I've just finished watching the movie, The Great Global Warming Swindle. It's the UK documentary that dares to debunk the lies surrounding the "religion of global warming" (which I think it needs to be labelled). Frankly, it's looking to me like a big "manufactured crisis" and not much more.
(Important: For some reason, my link to the movie online was not working, so please just paste http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258993,00.html into your address space and when you get to the Fox webpage that it leads to you will find a working link there to access the film.)
Now, I must tell you that I'm definitely not one to normally sit for an hour and 13 minutes to watch any movie online, not to mention that for some people the very word documentary is a snooze-inducer. But I strongly recommend that you watch THIS one. Watch it in bits and snatches if you must, if you can't sit and watch all at once-- but watch it, because it will put the whole 'controversy' into focus for you and you will see the big picture. Because for a lot of us, we've heard this and we've heard that about the subject, but simply wished for a good concise summary of the big picture--well, here it is. And it's watchable.
Is the earth in a warming trend? Yes!
Has it been in cooler trends? Oh yes. In fact, I learned from the documentary that in the 1400's through to the mid-1800's, Europe went through what's known as "The Little Ice Age." (Now for you other moms out there who've read "Hans Brinker" to your kids and wondered how it was that people in Holland were able to ice skate from town to town as they did when it's clear they're not doing that now, knowing about this "Little Ice Age" answers that question for me. Very cool. I learned that great rivers in Europe such as the Thames completely froze up during that time period!)
Has the earth ever been even warmer than it is now? Oh yes, but wait--that was even before the "Little Ice Age"! And not a car or jet or even one electrical wall outlet in sight! (sorry, Al Gore, but it's true). In the 12th through 14th centuries, the earth was much warmer in what has been termed "The Medieval Warm Period." Interestingly, that was a period of great prosperity. That also happens to be the time period when many of the great cathedrals in Europe were being constructed.
The upshot is, the earth has significantly warmed AND cooled at various times in just the last several hundred years. The film discusses what appears to be behind this, and what does NOT appear to be behind this To no one's surprise, the reasons we're TOLD why the earth is currently warming are not supported by science. The scientists also explain details that show previous historical warming/cooling patterns do not demonstrate evidence of the calamity we're told is coming from the current warmer period we're in. Hmmm, could there be another sub-agenda that the global warming alarmists could be trying to promote?? The plot thickens...)
The film includes clips from Al Gore's presentation and tells us what "inconvenient", important details he leaves OUT of his presentation. Just watch and learn. This is GOOD STUFF! In fact, perhaps Al Gore's movie should really be called "An Inconvenient HALF-Truth".
When you're through viewing this, you will have a good basic grasp on the big picture and find out just how much hot air is coming from Al Gore himself, and how misleading a few half-truths can really be. You may also conclude as I have that you can pretty much relax about the whole thing.
Happy watching!