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Climate Misinformation by Source: Ian Plimer

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Meet the man who has exposed the great climate change con trick

URL: http://www.spectator.co.uk/essays/all/3755623/part_2/meet-the-man-who-...
Date: 13 March 2011

Arguments by Plimer	vs	What the Science Says
"CO2 is plant food"		The effects of enhanced CO2 on terrestrial plants are variable and complex and dependent on numerous factors
"CO2 limits will harm the economy"		The benefits of a price on carbon outweigh the costs several times over.
"Global warming stopped in ~~1998~~, ~~1995~~, ~~2002~~, ~~2007~~, ~~2010~~, ????"		Global temperature is still rising and 2010 was the hottest recorded.
"Human CO2 is a tiny % of CO2 emissions"		The natural cycle adds and removes CO2 to keep a balance; humans add extra CO2 without removing any.
"It's cooling"		All the indicators show that global warming is still happening.
"Models are unreliable"		Models successfully reproduce temperatures since 1900 globally, by land, in the air and the ocean.

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