a fact, they relied on a report from NASA. But the NASA scientist who wrote the report said that the UN removed two paragraphs from his report before they used it. The first removed paragraph said that there was no evidence that greenhouse gases were responsible for the climatic changes we were seeing. The second removed paragraph said that there was no evidence that human activity had anything to do with the levels of greenhouse gases we were seeing. In other words, that the human contribution to greenhouse gases is so small compared to natural processes as to be very likely to be insignificant. But the UN didn't like that, so they did what many organizations and people do when they have an agenda of their own. They lied, by omitting information that disproved what they were trying to say. And by doing so have done a profound disservice to the people of this planet.

Answer 9

They are being paid billions every year as long as they can claim a crisis.  Their kids don't get braces unless it is dire and thus it is overhyped to a silly degree.  They have claimed that the Earth hasn't warmed at all in 10 years but it is still portrayed as a crisis.  That isn't exact faking it but it is sure exaggeration.

Answer 10

are they also faking the melting ice,

animals going extinct

disappearing forests

rivers drying up

Global warming is a lot more than figures,and reports

It is but a component, in a group of destructive forces at work such as the effects of;deforestation,desertification,soil and water contamination ,irresponsible or wasteful utilization of bio resources , air pollution,Non sustainable Agriculture,over pumping carbon aquifers

all concepts which are definitely not part of the Natural Processes of the Natural world

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WHICH WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR,

The most prolific growth on this planet is part of the day in the mist and most of the time under clouds ,and the least growth is always directly in the sun .

To exchange the one for the other means changing local climates

We are exchanging Nature with Tar , concrete and open spaced mono cultures.

In 300 years half of the planets forests have gone ,and in the last 50 years half of the wet lands ,and rain forests

These Areas absorb heat during the day and release heat at night ,

Cause cloud formation(shade).humidifying the air on the surface as well as releasing excess water at the roots that keep rivers flowing ,which in turn brings more water into the Environment .

As well as contributing to absorbing carbon emissions as do the leaves of the trees together with the oceans .

All in all many factors which directly affect the local Environment .

The loss of the above resulting in rivers drying up ,less rain ,desertification,loss of habitat for many species and so on.

dryer and hotter surface environments which can manifest in different weather patterns such as tornadoes or bush fires

I may be stupid or Naive but somehow i believe that lots of these local environmental changes, can add up to affect global weather, If there are enough of them (and there are)

And then on top of that comes the story of the effects of pollutants released into Nature and especially the Air ,by MAN ,http://earthissues.multiply.com/photos/a...

And behind it all could be a natural trend of Global warming ,the ones most scientists are talking about.

Answer 11

No. Its not fake. Its real.

Answer 12

as crazy as it sounds, yet is could very well be a hoax. evidence shows that the average temperature in 1000 AD was almost 6 degrees warmer than it is now.

you might ask why would this be happening?

the answer is too messed up to believe... do some research, don't just ask people on answers...

Answer 13

Science like everything else is a business where profits are key to survival. If the owner of a company wants to look good, he will send down some directive to the science division to pursue global warming research. A good example of this is within the oil industry. There is some good research here.

The culprits to global warming are mostly government hacks who see global warming as an excuse to raise taxes on intangibles, such as the amount of CO2 pushed by man into our atmosphere, vs. the effects it has on our environment. All the data is then put into a computer and simulations run. This is bogus, because we don’t know the total amount of water vapor that is in our atmosphere, so how can we be certain of the percentage of CO2 in the air. The sample is insufficient for creating a real data plot.

Answer 14

there is so much political money wrapped up in scare tactics of the left that it is entirely possible.

remember, science is funded; it is s**y to say there is a problem; global warming is "in" so they get money to get data to support it.

there is a lot of evidence it's indeed "junk science"

Answer 15

yes, but why would they?

Answer 16

Is it possible that the church is faking god?

Well for some people, the answer is no this is impossible - people don't lie about stuff like that.  If enough people believe it, it must be true.  

The reality is that people have been wrong about many things throughout history and like religion, AGW is a faith based, rather than proof based belief.

Answer 17

I actually believe that they believe in it but they are very closed minded about it and won't listen to the opposition which flies in the face of science. Of course, they are getting paid by companies and governments that want global warming to be true so its also possible that they are just working for job security.

Answer 18

What "melting of ice" ??? The arctic ice cover is right back where it has been and the Antarctic shelf is the largest ever recorded.

Answer 19

The only scientists that are clearly "faking it" are the ones that are in the back pocket of heavy industry and the oil industries.

No reputable scientist thinks global warming is a hoax. To believe that is to believe in the tooth fairy. The evidence is clear and mounting by the day.

Now, how global warming will actually affect the planet is unclear because there are so many variables that we don't yet know. But to suggest that global warming is a hoax is, quite simply, wrong.

Answer 20

They are not faking it but they are blaming it on the wrong things like Co2 emmisions. Humans and other animals are only like 4% of Global warming it is a natural cycle.

I think instead of spending so much recourses on finding out more about something we have almost nothing to do with, we should spend more time into making our election make sense and improving our homefront and helping our soldiers in the MIddle East

Answer 21

Stop and think for a minute.  What possible motive could they have?

Answer 22

No, it is implausible. People get into science because of their ability and desire to discover what's true about the natural world. The worlds top climate scientists are in agreement that human CO2 emissions are causing global warming. People who have faith based agendas hate science because science almost never supports what they want to believe true.