Posted by
Average Voter on Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:39:41 PM
Taking a look at the hits on my website, the most popular post has been "Global Warming Pictures" back on october 12th. And take a guess what all the hits have in common? They all end in ".EDU". Hundreds of children are out there doing their homework projects and essays on global warming. And of course being children, they type in 'global warming pictures on Google or Yahoo in hopes that a picture will tell the story of climate change.
The post was a joke of course, and maybe it will add a little bit of fun to their projects. But what they probably won't learn is both sides of the story. Instead they will have to watch Al Gore's boring movie, and search the internet for information about how global warming is affecting our planet, instead of learning how to add and subtract, spell, or the wonders of real science.
So, to all the students out there who would like to know something more about global warming, I present these few suggestions.
1) Read a book from a scientist that has another point of view, eg. Fred Singer, Bjorn Lomborg, Patrick J. Michaels.
2) Watch a film with another point of view. (Only a few are out there) eg. The Great Global Warming Swindle.
3) Finding scientists that have another point of view on global warming are not usually quoted in the main stream media. Look for trustworthy information from other web-based news and scientific organizations. eg. World Climate Report, Competitive Enterprise Institute,
4) try these suggestions then question your teacher, being nice of course, why these points of view are not part of the discussion. You will find that most of these "deniers", as they are called by most environmental groups, do not disagree that the Earth is warming. What they disagree with is the hyper-sensitive and over-blown reactions to climate change they are preaching.
5) Most importantly, use your common sense. If the Earth was more tropical when the dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, while only 10,000 to 20,000 years ago half of the United States was under a sheet of ice, does that not tell you the Earth has it's own cycles that have been ebbing and flowing for millions of years?
6) And finally, always question anything that is being published by the United Nations, or any of it's internal organizations, like the IPCC. They do some good work in the world, but they cannot be trusted with every issue.
Here is some more pictures! Happy learning!
global warming new york