The Hoax

For a number of years we have known that there has been no global warming. Many of us did not want to hurt the feelings of those who believed in global warming, after all, what does it hurt to let them believe in something that is not happening. We even let them believe that it was caused by humans and their use of carbon based energy. Of course, we cringed at the idea that more expensive forms of energy should be developed to offset the weaning from oil and coal. We gritted our teeth at the ever increasing amount of taxpayer money that was being spent on alternative energy. We were amazed to learn that the complete education system had geared up to teach that global warming was a scientific fact. Yet, we knew it was not true. We now find that the "tree rings," and "hockey stick" used to prove global warming were statistical studies, used by Phil Jones and others, that could not be peer reviewed because the data would not be released. Further, the scientists involved communicated and conspired with one another to discredit any study that purported to show global warming was not happening. As a society, we now must decide what to do with this information. Most people under thirty years of age believe that humans are destroying the earth. Some wild exaggerations have been made and many people do indeed believe them. How is the truth to be conveyed to those believers? If they are allowed to continue in their erroneous belief, does it hurt anything? True scientists will know the truth, isn't that enough?