Hnattrænn populismi

  Einar Sveinbjörnsson veðurfræðingu er með athyglisverða pistla hér á Moggablogginu um mynd Al Gore "The Inconvenient Truth". Hann fer í gegnum nokkrar rangfærslur í myndinni og segir sitt álit á þeim. Sjá HÉR

 

Þegar svona margar rangfærslur eru í "fræðslumynd", sem fær Óskarsverðlaun og höfundurinn Nóbelsverðlaun, þá finnst mér verið að gengisfella vísindin niður í einhvern populisma. Framleiðendur svona mynda gætu allt eins sagt:

"Hendum inn nokkrum kenningum og kryddum með ímyndun og ágiskun. Pottþétt formúla fyrir verðlaun og athygli....og peninga".

Á netsíðu sem auglýsir mynd Gore´s á DVD, hef ég feitletrað það sem vakti sérstaka athygli mína. Kynningarteymi Al Gore hefði átt að fá öll verðlaunin hans, þau gerðu gæfumuninn. 

The vast majority of scientists agree that global warming is real, it’s already happening and that it is the result of our activities and not a natural occurrence.¹ The evidence is overwhelming and undeniable.

We’re already seeing changes. Glaciers are melting, plants and animals are being forced from their habitat, and the number of severe storms and droughts is increasing.

The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has almost doubled in the last 30 years.²

 

Malaria has spread to higher altitudes in places like the Colombian Andes, 7,000 feet above sea level.³

 

The flow of ice from glaciers in Greenland has more than doubled over the past decade.⁴

 

At least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles.⁵

If the warming continues, we can expect catastrophic consequences.

Deaths from global warming will double in just 25 years -- to 300,000 people a year.⁶

 

Global sea levels could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coastal areas worldwide.⁷

 

Heat waves will be more frequent and more intense.

Droughts and wildfires will occur more often.

 

The Arctic Ocean could be ice free in summer by 2050.⁸

More than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction by 2050.⁹

 

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