Re: [Phys-l] Is Global Warming really a one-sided point of view or a scientific fact? #2

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Some physics educators might be interested in a recent post "Re: Is 
Global Warming really a one-sided point of view or a scientific fact? 
#2" [Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads:

ABSTRACT: Bob Fuller  in his PHYSOC post of 11 March 2009 asked: "Is 
Global Warming really a one-sided point of view or a scientific 
fact?" I doubt that any scientifically literate person would call 
global warming a scientific "fact," but the scientific research 
consensus is that anthropogenic global warming:  (a) does indeed 
exist [IPCC (2007a)] and (b) poses a threat to life on planet Earth 
[IPCC (2007b)]. Rick Tarara responded that " 'Global Warming' has 
become a semi-religious doctrine with all kinds of 'facts' of which 
only some are scientific." Can Tarara pinpoint any "non-scientific 
facts" in the IPCC reports? In any case, the generally ignored 
gorilla in the living room is GLOBAL OVERPOPULATION as pointed out by 
e.g., Al Bartlett (2008), Elmer Eisner (1999, 2009), and Chris Hedges 
(2009).

To access the complete 18 kB post, please click on <http://tinyurl.com/aj2fcg>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands.
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/>
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REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2009. "Re: Is Global Warming really a one-sided point of 
view or a scientific fact? #2,"  AERA-L post of 14 Mar 2009 
09:33:00-0700, online on the OPEN! AERA-L achives at 
<http://tinyurl.com/aj2fcg>. The abstract is also online at 
<http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2009/03/is-global-warming-point-of-view-or.html> 
with provision for comments.