Why do peole deny global warming when the overwhelming majority of scientists support it?

Question

IPCC is very clear, the increase in temperature is caused by humans. No one outside of far right america denies humans are to blmae for the increase in temperatures.

Answer 1

The problem is that the majority of scientists do not buy the myth.  It's propagated by those who stand to make money off it, like the UN's IPCC, the media, and those who want to keep oil prices up by pretending it's not a constantly produced geothermic material, but rather something which came about over millions of years.

So why have 17,000 scientists signed the Oregon Petition, which states that "if GW exists, mankind had nothing to do with it?"

In spite of what you may read in People and Time, in a 2003 poll, 2/3 of more than 530 climate scientists from 27 countries did not believe greenhouse gases were the main reason for "global warming". In fact, overlays of CO2 variations show little correlation with earth’s climate on long, medium, and even short time scales.

Study the past...

Dr. Kukla(Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences) says he and many others realize that "global warming" always precedes an ice age. Each lasts about 100,000 years, punctuated by briefer, warmer periods called interglacials.  We are in an interglacial now. This ongoing cycle closely matches cyclic variations in Earth’s orbit around the sun. Kukla says “The relationship is just too clear and consistent to allow reasonable doubt. It’s either that, or climate drives orbit, and that just doesn’t make sense.”

GW is the product of computer modelers, UN bureaucrats, those who want to give foreign nations a progress advantage, sensationalist major media, would-be presidents, and scientifically inept people who manipulatedly "care" about the environment.

Your trust in the UN's IPCC is naive, at best.  Note the UN's food for oil scandle and their useless non-enforcement of weapons sanctions.

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The first blog cited article is a perfect example of strategy used by the five sources who control all major media in the US.  It eludes 'conclusions have been reached, and only the scientifically blind wouldn't see them' but fails to state sources for the supposed conclusions, or why those sources should be counted reliable.  "No honest, they couldn't print it if it weren't true."

Answer 2

Because we are not blind sheep that follow the masses. We prefer to investigate it ourselves and decided that it is completely illogical for global warming to be man made.

Answer 3

Humans have been recording climate data for a very short period of time.  Even if we had 1,000 years of data, it would still be a mere fraction of an instant compated to the Earth's lifespan.  It is impossible to determine whether the current trend in temperature is a stand-alone event (i.e., "Global Warming") or if it is part of a longer climatic cycle.  Do I think that all human activities/devices are good for the environment?  h**l no.  But do I think we are exclusively to blame for the rising temperatures?  That would also be no.

Answer 4

The overwhelming majority of scientists do NOT support the idea of global warming.  It's precisely the opposite.

Most of the scientific community is silent on the issue, since it is employed by universities or research entities that support the idea.  If you're a scientist and speak out against it, you're out of a job.

The IPCC does not stand for the majority of scientists.  There has been no increase in world temperatures since 1998.  That's 10 years!  And the increase in the 100 years before that was just .1 degree.  So, there ya go...so far there is no evidence of global warming.  Nowhere on earth is the temperature going up.  

Scientists who support global warming are from a variety of backgrounds.  Most have had poor jobs and needed a change.  What they all share is their political views, they're all very left-wing.  

Google 'The Manhattan Declaration' for a strong view opposing global warming.

Al Gore's latest movie shows crumbling and melting ice caps, scary huh? But he took that part of his film from another movie called 'The Day After Tomorrow' and the ice was really made out of styrofoam!!  He's funny!  But he's also a liar.  His dad should have worn a condom!!

Answer 5

The IPCC is POLITICAL, not scientific.  They have actually been sued by the very scientists they quote for misrepresenting their studies.

If you're forced to resort to quoting the IPCC, your argument has already failed.  It's simply not a credible source.

Answer 6

It doesn't matter if a majority of scientists believe something to be correct. That argument is logically false.

Your argument has two logical fallacies actually.

1) The appeal to authority. If an authority says something it must be correct.

2)And the argument that if most people think something it must be correct.

If (notice I said if - I must be some crazy denier) C02 causes the average temperature of a system (in this case the earth) to warm it is true no matter what we or scientist think. We should now talk about how we test and prove or disprove the theory.

Answer 7

While a majority of scientist state publicly that the Earth is warming, many don't agree with them

Since science is based on facts and not by a popular vote, a majority doesn't win in science, just politics.  In science just one person with the facts trumps a majority of a consensus.

A majority is just 50% +1.  What does that prove?

Answer 8

An "overwhelming majority of scientists" supporting something doesn't make it fact.  You're telling me that the 1 degree change in temperature over the past couple hundred years is most definitely without a doubt man's fault?  Sun exposure can change the temperature of a region by as much as 80 degrees, it does so every year, they are called seasons.  Man's impact on the planet is small in comparison.

