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The uk channel 4 documentary the great global warming swindle has been touted by deniers and slammed by a lot of others, including one scientist who appeared in the film. Why was the great global warming swindle so persuasive. It was subsequently broadcast by the australian broadcasting corporation in july 2007. The perpetrators are promoting it to get control of your life, your future and your money.
Britains channel 4 has produced a devastating documentary titled the great global warming swindle. Climate change is a subject of great seriousness, with towns and villages declaring to shop plasticfree. Jan 29, 2008 the inconvenient truth did make some errors but in large it fairly accurately explained global warming in simple terms. Partial response to the london channel 4 film the great global warming swindle. The great global warming swindle full movie youtube.
This controversial british documentary, first aired in march on britains channel 4, is a onesided attack on the predominant scientific consensus on global warming. The great global warming swindle programme directed by martin durkin, on channel 4 on thursday 8 march 2007 critique by john houghton, president, john ray initiative. It rolls most of the popular points refuted a thousand times into a sixty minuteplus documentary, so, if anything, its a good watch in terms of seeing how deniers cherrypick, distort, and fabricate facts in order to debunk climate change. The author of todays post, lisa moore, is a scientist in the climate and air program. The film, made by british television producer martin durkin, showcases scientists, economists, politicians, writers, and others who are sceptical of the scientific consensus. The problem with the great global warming swindle, which caused a sensation when it was broadcast on channel 4 last week, is that to make its case it relies not on future visionaries, but on. Indeed, a 2007 broadcast on channel4 titled the great global warming swindle tried to make exactly that case. Swindle 1 hours and 31 minutes movie 20 based on gordon kormans book swindle, this movie is about a boy named griffin who finds a valuable multimillion dollar baseball card.
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As of this writing july 2007, there have been a number of developments. The great global warming swindle caused controversy in the uk when it premiered march 8, 2007 on british channel 4. Partial response to the london channel 4 film the great. The great global warming swindle vs inconvenient truth. Having taken a quick glance over the movie, the first thing that jumps out is that its the same guys we write about on dsblog all the time. The thing they found most shocking when they started to make this one, was the weakness of the case for man made global warming, and the quantity and quality of the evidence which flatly contradicts it.
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