Climate change comments draw angry fire

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Climate change comments draw angry fire

12/01/2010 12:00pm

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By Philip Duncan

Yet again just the talk of global warming has stirred the pot of emotion and caused many of you to write in and complain about my blog yesterday.

Firstly – the blog was NOT about whether global warming is happening or not. It was simply mentioning what bad timing the cold snaps in the northern hemisphere were following on from the Copenhagen summit.

Yes, for those of you who understand weather and climate you’ll be well aware that a one off weather event does not directly relate to global warming or cooling. However – and this is an important part – most of the every day public don’t know the difference.

This means a huge conference on global warming followed by record breaking cold across most of the world’s largest countries was not only ironic but the timing couldn’t have been worse for sceptical people who need convincing.

Read Phliip’s full arcticle HERE about the “failure” of the Global Warming promotional campaign, or to Have Your Say.

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