Comments on: An Inconvenient Truth http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/ Temporarily Torontonian Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anon http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-25529 Anon Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:23:13 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-25529 On those nine errors: <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2007/10/an_error_is_not_the_same_thing.php" rel="nofollow">An 'error' is not the same thing as an error</a> Category: Global Warming Posted on: October 11, 2007 11:39 PM, by Tim Lambert A UK High Court judge has rejected a lawsuit by political activist Stuart Dimmock to ban the showing of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth in British schools. Justice Burton agreed that "Al Gore's presentation of the causes and likely effects of climate change in the film was broadly accurate." There were nine points where Burton decided that AIT differed from the IPCC and that this should be addressed in the Guidance Notes for teachers to be sent out with the movie. Unfortunately a gaggle of useless journalists have misreported this decision as one that AIT contained nine scientific errors. Let me name some of the journalists who got it wrong: Sally Peck in the Daily Telegraph, Nico Hines in the Times, Mike Nizza in the New York Times, James McIntyre in the Independent, PA in Melbourne's Herald Sun, David Adam in the Guardian, Daniel Cressey in Nature, the BBC, Mary Jordan in the Washington Post, Marcus Baram for ABC News, and (of course) Matthew Warren in the Australian. On those nine errors:

An ‘error’ is not the same thing as an error
Category: Global Warming
Posted on: October 11, 2007 11:39 PM, by Tim Lambert

A UK High Court judge has rejected a lawsuit by political activist Stuart Dimmock to ban the showing of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth in British schools. Justice Burton agreed that

“Al Gore’s presentation of the causes and likely effects of climate change in the film was broadly accurate.”

There were nine points where Burton decided that AIT differed from the IPCC and that this should be addressed in the Guidance Notes for teachers to be sent out with the movie.

Unfortunately a gaggle of useless journalists have misreported this decision as one that AIT contained nine scientific errors. Let me name some of the journalists who got it wrong: Sally Peck in the Daily Telegraph, Nico Hines in the Times, Mike Nizza in the New York Times, James McIntyre in the Independent, PA in Melbourne’s Herald Sun, David Adam in the Guardian, Daniel Cressey in Nature, the BBC, Mary Jordan in the Washington Post, Marcus Baram for ABC News, and (of course) Matthew Warren in the Australian.

]]> By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Knowledge brokers get the Nobel http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-25497 a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Knowledge brokers get the Nobel Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:48:40 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-25497 [...] An Inconvenient Truth [...] [...] An Inconvenient Truth [...]

]]> By: R.K. http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-25453 R.K. Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:09:26 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-25453 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7037671.stm" rel="nofollow">Gore climate film's 'nine errors'</a> A High Court judge who ruled on whether climate change film, An Inconvenient Truth, could be shown in schools said it contains "nine scientific errors". The nine errors alleged by the judge included: * Mr Gore's assertion that a sea-level rise of up to 20 feet would be caused by melting of ice in either West Antarctica or Greenland "in the near future". The judge said this was "distinctly alarmist" and it was common ground that if Greenland's ice melted it would release this amount of water - "but only after, and over, millennia". * Mr Gore's assertion that the disappearance of snow on Mount Kilimanjaro in East Africa was expressly attributable to global warming - the court heard the scientific consensus was that it cannot be established the snow recession is mainly attributable to human-induced climate change. * Mr Gore's reference to a new scientific study showing that, for the first time, polar bears had actually drowned "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." Gore climate film’s ‘nine errors’

A High Court judge who ruled on whether climate change film, An Inconvenient Truth, could be shown in schools said it contains “nine scientific errors”.

The nine errors alleged by the judge included:

* Mr Gore’s assertion that a sea-level rise of up to 20 feet would be caused by melting of ice in either West Antarctica or Greenland “in the near future”. The judge said this was “distinctly alarmist” and it was common ground that if Greenland’s ice melted it would release this amount of water – “but only after, and over, millennia”.

* Mr Gore’s assertion that the disappearance of snow on Mount Kilimanjaro in East Africa was expressly attributable to global warming – the court heard the scientific consensus was that it cannot be established the snow recession is mainly attributable to human-induced climate change.

* Mr Gore’s reference to a new scientific study showing that, for the first time, polar bears had actually drowned “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.”

