...I understand, Gaiaschild, that for personal reasons you prefer the opinion of this unnamed person to the global scientific consensus. That's certainly your right. Please understand, though, that this focus on personal opinions about Gore is a red herring; he's simply one advocate, not a scientist. Again, who concludes Ferraris are junk because they dislike the Ferrari salesman? And while you are entitled to dismiss the world's major scientific bodies... the Nobel Prize international committee... the United Nations... world leaders... majority public opinion... such provincialism surely makes one less a citizen of the world.
However, as I've said in your thread, I applaud your lifestyle. I only hope you decide to no longer attempt to discourage the many us of working to solve this grave problem.
I so agree that rainforest destruction is serious; it also contributes to global warming. But there's more going on. I really understand how emotionally tough it is to accept this bigger picture, but let's be strong, as MJ was, take a deep breath, and open our eyes to what's happening to our beloved Earth:
Bo G, please do not misinterpret me, it is obviously not my intention to discourage others to help the environment, I am devoted to it, as well as the truth, that is very sad that you have made that judgement toward me simply because I pointed out that phony data was used for the global warming political agenda, it is simply a fact that I am unable to ignore. Al Gore is being sued by 30 000 scientist. I'm sharing the view of what the majority of scientists are saying and that my opinon is that the truth is important if we want to heal our planet. I am flexible in my thinking and research that is all. I've been doing this for 30 years, but it came from my heart not politicians. When I started I got a lot of opposition and ridicule for speaking the truth, so with all due respect I do see the bigger picture.
It is not one scientist but thousands of scientists in fact it is most scientists who say global warning is not occuring.it is a political agenda and that climate change is a natural phenomena. It has occured in the past, many ice ages in the past and the great flood etc, these natural phenomena that have occured many times in earth history and imo because I want the truth, I can't ignore these facts.. Global warming is a political agenda to get taxes. Most scientists say the world is cooling down not warming up and as we had snow where i live a couple of summers ago, it is clear there is something awry. The global cooling is going to cause food shortages and price rises in food across the globe. It is a political agenda.
It is also very complex subject with many contradictory views
Peter Taylor is the man I saw. A very respected ex Oxford graduate and UN scientist, who worked on research of children who got cancer who lived near a nuclear plant, he says global warming is not occuring and it is global cooling is what is causing food shortages and the prices of grain to rise across the globe, and will cause more starvation in the world. This is also a serious issue close to Michael's heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvO6oLYWAQI
David Bellamy is another well know media environmentalist who has been ostracised from the media for saying that the earth is cooling down not heating up
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1111/1224258552055.html
We can agree at least though and most importantly that our planet is in trouble and we need to take actions where we can to help our beloved earth.
We need to stop destroying,the rainforest and also to stop pouring poisonous chemcials down the sink and into the system Powerful chemical companies pouring extremely toxic chemicals and poisons into the environment which causes mercury ridden fish poisoned fish and wild life. If the Governments cared they would take action against this but they do not. it just continues. It makes me very sad. All businesses could use biodegradable cornstarch plastic wrappings or reclycled paper ones. But they choose not too.
I just found out that the photos of the polar bears and the arctic was taken in the summer and marine biologists say they are not in danger, so that is good news, because I was extremely upset about this. I've cut and pasted the article below. There is a lot of contradictary views
http://blog.puppetgov.com/2009/07/10/australian-tv-exposes-stranded-polar-bear-global-warming-hoax/
Remember that wonderful picture of stranded polar bears on an ice floe that were used by folks like soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore to demonstrate how dire the man-made global warming issue is?
Well, ABC television in Australia, on a show called “Media Watch,” recently debunked the entire issue (video available here, h/t NB member dscott).
It turns out — as NewBuster Jake Gontesky reported on March 20 — the picture was taken in August, “when every year the fringes of the Arctic ice cap melt regardless of the wider effects of global warming.”
The photographer, Australian marine biology student Amanda Byrd, didn’t think the bears were in any jeopardy:
Whether it is global warming that is harming wildlife or other issues like destruction of habitats and toxic poisons and chemicals in the environment which are also harming human life too
I also applaud all efforts people are making to help our beloved earth, some great tips here. I don't think being flexible in thinking or looking at other views will prevent anyone who loves the earth from continuing to progress to live in harmony with the earth as we used too. If we lived in harmony with the earth, there would also be no starvation on the planet. There is enough on the planet for everyone's need just not eveyones's greed.
Which is that global warming is a major part of MJ's message in This Is It, and is what he was referring to in his "4-year" statement.