Welcome to the Dark Ages

I've never believed that global climate changes are man-made. First of all, there's the fact that volcanic and solar activity are a much more probable explanation. Second, making assertions about a 4.5 billion year process based on only 100 years of data is flat-out bad science. In no circumstance would 0.00000002% be considered a large enough sample size. To put that in perspective, let's apply the same proportion to the population of the Earth- 6/3.5 billion people. Could a drug company get a medicine approved after testing it on only 6 people? Heck no. And yet we are being asked to do essentially the same thing- to spend billions of dollars and drastically change our way of life based on results reached on far too little data.

Let me say right now that I do agree that the climate is changing. The climate is always changing- always has, always will. I also agree that we should reduce our use of fossil fuels. Above all, I believe that we should treat the Earth with respect.

I'm just annoyed with society putting more faith in the opinions of politicians and celebrities than real scientists. Al Gore made a movie, so it must all be true, right?

Most recently, I heard a report on the news about a statement made in a blog by the Weather Channel's climate expert, Heidi Cullen, in which she says that meteorologists who do not believe global warming is man-made should have their AMS certification revoked. "If a meteorologist can't speak to the fundamental science of climate change, then maybe the AMS shouldn't give them a Seal of Approval." (You can read the whole thing here: http://climate.weather.com/blog/9_11396.html)

It brings Galileo to mind, put under house-arrest for suggesting that the Earth wasn't the center of the universe. I thought we were past that kind of censorship in the science community, at least. Apparently not.