A CONVENIENT TRUTH
A CONVENIENT TRUTH:
THE FALLACIES OF GLOBAL WARMING
Charlie Obrecht
Dr. Ray
PSCI 102
23 November 2013
Charlie Obrecht
Dr. Ray
PSCI 102
23 November 2013
THE UNDULY ALARMIST WARNINGS OF GLOBAL WARMING
The media, NGO’s, and governments often describe global warming as the largest threat to humanity. While the previous two decades have experienced the highest average temperatures in recorded history, the Earth is not necessarily headed for a prolonged stretch of global warming. The science of global warming has been adulterated and predictions exaggerated by political agendas and deceptive data models. The Earth is a perpetually changing entity, and fluctuations in temperature can be explained by natural climate patterns. With respect to the Romantic tradition, mankind has largely overstated the effects it can exact on the Earth.
INTRODUCTION
Global warming is melting the polar ice caps, causing global sea levels to rise, and will soon flood some of the most densely populated regions on Earth. Forced emigrations of unprecedented scale will occur as populations move to higher elevations. Economies and societies of host nations will be strained, causing political turmoil and most likely war, the traditional human reaction to such changes. Conflict will occur on unprecedented levels and threaten human kind, as we know it. Humankind will not die in a heavenly hail of fire and brimstone, but in an apocalypse of our own creation.
Polar ice caps are melting at unprecedented rates. The past two decades have statistically been the warmest in recorded history, and computer models predict that these trends will only continue. Yet global warming does not represent the largest crisis in human history, but rather the largest scientific deception in human history. Global warming is neither human induced, nor going to bring about the end of the world.
In this essay, I will prove why global warming is not only unduly alarmist, but also how the attempts
THE FALLACIES OF GLOBAL WARMING
Charlie Obrecht
Dr. Ray
PSCI 102
23 November 2013
Charlie Obrecht
Dr. Ray
PSCI 102
23 November 2013
THE UNDULY ALARMIST WARNINGS OF GLOBAL WARMING
The media, NGO’s, and governments often describe global warming as the largest threat to humanity. While the previous two decades have experienced the highest average temperatures in recorded history, the Earth is not necessarily headed for a prolonged stretch of global warming. The science of global warming has been adulterated and predictions exaggerated by political agendas and deceptive data models. The Earth is a perpetually changing entity, and fluctuations in temperature can be explained by natural climate patterns. With respect to the Romantic tradition, mankind has largely overstated the effects it can exact on the Earth.
INTRODUCTION
Global warming is melting the polar ice caps, causing global sea levels to rise, and will soon flood some of the most densely populated regions on Earth. Forced emigrations of unprecedented scale will occur as populations move to higher elevations. Economies and societies of host nations will be strained, causing political turmoil and most likely war, the traditional human reaction to such changes. Conflict will occur on unprecedented levels and threaten human kind, as we know it. Humankind will not die in a heavenly hail of fire and brimstone, but in an apocalypse of our own creation.
Polar ice caps are melting at unprecedented rates. The past two decades have statistically been the warmest in recorded history, and computer models predict that these trends will only continue. Yet global warming does not represent the largest crisis in human history, but rather the largest scientific deception in human history. Global warming is neither human induced, nor going to bring about the end of the world.
In this essay, I will prove why global warming is not only unduly alarmist, but also how the attempts
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