The story behind that graph certainly didn’t show that global warming was a hoax or a fraud, as some skeptics proclaimed, but it did illustrate another of their arguments: that the evidence for global warming is not as unequivocal as many scientists claim.
In the past few years, any mention that I’m skeptical about global warming has always been received as though I’d defended the Flat Earth Society. Thankfully, an article in today’s NYT entitled “Fracas Over Hacked Climate E-Mail Shows Peril of Spinning Science” partially vindicates me.
It’s not that I’m certain that global warming isn’t taking place, I’ve just never been convinced that it is, or that, if it were, recycling or driving hybrid cars were part of the solution.
I haven’t had to put a lot of energy into finding out answers, or defending my skepticism, because whenever evidence shows up contradicting global warming, people usually forward it along to their “crazy friend, Alex.” Steve passed this one along to me.
