Canadian scientists say Kyoto Protocol is complete fiction Updated

The Canadian Free Press has a cover story about a group of Canadian scientists trying to get air time for a 27-minute documentary wherein they provide scientific analysis proving that there is no scientific evidence of man-made global warming. It's not just these guys, either, but literally thousands of scientists from around the world saying the same thing. Canada's broadcasters are making damn sure no one in Canada hears that, however.

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Last Thursday, I received a telephone call from Douglas Leahey, Ph.D., representing a group of Canadian scientists under the umbrella of "Friends of Science." It seems that they had been talking to Peter Worthington of the Toronto Sun, and he had mentioned to them that they should get in touch with me. Dr. Leahey began by asking me how they could get a 27-minute documentary on television. I have 15 years experience of fighting with federal and provincial slush funds for that very thing. I asked some routine questions at first: Did they have a letter of licence? Had they rolled a camera before they got permission? Had they talked to the big broadcasters? Did they have a "pitch" and a budget? Then I found out what their documentary was about. The story was incredible: it documented scientists--from Canada--speaking out against the $10-billion scam known as the Kyoto Protocol. Yes, the very same Kyoto Accord that our government has committed Canada and Canadians to support. I understood instinctively that getting two scientists to agree at what time the sun is coming up tomorrow is--at best--difficult. But here were tens of thousands, from around the world, all agreeing on one issue: that there is no scientific evidence of man-made global warming. The numbers of scientists staggered me--17,100 basic and applied American scientists, two thirds with advanced degrees, are against the Kyoto Agreement. The Heidelberg Appeal--which states that there is no scientific evidence for man-made global warming, has been signed by over 4,000 scientists from around the world since the petition’s inception. I strongly questioned these high numbers, since I’ve had benefit of the Canadian government’s public relations machine on this issue. Dr. Leahey has since sent documentation to back his figures up. All those scientists were in total agreement: the Kyoto Protocol was complete fiction.

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Less than 5 years ago if you had asked me if there was evidence of man's causing global warming I'd have said absolutely, 100% yes. Of course there was. Read the papers, listen to the news. All those groups waving around scientific papers. How could you argue otherwise? Turns out, it's easy. I just never bothered to read any of the papers and there was no incentive for our liberal news media to give any air to that side of the story. If you're interested in a good source for a lot of this material, read State of Fear by Michael Crichton. It's a fiction work but he's actually got footnotes in there pointing you to the actual scientific documentation he used in creating this story. Read and decide for yourself.

Hat tip: LGF

Update: We now have a link to the video. I've not had a chance to view it yet but I'll do that on my return home tonight.