Answer 9

You are completely wrong in you statement.

Most scientists do not buy into this BS, but are not allowed to have their voices heard.

If they were, there would no longer be this lunacy.

Learn some basic science, and don't be lead astray by those whose sole intention is to 'Rip You Off'!

Some people like Bob, seem to think that anyone with an ounce of intelligence must be a Conservative, involved in big business with some 'hidden agenda', or in denial of the facts!

These people have not got the slightest clue of what proper science is actually all about.........

Answer 10

Maybe they believe in the old adage, "Ignorance is bliss" or maybe it's because they think if they just deny it, it will go away. I have said before though, that it doesn't really matter if global warming is or is not a fact, what matters is that humans should do what's right just because it's right. Poisoning and spoiling the planet that gives us life seems to me like an evil thing in and of itself. We should be the caretakers of this planet, not the despoilers.

Answer 11

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0103/p09s0...

"Bias and self-deception are fierce foes of science.

Answer 12

Political and religious ideology trumps science, logic, and reason in many people.  So those with a political or religious ideology opposed to what they think global warming could mean, will simply filter out any scientific or logical evidence that it's real and cling to their political/religious ideology.

Moderates and Independents are much more likely to take an appropriate skeptical approach (i.e. withholding judgment until evaluating the evidence) to such a subject. And if they do, the science will convince them global warming is real and a concern we need to address.

However (to be fair), on the "global warming is real" side of the issue, there are also some politically/religiously biased people that filter out science as well. Some of these people have never actually studied the science either.  It's only by accident that they are on the right side, not because of due diligence in sifting through the science.

Answer 13

Some are honestly mistaken.  Others are conspiracy theorists who think everything is a conspiracy.

Many are Conservatives who take politics to great lengths.  If environmentalists, liberals, or worst, Al Gore say something it MUST be wrong, no matter how many scientists are saying it.

Thoughtful Conservatives are annoyed that this gives Conservatives a reputation for not acknowledging reality.  For example:

"Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich challenged fellow conservatives to stop resisting scientific evidence of global warming"

"National Review (the most prestigious conservative magazine) published a cover story calling on conservatives to shake off denial and get into the climate policy debate"

"I believe there is now more than enough evidence of climate change to warrant an immediate and comprehensive - but considered - response. Anyone who disagrees is, in my view, still in denial."

Ford Motor Company CEO William Clay Ford, Jr.

Answer 14

Ah... the same old characters weighed in... Bob and Dana got low ratings because Jello and others know them well and do not want you to read anything sensible.

You so called "skeptics" ha!  It's not even worth it to respond to your assertions.  Never mind the fact none of you can site a credible source for your claims.

I recommend everyone just read the two lowest rated answers - Bob and Dana.  They're one's that get it. (shout out to Ken as well!)

My answer:  Many people simply do not grasp the very concept of science.  Their worlds are dominated by rhetoric, assumption and political spectrums.  They listen to what is spewed on talk radio and call it research.  They've learned how to label themselves as 'skeptics'.

Also it feels cool to be "dissenting".

Clones.

Answer 15

they dont want to take 'the blame' as it will make their artificially easy lives harder. they dont want to know the full cost of their stuff, to which they are seriously addicted.

as most are right wingers, who pay lip service to the idea of taking responsibility for their own actions, this sets up a cognitive dissonance which makes them very angry.

edit; woohoo! 14 thumbs down! i must have struck a nerve....

Answer 16

Easier for them to deny a problem than to take even small actions.

Answer 17

The reason is that these people are in denial.  They don't have any good scientific or logical reason for thinking the scientists are wrong, but they *need* them to be wrong in order to maintain the status quo, so they come up with these ridiculous arguments:

1) Most scientists don't support it and/or they're too scared to speak up.  This argument is laughable and completely absurd.

http://www.logicalscience.com/consensus/...

2) They make the 'consensus has been wrong before' argument.  This is an incredibly weak argument, because when scientists agree on a subject to the degree that they agree on global warming, they're almost always right.  The fact that it's possible they're wrong doesn't mean anything.  Of course it's possible they're wrong - it's just a very low probability.  It's no reason to reject their conclusions.

3) They make a conspiracy theory argument, like saying the scientists are just supporting the man-made global warming theory to get grants, or that Al Gore is paying them off.  Like all conspiracy theories, all you can do is laugh and ignore them.

Answer 18

IPCC is a political organization.

Many scientists do not buy into it.

Being liberal or consevative does not change those facts.