Gore Derangement Syndrome: http://tinyurl.com/297p42
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The whole House of Cards that is "An Inconvenient Truth" falls apart > if just 2 or 3 of the following are errors. > > But there are 9 of 'em, according to a British judge. > > What is it they say about a house divided unto itself? > > ------------------------------------ > > From Times OnlineOctober 10, 2007 > > Al Gore told there are nine inconvienient truths in his film > Not everything Al Gore says in his documentary is a proven fact > > Nico Hines > A High Court judge today ruled that An Inconvenient Truth can be > distributed to every school in the country but only if it comes with > a note explaining nine scientific errors in Al Gore's Oscar-winning > film. > > The Government had pledged to send thousands of copies of the film to > schools across the country, but a Kent father challenged that policy > saying it would "brainwash" children. > > A judge was asked to adjudicate between Stewart Dimmock and the > Department of Children, Schools and Families. Mr Justice Burton ruled > that the film could be sent to schools, but only if it was > accompanied by new guidlines to balance the former US vice- > president's "one-sided" views > > The judge said some of the errors were made in "the context of > alarmism and exaggeration" in order to support Mr Gore's thesis on > global warming. > > Related Links > U-turn on showing of Al Gore film in school > Al Gore tipped to win Nobel > An inconvenient truth? > He said that while the film was dramatic and highly professional, it > formed part the ex-politician's global crusade on climate change and > not all the claims were supported by the current mainstream > scientific consensus. > > He went on to list those errors: > > Error one > > Al Gore: A sea-level rise of up to 20 feet would be caused by melting > of either West Antarctica or Greenland "in the near future". > > The judge's finding: "This is distinctly alarmist and part of Mr > Gore's "wake-up call". It was common ground that if Greenland melted > it would release this amount of water - "but only after, and over, > millennia." > > Error two > > Gore: Low-lying inhabited Pacific atolls are already "being inundated > because of anthropogenic global warming." > > Judge: There was no evidence of any evacuation having yet happened. > > Error three > > Gore: The documentary described global warming potentially "shutting > down the Ocean Conveyor" - the process by which the Gulf Stream is > carried over the North Atlantic to western Europe. > > Judge: According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change > (IPCC), it was "very unlikely" it would be shut down, though it might > slow down. > > Error four > > Gore: He asserted - by ridiculing the opposite view - that two > graphs, one plotting a rise in C02 and the other the rise in > temperature over a period of 650,000 years, showed "an exact fit". > > Judge: Although there was general scientific agreement that there was > a connection, "the two graphs do not establish what Mr Gore asserts". > > Error five > > Gore: The disappearance of snow on Mt Kilimanjaro was expressly > attributable to global warming. > > Judge: This "specifically impressed" David Miliband, the Environment > Secretary, but the scientific consensus was that it cannot be > established that the recession of snows on Mt Kilimanjaro is mainly > attributable to human-induced climate change. > > Error six > > Gore: The drying up of Lake Chad was used in the film as a prime > example of a catastrophic result of global warming, said the judge. > > Judge: "It is generally accepted that the evidence remains > insufficient to establish such an attribution. It is apparently > considered to be far more likely to result from other factors, such > as population increase and over-grazing, and regional climate > variability." > > Error seven > > Gore: Hurricane Katrina and the consequent devastation in New Orleans > to global warming. > > Judge: There is "insufficient evidence to show that". > > Error eight > > Gore: Referred to a new scientific study showing that, for the first > time, polar bears were being found that had actually > drowned "swimming long distances - up to 60 miles - to find the ice". > > Judge: "The only scientific study that either side before me can find > is one which indicates that four polar bears have recently been found > drowned because of a storm." That was not to say there might not in > future be drowning-related deaths of bears if the trend of regression > of pack ice continued - "but it plainly does not support Mr Gore's > description". > > Error nine > > Gore: Coral reefs all over the world were bleaching because of global > warming and other factors. > > Judge: The IPCC had reported that, if temperatures were to rise by 1- > 3 degrees centigrade, there would be increased coral bleaching and > mortality, unless the coral could adapt. But separating the impacts > of stresses due to climate change from other stresses, such as over- > fishing, and pollution was difficult. >
