Common Arguments from Global Warming Skeptics
From Logical Science

            Here is a list of arguments commonly used by people who are critical of the consensus on climate change.  This list will grow over time.  All of these arguments have been used by professional climate change critics or reporters who are covering the topic of climate change.    If you know of a better way to make certain points, or if you see something that needs to be corrected, please e-mail us or make a suggestion on our blog.

  1. "The scientific consensus was wrong about flat earth so how can we trust them now?"
  2. "We can't predict the weather, so how can we predict the climate?"
  3. "There are scientists that think climate change is not real!"
  4. "The clouds will save us from global warming."
  5. "Ha! Look at 2006! Where are the hurricanes!??!!"
  6. "Carbon trading is worthless.  Kyoto is a scam.  It wouldn't do anything anyway."
  7. "Scientists are creating a scare to get grant money."
  8. "The Greenland Ice is expanding!"
  9. "The Hockey Stick is broken.  Michael Mann refuses to release his code & data."
  10. "Atmospheric CO2 levels could NOT have changed global temperatures if the temperature changes occurred FIRST" 
  11. "Climate models don't work.  They don't even 'predict' the past."
  12. "The climate scientists want to make us poor peasants."
  13. "The warming is natural, the sun & cosmic rays that are heating the earth."
  14. 'The CO2 readings are wrong and the correct data is being suppressed.' (Coming Soon)
  15. "James Hansen is a bought-by-Kerry communist and his models were fabricated to promote his statist schemes."
  16. "The ice core records are unreliable." (Coming Soon)
  17. "The warming is all from the urban heat island effect."
  18. "The CO2 will fertilize the plants and increase food production."
  19. "Water vapor is far more important of a greenhouse gas."
  20. "Why should I care?  It's only a few degrees this century." (Coming Soon)
  21. "Stop canonizing others who are in the majority simply because there are more of them."  (Coming Soon)
  22. "Scientists edited satellite data to make it fit the data."  (Coming Soon)
  23. "Why are you pointing out the oil money?  Lets ignore the government funded scientists!"   (Coming Soon)
  24. "The real consensus is being suppressed."  (Coming Soon)
  25. "The climate scientists want to make us poor peasants."  (Coming Soon)
  26. "There is global warming on Mars!" (Coming Soon)
  27. "The warming and the CO2 will be good for the plants and life in general."   (Coming Soon)
  28. "CO2 was higher in the past and life survived."
  29. "60 scientists signed an anti-Kyoto letter!"  (Coming Soon)




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