The Great Global Warming Swindle (2007)

The Great Global Warming Swindle (2007) 1h 15m Director: Martin Durkin Documentary that aired on Channel 4 on March 4, 2007. Criticism against the notion of anthropogenic global warming, thas is, the notion that human acitivities are causing global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is also criticized in this new television documentary. Among the main messages of this programme is the assertion that carbon dioxide (CO2) is in fact not causing global warming, but that it is instead global warming that causes an increase in CO2. Participating in this documentary are: Tim Ball - head of the Natural Resources Stewardship Project Professor Nir Shaviv - Institute of Physics, University of Jerusalem Lord Lawson of Blaby - Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Professor Ian Clark - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa Piers Corbyn - Weather Forecaster, Weather Action Professor John Christy - Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville and Lead Author, IPCC Professor Emeritus Philip Stott - Department of Biogeography, University of London Professor Paul Reiter - Department of Medical Entomology, Pasteur Institute, Paris Professor Richard Lindzen - Department of Meteorology, M.I.T. Patrick Moore - Co-founder, Greenpeace Professor Patrick Michaels - Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia Nigel Calder - Former Editor, New Scientist James Shikwati - Economist and author Professor Syun-Ichi Akasofu - Director, International Arctic Research Center Professor Emeritus Frederick Singer - Former Director, US National Weather Service Professor Eigil Friis-Christensen - Director, Danish National Space Center Roy Spencer, Weather Satellite Team Leader, NASA Paul Driessen - Author: Green Power, Black Death http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/G/great_global_warming_swindle

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n3wby (2007-03-28)

The correct date when this aired is March 8 (not March 4). Typo.

salitine (2007-03-28)

I don't give a shit. Let the world burn, and the republicians with their money with it. Diem fuckers.

salitine (2007-03-28)

Professor Wunsch said: "I am angry because they completely misrepresented me. My views were distorted by the context in which they placed them. I was misled as to what it was going to be about. I was told about six months ago that this was to be a programme about how complicated it is to understand what is going on. If they had told me even the title of the programme, I would have absolutely refused to be on it. I am the one who has been swindled."
When told what the commission had found, he said: "That is what happened to me." He said he believes it is "an almost inescapable conclusion" that "if man adds excess CO2 to the atmosphere, the climate will warm".
He went on: "The movie was terrible propaganda. It is characteristic of propaganda that you take an area where there is legitimate dispute and you claim straight out that people who disagree with you are swindlers. That is what the film does in any area where some things are subject to argument."

sistromo (2007-03-28)

Salitine, what about the other scientists listed in the credits? Are they also claiming that the show misrepresented them and that it is all propaganda, or are they standing by what they said?

 Knaster (2007-03-28)

lol global warming is the least of our worries

presidentofzero (2007-03-28)

knaster you're a fucking idiot...
Dear mr bobdaslob!
there has been warmer and colder periods in europe (and the rest of the world) throughout this planets history..that IS a fact. But that is not what this discussion about global warming is about...hundreds and hundreds of scientists all agree in the fact that it is a "man-made" global warming we're facing because of the speed in wich the temperature is increasing, and they have evidence to show it...
but the problem isn't that simple..CO2 IS causing global warming (over 40 years of scientific research in chemical influence on the atmospheric composition has proven that) but global warming is also causing an increase in the amount of CO2! (just like they say in this movie) It turns into a evil cycle...
I think we better be cautious and "better safe than sorry" and reduce our discharge to a plausible amount for life to flourish...at least for your own life and limb...don't ya think?

warpengi (2007-03-29)

good link there johnnyd. This kind of Propaganda is symptomatic of big business. Remember the controversy around health effects of smoking?
When thousands of scientists around the world agree it isn't hard to counter their agreement if you have enough money. All you need to do is insert enough misinformation that people like bobdaslob can quote nonsense that sounds like they know something.
Take statements like "The israelis' actions against the Palestinians are like the Nazis of WWII" and abbreviate them to "Palestinians are like the Nazis of WII."
Doesn't matter how many experts are quoted if they are quoted wrong.

salitine (2007-03-29)

Professor Wunsch said: "I am angry because they completely misrepresented me. My views were distorted by the context in which they placed them. I was misled as to what it was going to be about. I was told about six months ago that this was to be a programme about how complicated it is to understand what is going on. If they had told me even the title of the programme, I would have absolutely refused to be on it. I am the one who has been swindled."
When told what the commission had found, he said: "That is what happened to me." He said he believes it is "an almost inescapable conclusion" that "if man adds excess CO2 to the atmosphere, the climate will warm".
He went on: "The movie was terrible propaganda. It is characteristic of propaganda that you take an area where there is legitimate dispute and you claim straight out that people who disagree with you are swindlers. That is what the film does in any area where some things are subject to argument."

