There is no scientific proof of man-made global warming and a hotter earth would be ‘beneficial for humans and the majority of other species’, according to a founding member of environmental campaign group Greenpeace.
The assertion was made by Canadian ecologist Patrick Moore, a member of Greenpeace from 1971 to 1986, to U.S senators on Tuesday.
He told The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee:
‘There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are the dominant cause of the minor warming of the Earth’s atmosphere over the past 100 years.
If there were such a proof it would be written down for all to see. No actual proof, as it is understood in science, exists.’ Moore pointed out that there was an Ice Age 450 million years ago when CO2 was 10 times higher.
He said:
“There is some correlation, but little evidence, to support a direct causal relationship between CO2 and global temperature through the millennia.
“The fact that we had both higher temperatures and an ice age at a time when CO2 emissions were 10 times higher than they are today fundamentally contradicts the certainty that human-caused CO2 emissions are the main cause of global warming.”
Even if the earth does warm up, Moore claims that it will be to the advantage of humans and other forms of life, as ‘humans are a tropical species.’
He said:
“It is extremely likely that a warmer temperature than today’s would be far better than a cooler one.”
Humans, he added, just aren’t capable of predicting global temperature changes. Moore said that he left Greenpeace because it ‘took a sharp turn to the political left’.
By Ted Thornhill, Daily Mail — Continue reading here
