RE-POST MUST READ! IT'S MONDAY-YOU STILL HAVE THE TIME...
I had a lot of questions regarding "global warming", "greenhouse effect","CO2", "polar ice caps", and such and realized that I really don't know the science behind most of these terms. Anyone can pick a side depending on what Al Gore or Rush says, but what is really going on?I found this article a few weeks ago and found it to be very useful. WARNING! MANY SCIENTIFIC TERMS AND FACTS! (Actually, it's fairly reader friendly-even some fun charts and stuff.)
http://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/
What I like about JUNK SCIENCE is their non-partisian approach to explaining many of the scientific claims made daily in the media and by political opportunists. Obviously, the site comes across as anti-left or democrat (or democrate, as Melchor would say), but I think that it just shows how the left has a knack for coming down on the wrong side of most issues.
From their site:
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Junk science?
"Junk science" is faulty scientific data and analysis used to advance special and, often, hidden agendas. The junk science "mob" includes:
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The MEDIA may use junk science for sensational headlines and programming. Some members of the media use junk science to advance their and their employers' social and political agendas.
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PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS may use junk science to bamboozle juries into awarding huge verdicts. Large verdicts may then be used to extort even greater sums from deep-pocket businesses fearful of future jury verdicts.
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SOCIAL ACTIVISTS, such as the "food police," environmental extremists, and gun-control advocates, may use junk science to achieve social and political change.
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GOVERNMENT REGULATORS may use junk science to expand their authority and to increase their budgets.
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BUSINESSES may use junk science to bad-mouth competitors' products or to make bogus claims about their own products.
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POLITICIANS may use junk science to curry favor with special interest groups or to be "politically correct."
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INDIVIDUAL SCIENTISTS may use junk science to achieve fame and fortune.
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INDIVIDUALS who are ill (real or imagined) may use junk science to blame others for causing their illness. |
I love these guys...