I wonder if any of you have had the experience of simply questioning people about their assumption that global warming is human-caused, only to find yourself immediately labeled as a "climate change denier" and relegated to the same category as "holocaust deniers" and their ilk. Yikes! Excuse me for living!

To the great disappointment of people I mistakenly thought were more open minded, I have questioned the authoritative pronouncements of people like Al Gore, the IPCC and its many proponents locally, such as columnist Ray Grigg. Such questioning has put me into entirely new relationship dynamics with these people.

It seems to me that anyone who espouses to be an authority on climate change or any other matters, but who is unwilling to face up to scrutiny of their basic assumptions, deserves to be further challenged and challenged deeply. My concerns are amplified if these same people are alarmist in their presentation of what they deem to be the facts of the matter.

Al Gore is set to profit billions of dollars from the consequent alarm generated by his "educational" endeavors. Challenges to his public pronouncements have revealed a number of glaring untruths, not the least of which is his dramatic use of the infamous and now completely discredited "hockey stick" graph regarding the relationship between CO2 and global temperature rise. There are more untruths woven into Gore's presentations. Any Google search for Al Gore will reveal them.

If, like me, you aspire to investigate ALL manner of information source in making up your own mind about how to deal with climate change, you may be interested in the following CBC: IDEAS audio interview (podcast link, below). The interview is with Larry Solomon, author of the book The Deniers: The World Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political Persecution, and Fraud.

Here's how the CBC introduces it:

“The science is settled” is now the mantra of climate change activism. Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled. He talks with Ideas producer David Cayley.

For CBC audio podcast, click HERE.
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Dwayne Rourke lives in Cumberland, BC and is the editor/producer of The Cumberlander. He has recently released a new website called The Lightning Path: Hidden Promise of the Mayan Sacred Calendar.