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Originally Posted by Terranix
I think this documentary is food for thought, as it appears to utterly destroy the case for global warming. It appealed to my own prejudices, I must admit, as there's a little voice in my head that always says "This is bollocks." when I find myself encountered with the doomsaying "FOUR YEARS TO SAVE THE PLANET" variety of headline for the umpteenth time.
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Actually, it
is bullocks. The guy who made it is a notorious liar, and this can be seen quite easily in this film. I don't have time to address each point, but I can give you some reading.
http://www.badscience.net/?p=381#more-381The film was made by Martin Durkin. In 1997, Mr Durkin produced a similar series for Channel Four called Against Nature, which attacked many of the claims of the environmental movement, and characterised them as comparable to Nazis.
Channel Four was forced in 1998 to broadcast a lengthy apology after several interviewees complained that they had been deceived . The Independent Television Commission (now part of Ofcom) upheld the complaint and found that “the views of the four complainants, as made clear to the interviewer, had been distorted by selective editing”, and that they had been “misled as to the content and purpose of the programmes when they agreed to take part.”
RealClimate » Swindled! Aldatıldık! (I recommend this one, written by climate scientists)
http://stephenschneider.stanford.edu...onLaut2004.pdf
Stoat: The use of Damon and Laut
Swindlers « Fermi Paradox
Climate scientist 'duped to deny global warming' | Climate change | Guardian Unlimited Environment
PURE PROPAGANDA - THE GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SWINDLE
CHANNEL 4’S CLIMATE SWINDLE - THE DISTORTIONS CONTINUE
If you want to see how well they represent data, compare their graph:

With the real data:

(I can't take credit for this comparison...I saw it
here).
Here is one of their graphs with the original data superimposed on it:

Taken from
here.
It seems as though the only data that fits the graphs is
false.
As a general rule,
don't watch persuasive documentaries.