salitine (2007-03-29)

sistromo at 2007-03-28 11:53 CET:
Salitine, what about the other scientists listed in the credits? Are they also claiming that the show misrepresented them and that it is all propaganda, or are they standing by what they said?
You're right. There is no God. I agree with you.

kf65-sto-swe (2007-03-30)

I want to know the truth! Gore´s movie made sense, channel 4´s movie made sense to.
I dont want to pick side, I just want to know the truth, where can I find it, who can I trust, what should I bealive, should I worry, what is propaganda, what is fact. I urge you guys; please dont fight, be reasonable, forgett about pride! and give me the truth , please...

n3wby (2007-03-31)

Report Details Climate Science Politicization
March 27, 2007
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kyger (2007-04-02)

firmitas (2007-04-27)

Thanks. I have opted not to dowload it. However, it is sad that this issue has been politicized by both factions.

greenfrog (2007-07-26)

Here is the THE GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SWINDLE on DVDr NTSC in perfect quality

oldngrey (2007-10-18)

The Big Myth! Global warming.
The film "An Incovenient Truth" would make a great presentation if it would tell you the truth about global warming , it's quick flashing scenes and ill begotten music gave me a sense of forbodding and doesn't not help to convey a sense of workable energy alternatives, this film made me feel helpless and depressed. Much of the film is with Al Gore without anyone really backing up his views , it is like a big ego trip.My conclusion is if you want a pure disaster horror film then this is the one for you, but if you want a unbiased view of global temperature change then look to the bbc horizion documentary about global climate change. the nobel prize has lost all of its meaning and prestige since Al Gore got his. If anyone believes that humans causes global warming is either ignorant or having an agenda. Al Gore does have an agenda, look at his new company which buys and sells carbon credits, instant money for nothing.The "Greener" religion just doesn't standup to Scientific facts. Al Gore would sell his mother for a little feel good publicity. Alfred Nobel is probably rolling in his grave over what the Nobel prize become. The Nobel Peace Prize had lost it prestige long ago when it was given to Arafat, the father of modern terrorism.
The nine alleged errors in the film
# Mr Gore claims that a sea-level rise of up to 20 feet would be caused by melting of either West Antarctica or Greenland "in the near future". The judge said: "This is distinctly alarmist and part of Mr Gore's "wake-up call". He agreed that if Greenland melted it would release this amount of water - "but only after, and over, millennia"."The Armageddon scenario he predicts, insofar as it suggests that sea level rises of seven metres might occur in the immediate future, is not in line with the scientific consensus."
# The film claims that low-lying inhabited Pacific atolls "are being inundated because of anthropogenic global warming" but the judge ruled there was no evidence of any evacuation having yet happened.
# The documentary speaks of global warming "shutting down the Ocean Conveyor" - the process by which the Gulf Stream is carried over the North Atlantic to western Europe. Citing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the judge said that it was "very unlikely" that the Ocean Conveyor, also known as the Meridional Overturning Circulation, would shut down in the future, though it might slow down.
# Mr Gore claims that two graphs, one plotting a rise in C02 and the other the rise in temperature over a period of 650,000 years, showed "an exact fit". The judge said that, although there was general scientific agreement that there was a connection, "the two graphs do not establish what Mr Gore asserts".
# Mr Gore says the disappearance of snow on Mt Kilimanjaro was directly attributable to global warming, but the judge ruled that it scientists have not established that the recession of snow on Mt Kilimanjaro is primarily attributable to human-induced climate change.
# The film contends that the drying up of Lake Chad is a prime example of a catastrophic result of global warming but the judge said there was insufficient evidence, and that "it is apparently considered to be far more likely to result from other factors, such as population increase and over-grazing, and regional climate variability."
# Mr Gore blames Hurricane Katrina and the consequent devastation in New Orleans on global warming, but the judge ruled there was "insufficient evidence to show that".
# Mr Gore cites a scientific study that shows, for the first time, that polar bears were being found after drowning from "swimming long distances - up to 60 miles - to find the ice" The judge said: "The only scientific study that either side before me can find is one which indicates that four polar bears have recently been found drowned because of a storm."That was not to say there might not in future be drowning-related deaths of bears if the trend of regression of pack ice continued - "but it plainly does not su

organicdogger (2007-11-11)

this movie is helarious. it made me laugh so hard. I love this kind of mockumentary stuff, do you have any more? Keep it coming!!! Thanks.

CultureofGreed (2008-03-22)

I think the best we can hope for is that the use of fossil fuels will be exhausted before complete ruin of the atmosphere.