Part
A
Question
1
The
news about climate change solar and the wind are promoted by the media. The
video shows that the media promote the use of the wind and solar energy on the
basis of fear rather than scientific facts. Second, the video indicates that
media provide platforms for debates where people can discuss issues related to
climate change. For example, news about warming trends is how media promote news
about climate change.
Question
2
The spreading of the message of doubt
started in a conference held in Long Island; where individuals witnessed the
skeptics building on the message of doubt about climate change. The skeptics
usually tell individuals that no warming trend exists for the past ten years.
Also, they point that no long-term warming trends exist currently. For example,
Dessler a scientist pointed out that individuals can try to experiment with
available data related to global warming and will end up not getting any global
warming results. However, Dessler argued that people are supposed to carry out
the experiment on warming from home applying the concept of complex charts.
Using the complex chart, Dessler indicated that temperatures were decreasing.
On the other hand, Gavin Schmidt has pointed
out that cooling trends can be found after a period of every ten years, and
this appears to be a pseudoscience argument. Gavin explained the cooling trends
recorded from 1958 to 1987, in what is known as the "going down the up
escalator" argument. However, a close look at the data indicates the
argument is incorrect as the warming trend have been going up instead of down
as argued by Gavin. Also, the Oregon petition is pseudoscience in nature, as it
is based on common beliefs, rather than on the basis of renowned scientific
evidence and facts on the issue of global warming.
Question
3
The
motivation associated with climate change denial is aimed at deceiving the
public that industrial and other related human activities do not contribute to
climate change as argued by science, and this aids in reducing any campaign or
action related to climate change in the society. The main aim is persuading is
that human activities, such as the use of fossil fuel in the transportation
industry do not in any way contribute to climate change. The people behind the
pseudoscience arguments concerning climate change are climate scientists,
Competitive Enterprise Institute, Fred Singer, founder of science and
environmental policy project and veteran scientists. These individuals are well
educated and very informative, as they have carried a lot of research and
studies in the field of climate change. They have a vast experience in the
field of climate change have spent years doing research and debating on issues
related to this subject. The industries quoted in the video as being highly
involved in climate change denial are fossil fuel firms, such as Peabody Coal
and Exxon Mobil. The key players involved in the climate change denial debate
include politicians, such as U.S senators and group of scientists
Question
4
Failed
North Carolina legislation to “Legislate climate change out of existence†was a
win for the skeptics. The skeptics won the fight as they provided falsified
information concerning climate change. The information the skeptics provide was
in denial of any climate change by giving facts that are not scientific in
nature. The next course of action would be to ensure that public campaigns
concerning the impact of climate change caused by human activities are
intensified to win against the strong campaigns being financed by skeptics
against the control of human activities that cause climate change in the world.
The move would play a central role in winning against the false and inaccurate
information being provided by skeptics in North Carolina and other parts of the
world concerning climate change.
Question
5
The
web of denial is a campaign against people who spread misinformation about
climate change. The people spread information that certain human activities do
not contribute to climate change with an objective of protecting their
financial and business interests, such as fossil fuel companies, transportation
companies, and others. In reality, the information they provide is not true but
aimed at misleading the public to accept that human activities do not
contribute to causing climate change, but the issues such as global warming
occur due to natural processes. The U.S Senators are taking actions of
supporting the Senate Web of Denial Resolution to protect the general public
welfare. The main aim is to ensure that companies and scientists stop providing
misleading information that cannot be proven scientifically. The aim of the
Senate is to ensure that companies provide scientific facts and evidence
concerning their claims of human activities not contributing in causing climate
change. The action of the Senate is to ensure that firms do not mislead the
public into believing false information so as to protect their financial and
business interests. Thus, the Senate wants groups to base their climate change
arguments and information on facts that are scientifically proven.
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