]]> By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Sputnik at 50 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-24901 a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Sputnik at 50 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:02:51 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-24901 [...] This graph is the jagged, upward-sloping line that Al Gore devotes so much attention to near the beginning of An Inconvenient Truth. [...] [...] This graph is the jagged, upward-sloping line that Al Gore devotes so much attention to near the beginning of An Inconvenient Truth. [...]

]]> By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Al Gore in a nearby park http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-21624 a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Al Gore in a nearby park Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:35:02 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-21624 [...] a public park up the road from here, a public screening of An Inconvenient Truth is ongoing. It’s a bit amusing that this should occur tonight, which is far and away the [...] [...] a public park up the road from here, a public screening of An Inconvenient Truth is ongoing. It’s a bit amusing that this should occur tonight, which is far and away the [...]

]]> By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-21167 a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:30:31 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-21167 [...] that they look back on Monbiot as one guy who had approximately the right idea while everyone else (Gore and company included) were in denial. The answer seems to depend upon (a) whether emissions need to be cut as [...] [...] that they look back on Monbiot as one guy who had approximately the right idea while everyone else (Gore and company included) were in denial. The answer seems to depend upon (a) whether emissions need to be cut as [...]

]]> By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Framing, selection, and presentation issues http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-10637 a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Framing, selection, and presentation issues Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:14:05 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-10637 [...] impact on the two rounds of further tightening. Perhaps the graph used so prominently in Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth (the trends on display literally dwarfing him) will eventually have a similar [...] [...] impact on the two rounds of further tightening. Perhaps the graph used so prominently in Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth (the trends on display literally dwarfing him) will eventually have a similar [...]

]]> By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Conciousness raising through free DVDs http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-7247 a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Conciousness raising through free DVDs Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:44:30 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-7247 [...] If they do send me one, I will make sure to screen it publicly at least once. The case Gore makes is rigorous and compelling; this is also an interesting demonstration of how science, politics, and advocacy run together. I wrote about the film earlier. [...] [...] If they do send me one, I will make sure to screen it publicly at least once. The case Gore makes is rigorous and compelling; this is also an interesting demonstration of how science, politics, and advocacy run together. I wrote about the film earlier. [...]

]]> By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-6726 Milan Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:28:11 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-6726 <a href="http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/inconvenientTruth.html" rel="nofollow">An Inconvenient Truth</a> (2006) - Al Gore's presentation detailing every aspect of global warming . Comprehensive but no new information. An Inconvenient Truth (2006) – Al Gore’s presentation detailing every aspect of global warming . Comprehensive but no new information.

]]> By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-3961 Milan Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:47:14 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-3961 <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/55196" rel="nofollow">Costs of climate change adaptation</a> Costs of climate change adaptation

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-3938 Anonymous Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:59:21 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-3938 Canada may well be in a similar situation to Japan in that its emissions are almost a quarter above its 1990 levels even though it has a target to reduce them by 6%. Yet since its election eight months ago, Canada's Conservative government has done nothing about the problem, other than scrapping a plan from the previous government. While many believe that it is still possible to meet the targets if a serious enough effort were engaged immediately, this is getting less possible with each passing day. The government has explicitly ruled out buying credits in the carbon market from abroad, which is the only way to meet Canada's legally binding commitments under the Kyoto protocol if it fails to meet its targets. Thus, Canada appears to be the only country in the world that has announced its refusal to respect its commitments under Kyoto, apparently in the belief that its sanctions have no bite. Philip Raphals Executive director Helios Centre Montreal Canada may well be in a similar situation to Japan in that its emissions are almost a quarter above its 1990 levels even though it has a target to reduce them by 6%. Yet since its election eight months ago, Canada’s Conservative government has done nothing about the problem, other than scrapping a plan from the previous government. While many believe that it is still possible to meet the targets if a serious enough effort were engaged immediately, this is getting less possible with each passing day. The government has explicitly ruled out buying credits in the carbon market from abroad, which is the only way to meet Canada’s legally binding commitments under the Kyoto protocol if it fails to meet its targets. Thus, Canada appears to be the only country in the world that has announced its refusal to respect its commitments under Kyoto, apparently in the belief that its sanctions have no bite.

Philip Raphals
Executive director
Helios Centre
Montreal

]]> By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-3909 Milan Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:08:51 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/09/27/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-3909 Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has said: “it is impossible, impossible for Canada to reach its Kyoto targets.” That said, I do not think we have formally withdrawn. Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has said: “it is impossible, impossible for Canada to reach its Kyoto targets.”

That said, I do not think we have formally withdrawn.

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