Soundwave on 26 December 2016
| Illusion said: I'm skeptical on man made global warming purely because I feel that no true scientific debate has occurred. Anybody who questions the topic of man-made global warming gets lambasted publicly and called a "denier." This is so incredibly anti-scientific. Why does Al Gore actively dodge questions from skeptics? A true scientist would invite dissent because it's through detached debate that the truth can be found. The problem is that detached debate on this topic isn't possible because this is a political issue with the left using it as a crutch to justify government taxation and control while the right lashes back. Scientists are being used as political fodder and politicians never see their view as being one of a multiple possible answers, it's always their way or the highway. It will only be when this issue dies politically and nobody has anything to lose one way or the other that the truth will finally come out. I personally believe that man-made global warming is likely a partial truth with humans having some effect but not enough to cause a global catastrophe but not so little as to not be worth studying objectively to understand. |
You're ignoring oil companies will billions and billions of dollars at stake in this debate. The oil industry is not just "kinda an industry", it an industry which has caused full blown wars over, it is the most precious available resource in many aspects.
So there is a huge incentive to discredit any global warming study, because there are very rich people who stand to lose a lot of money and that as you can expect does not go over well.
