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Global Warming Skepticism
Going into the Copenhagen Climate Conference it seems like everyone has something to say about global warming and/or global cooling. I closely follow the Campaign For Liberty, which is a grassroots movement towards a government that actually governs based on the Constitution and flowed out of Ron Paul’s 2008 run for the presidency. I only tell you that, so you can understand that I am probably exposed to global warming skeptics a bit more than the average person, since it seems that people of this stripe tend to consider “warming” claims as exaggerated for the sake of even more government control over our lives.
While angst against the ever-increasing government control over our individual lives may be the main reason for skepticism with warming claims, it by no means is the only one. Skeptics of AGW (anthropogenic global warming) may view the science as being too tangled up with non-governmental political reasons; for example, increased funding for some science/policy institutes, corporate interests, or a reallocation/diversion of scarce resources. Claims of AGW come attached with certain moral demands. Many people will try to use these moral demands as an excuse to exercise control over many aspects of the lives of others, hence “evidence” calling forth these moral demands is met with skepticism. If such sweeping changes in our lives are to be called for, then the scientific evidence had better be unequivocal – and the conclusions drawn by many scientists are not unequivocal.
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David Ginter | Dec 13, 2009 | Comments 5
