Global Warming Myths Debunked

One of the sites I stumbled upon during my daily scouring of the Web, was a site called Friends of Science (http://friendsofscience.org/). They are starkly against the Kyoto Protocol, so they muddle the truth or flat out lie in order to convince people that climate change is natural and beyond human control. On their site is a list of 10 global warming myths which mix fact with fiction and genuine argument with fallacy. I felt compelled to debunk their so-called myths with a 10 part series of posts which you can read down below.

After I began the series I found out some more information about who these people really are, and who pays their bills. The Canadian based group is funded by several oil and gas companies but the interesting thing is how the money gets to their pockets. According to this source, "The money was funneled through the Calgary Foundation, to the University of Calgary and on to the FOS though something called the 'Science Education Fund.'"

These guys are funded by the industry that has the most to lose from climate change legislation, oil companies. They're biased, misleading and choosing profits over our future. Upton Sinclair once said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it". Isn't that the truth.

The Globe and Mail did a wonderful piece where they reveal the true motivations of the Friends of Science group. Read it here: Mr. Cool: Nurturing Doubt About Climate Change Is Big Business 

10 Global Warming Myths Debunked

  1. Global temperatures are rising at a rapid, unprecedented rate.
  2. The "hockey stick" graph proves that the earth has experienced a steady, very gradual temperature increase for 1000 years, then recently began a sudden increase.
  3. Human produced carbon dioxide has increased over the last 100 years, adding to the Greenhouse effect, thus warming the earth.
  4. CO2 is the most common greenhouse gas.
  5. Computer models verify that CO2 increases will cause significant global warming.
  6. The UN proved that man–made CO2 causes global warming.
  7. CO2 is a pollutant.
  8. Global warming will cause more storms and other weather extremes.
  9. Receding glaciers and the calving of ice shelves are proof of global warming.
  10. The Earth’s poles are warming; polar ice caps are breaking up and melting and the sea level rising.

-TDH