Global-warming skeptics are a dwindling species. Even Newt Gingrich, a conservative hero, is calling for a new era of environmental stewardship.
Skeptics don’t argue that the planet is getting warmer. They’re just not ready to fault human activity, and they tend to equate a sense of urgency with hysteria.
Olathe resident Mike Sturdivan laid out the unbelievers’ case in one of those “Midwest Voices” columns that appear occasionally in The Kansas City Star. Sturdivan, a cost estimator at Black & Veatch, took the requisite cracks at Al Gore (“just a snake-oil salesman searching for relevance”) before pulling out the hard data: a 2006 survey of the National Registry of Environmental Professionals.
Sixty-six percent of those surveyed said they agreed with the statement that global warming is a serious problem. For Sturdivan, this number evidenced a lack of consensus in the world of science.
If Sturdivan wants to hang out with the 34 percenters, that’s his prerogative. The problem is not how he defines consensus but what he termed “the scientific community.”
Sturdivan’s column said “environmental scientists and climatologists” participated in the survey. In fact, the National Registry of Environmental Professionals is a business league, not an academic organization. It’s place where engineers get credentials. According to the group’s Web site, 62 percent of the people who participated in the global-warming survey work in the private sector. There’s no mention of climatologists.
Sturdivan says his misrepresentation of survey participants “is sort of immaterial.” The real story, he says, is the need for more research before the U.S. and other nations start regulating carbon emissions and the like. “There needs to be a lot more study and debate,” he tells me.
It’s true that not every scientist has cast his or her lot with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But Sturdivan painted an inaccurate picture in the Star.
His frequent use of exclamation points was really annoying, too. – David Martin
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Steam automobiles? I know that had to be a joke, but I still have to point out the obvious flaw. To run the steam autos, one needs water and HEAT, most likely produced by burning something and giving off carbon dioxide....
The solution to Global Warming is Steam Automobiles. They were invented in 1769. They had steam powered buses in 1826 in England. Jay Leno drives a steam car from the 1920s. Source: www.wikipedia.com. Enter "Steam Automobiles" Please investigate for yourself. Think about it, the atmosphere is only air and water. The earth's surface is only 75% water. And unlike oil, nobody has to die for it.
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Well there you have it. David Martin,a writer for a half baked rag that sells ads for hookers and whines about Republicans not wanting America to become a sleazy cesspool,sums it up. There has never been global changes in the Earths history.Its always been cold and now that a pear shaped political hack (not Hillary) says people are causing warmth...well thats all we need to hear. To the desperately yearning children of the Left who so want a cause...kids ita all about POLITICS and pandering to your naive sensibilities for a vote. And PS. In the grand tradition of clueless Libs why cant there be requisite shots at that buffoon Gore when all your paper does is take shots at people who aint "Livin' La Vida Liberal"? Libs Hypocrites? Who knew!!!!!!!!
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