I doubt that we will ever see a more damning episode involving a group of scientists so wedded to the IPCC mantra regarding the cause and effects of this cycle of climate change.
Their gutless mob " beat up "on a colleague who was simply reporting his own research findings from work that had earned him the title of world authority on the Reef has been sustained, ugly and reprehensible.
Yet in spite of Peter Ridd's total vindication, I doubt we will see any apologies or offers of reinstatement from those who caused the damage.
While that may not bother Professor Ridd (him being secure in his own mind about the validity of his own research findings) it will be seen by any impartial viewer as a reason to continue being sceptical of those who regard any alternative theory about the origins of climate change as being the work of heretics.
Those of us who happily admit to being climate change sceptics and suffer the taunts from sycophantic intellectual snobs for being agnostic on the subject will be encouraged enough to maintain our personal stance based on this Great Barrier Reef episode.
However, even though we can expect the IPCC ideologues to simply brush it aside as an isolated incident that doesn't alter the main thrust of their argument, it should none the less, send a signal to the world that the science is far from settled.
And l might add that we are likely to see many more of these episodes in the future that will hopefully force governments to adopt a more rational approach to this relatively new phenomenon.
We will survive this one just as we have similar threats to our planet before.
But we will not do it by running around like headless chooks attacking everything that doesn't adhere to the popular theory.
Governments of democracies - take note!
Clive Bibby is a commentator, consultant, farmer and community leader, who lives in Tolaga Bay.
5 comments:
Professor Peter Ridd is a softly spoken warrior who had the courage to stand up for his convictions at great personal cost. I’m so pleased to see that his stand was vindicated against the cowardly establishment that promotes this UN IPCC nonsense.
Characterising those with a different view to your own as ‘sycophantic intellectual snobs’ is hardly consistent with the spirit of academic freedom and scientific integrity, the frustration of which is claimed here. Actually, there are two sides in the controversial case of professor Peter Ridd, as there is with most issues.
Yes, check out the latest data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science showing robust regrowth of the Reef.
For a long time now there has been an automatic conflation by most people of 'climate change' and 'the greenhouse gas theory'. There is irrefutable evidence of unusually fast global warming almost certainly contributed to by human activity. But the reasoning "The planet is warming therefore we must reduce emissions" is illogical, involving too much faith in the assumption that greenhouse gases are causing the warming. A causal relationship is being assumed based on correlation, and not very strong correlation at that. The depleted ozone layer may well be a more accurate explanation for global warming.
So why don't you tell us the other side Ewan? We're all ears if it's something we haven't been fed by IPCC/UN organisations.
MC
i agree with Ewan. Clive you let yourself down. We expect more
professionalism from you. You being an individual that a lot of
others look up to. Don't lower your standards to blow off a few
long words no matter how good they sound. G
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