Another convert

Claude Allegre, a leading scientist and socialist from France, has converted to the deniers side of the global warming debate. Once a leading proponent of linking human activity to global warming, after seeing all the data available Allegre now does not support his previous views. He said:
"The cause of this climate change is unknown, there is no basis for saying, as most do, that the science is settled."

"In the 1980s and early 1990s, when concern about global warming was in its infancy, little was known about the mechanics of how it could occur, or the consequences that could befall us. Since then, governments throughout the western world and bodies such as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have commissioned billions of dollars worth of research by thousands of scientists. With a wealth of data now in, Dr. Allegre has recanted his views. To his surprise, the many climate models and studies failed dismally in establishing a man-made cause of catastrophic global warming. Meanwhile, increasing evidence indicates that most of the warming comes of natural phenomena. Dr. Allegre now sees global warming as over-hyped and an environmental concern of second rank." (source: national post)

This is what I have been talking about for some time now. We need to make fact based decisions. Allegre is a prime example of a scientist who was willing to look objectively at the data and make fact based decisions, not decisions based on theory or conjecture. As the evidence piles up I believe that more and more scientists will change their views, as Allegre did, because the data will show that humans are not responsible for the changes.

The line that is the most revealing in the article is "governments throughout the western world and bodies such as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have commissioned billions of dollars worth of research by thousands of scientists". Of course the scientists' views support global warming, they are being paid to say so. If they come out and say that humans are not to blame then the governments will cancel funding to the research as there will be nothing more to research. As long as they can blame humans then governments will pour billions more into the research, feeding the scientists and their families for years to come.