Impact 9: Manmade CO2 Global Warming Denial
• —>> cont: 10, Shortage & Crisis Idea Promo8on: eg2■ “Only Man made CO2 based
catastrophe” is not always same context as climate change: e-i:
• e-Manipula)on of framing ques)on itself without referring to its precise topic of
discussion, magnitude & when, triggers controversy & exaggera)on. For example,
data collec)vely indicates following answers: Is there increased climate change
recently?-YES, global warming last 50yrs?-YES, Northern hemisphere is warming even
globally data has many contradic)ons for last 19yrs?-YES, Human can be major cause
of it?-YES, CO2 can be major cause?-YES. Is Non-mainstream view, or usually ignored
non warming data generally debatable without worry for academic
funding/suppression? NO.
• Under this context, those feel like making points oSen knowingly erroneously
expressing self by saying "there is no man made global warming at all, it is a hoax" by
which causes further misunderstanding & defensiveness on other side. Some groups
seem to make effort to polarize situa)on rather than bringing both par)es to
understand each other.
• f -Large environmental type groups promoted crea/on of global warming
technologies in 1950s(eg J Huxley: WWF/UNESCO), fear of global cooling (Nig
Calder+), Media headlines: As late as 1977's Time Magazine(The Coming Ice Age), ‘71's
NY Times (Schneider & Rasool), g-Last 19yrs same temp globally if measured from its
peak point(Roy Spencer+), h-Long term historical temperature trend cycle, i-Warming-
cooling cycle might involve solar system, ->> cont
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