You have likely heard that 97% of scientists agree on human-driven
climate change. The overwhelming majority of scientists take no view on
the question of whether climate change is man-made, for it is beyond our
present knowledge to answer.
Only 0.3% of science papers state
humans are the cause of climate change. And when surveyed, only 18% of
scientists believed that a large amount – or all – of additional climate
change could be averted.
There is no scientific evidence or
method that can determine how much of the temperature change since 1900
was caused by humans. We know that temperature has varied greatly over
the millennia. We also know that for virtually all of that time, global
warming and cooling were driven entirely by natural forces.
The
many scientists, engineers and energy experts that comprise the CO2
Coalition are often asked something along the lines of: “So you believe
in climate change, then?” Our answer? “Yes, of course we do: it has been
happening for hundreds of millions of years.” It is important to ask
the right questions. The question is not, “Is climate change happening?”
The real question of serious importance is, “Is climate change now
driven primarily by human actions? That question should be followed up
by “is our changing climate beneficial or harmful to ecosystems and
humanity?”...<<<Read More>>>...