Anthropogenic Global Warming

Posted on March 19th, 2007 in Customary Drivel, Politics, Unsolicited Commentary by Deas

I don’t buy it. Here’s why.

First, a little about myself. I am 23 years old. I hold a bachelor’s degree (in Asian Studies) and intend to seek a higher degree in time. I am politically and philosophically a conservative. I am not a scientist. I am not qualified to give you authoritative scientific explanations. I am an internet geek, and self-recognized RSS addict. This means that I constantly read up on things, follow trends in the news, and analyze stuff all the time. (Yes, just like my liberal arts education taught me to do.) My sources tend to be conservative in nature, admittedly, but I think that this has to do with one of the problems I see in the current global warming hype. I’ll get to it later. I just want to get this information about me out in the open so you know who I am and what I am and you can rest assured I am not pretending to be something or someone I am not. It also gives you perspective on my perspectives, so that if you think I am incredibly biased, you have the relevant background information with which to categorize me.

Moving right along, I want to take the time to explain why I personally have a really difficult time believing in global warming. (And let me note, when I say global warming, I am referring to the current, trendy, all-over-the-media, first quarter 2007 style man-made global warming. Allow me to mark that, in case the profile changes again.) Science does not come to a consensus about anything. It demonstrates fact through verification, not anecdote, nor hunch, nor story, nor consensus. Science is not subject to a vote. It is or it isn’t true, and it double checks itself constantly. In this way it is self-correcting. Science can also make educated guesses - but guesses are never fact. Not until they have happened, or are thoroughly tested by other scientists. Man-made global warming is different. Man-made global warming is not science.