CO2 is NOT the cause of global warming...

Indeed, a documentary aired on Channel 4 tonight shows that while the graphs of temperature and CO2 do indeed correlate (as shown by Al Gore in his recent film), CO2 levels FOLLOW global temperatures, trailing them by about 800 years on average. This means that global temperatures cause CO2 levels to change, not the other way around, and are linked to the level of solar radiation affecting the release and/or absorbtion of CO2 by the oceans. The long delay is due to the great latency caused by the size of the oceans.

Scientists in the programme also raise another discrepancy with the official line, showing that most of the recent global warming occurred before 1940, when global temperatures then fell for four decades. It was only in the late 1970s that the current trend of rising temperatures began. This, claim the sceptics, is a flaw in the CO2 theory, because the post-war economic boom produced more CO2 and should, according to the consensus, have meant a rise in global temperatures. Indeed, a programme shown on the BBC in the early 1970s, after global temperaures had dropped for 4 decades, raised concerns about the earth going into an ice age, causing possible catastrophic weather changes! Sound familiar?

What was fascinating was the reference to how the global warming research drive began when Margaret Thatcher gave money to scientists to 'prove' burning coal and oil was harmful, as part of her drive for nuclear power to make her less vulnerable to the power of the striking miners. Perhaps political will is in action again as Al Gore discovers A Convenient Story?

Read all about it:
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/G/great_global_warming_swindle/index.html