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Friday, August 8th, 2008 | Mail & Guardian column, climate change | 1 Comment

How many global citizens does it take to change an incandescent light bulb to something more energy-efficient? None, apparently, because the light bulb doesn’t need changing.

The dissident view of climate change is growing in popularity as the media continue to thrash out both “sides” of the story: the Earth may be warming, but it’s not our fault. Projections aren’t nearly as dire as the alarmists tell us. So sit back, everyone, and enjoy the sunshine.

This approach assumes there are two sides of the story — which just shows how vast the gulf is between climate scientists and those of us who aren’t privy to the reams of discombobulating data and models on which climatologists build their projections. › Continue reading

Tags: climate change, dissidents