I have been sick for the last couple of days with nothing to do except watch TV and DVD’s. I hired Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” followed by a taping of ABC’s presentation of Martin Durkin’s “The Great Global Warming Swindle.”
Here are some thoughts:
Finding what you want to find
I think both sides of the debate are guilty of this. When searching to prove an hypothesis both sides of research could potentially use the same figures to explain why their hypothesis is correct.
Biased ABC interviewing by Tony Jones
He gave director Martin Durkin an absolute grilling. This is not suggesting Jones should have taken it easy on Durkin by any means. After all Durkin has said something controversial and needs to be questioned.
Jones, however, took it to the next level where he seemed to go in with a preconceived idea that he will discredit Durkin as best as he could instead of letting him answer the questions and try and defend his position. Jones frequently got bogged down in his own interrogation times that he had to say, “Let’s move on” numerous times.
Al Gore’s presentation
I can see why Al Gore has been successful in lobbying action from governments and individuals all over the world. His presentation is fantastic to a large degree it makes perfect sense. I can’t help but think though that he is trying to pull at our heartstrings in order to sway our opinion. Either way it’s probably well deserved of it’s Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
The big business of climate change
If you were to call me a climate change sceptic this would probably be the main reason why. People are making a lot of money out of this science, especially the scientists. Every area of research is competing for funding in the form of government grants. Climate change scientists are making a windfall from governments to study weather changes and I would be sceptical that they all have the best interests of the planet in their hearts. Money makes people do silly things and financially it is in their best interests to maintain their livelihood that their funding continues.
Last word
It was good and bad to watch them back-to-back. Good in the way that I have seen both sides of the debate. Bad in the way that I still find myself mainly sitting on the fence while trying to decrease my energy usage at home.
Here are some thoughts:
Finding what you want to find
I think both sides of the debate are guilty of this. When searching to prove an hypothesis both sides of research could potentially use the same figures to explain why their hypothesis is correct.
Biased ABC interviewing by Tony Jones
He gave director Martin Durkin an absolute grilling. This is not suggesting Jones should have taken it easy on Durkin by any means. After all Durkin has said something controversial and needs to be questioned.
Jones, however, took it to the next level where he seemed to go in with a preconceived idea that he will discredit Durkin as best as he could instead of letting him answer the questions and try and defend his position. Jones frequently got bogged down in his own interrogation times that he had to say, “Let’s move on” numerous times.
Al Gore’s presentation
I can see why Al Gore has been successful in lobbying action from governments and individuals all over the world. His presentation is fantastic to a large degree it makes perfect sense. I can’t help but think though that he is trying to pull at our heartstrings in order to sway our opinion. Either way it’s probably well deserved of it’s Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
The big business of climate change
If you were to call me a climate change sceptic this would probably be the main reason why. People are making a lot of money out of this science, especially the scientists. Every area of research is competing for funding in the form of government grants. Climate change scientists are making a windfall from governments to study weather changes and I would be sceptical that they all have the best interests of the planet in their hearts. Money makes people do silly things and financially it is in their best interests to maintain their livelihood that their funding continues.
Last wordIt was good and bad to watch them back-to-back. Good in the way that I have seen both sides of the debate. Bad in the way that I still find myself mainly sitting on the fence while trying to decrease my energy usage at home.
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