In short, I believe that anthropogenic global warming is bunk, pure and simple. While we may be experiencing some global warming, it is probably not caused by human activity, and it is not enough to destroy the world, civilization or humankind. Any global warming that we may be experiencing is probably just natural climatic variablity and beyond the control or influence of human beings. I am not a skeptic, I am a denier.
Consider the information found at the following links and decide for yourself, as I have.
Facts about Global Warming:
http://www.justfacts.com/globalwarming.basics.asp
http://www.justfacts.com/globalwarming.asp
http://www.ncpa.org/pub/a-global-warming-primer
Regarding the so-called "consensus":
http://www.petitionproject.org/index.php
More about "consensus science" from Michael Crichton's talk 'Aliens Cause Global Warming':
I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.
Let's be clear: The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world. In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results. The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus.
There is no such thing as consensus science. If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus. Period. . . .
See: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122603134258207975.html
Recorded debate motioning that global warming is not a crisis:
http://intelligencesquaredus.org/index.php/past-debates/global-warming-is-not-a-crisis/
(Yes, I am a fan of Michael Crichton and his extraordinary intellectual and logical gifts, and storytelling talent.)
