A virtual debate with Jim Steele, based on his interview at Heartland Institute:
Heartland Daily Podcast | Jim Steele | January 27, 2015
Research Fellow H. Sterling Burnett (for the National Center for Policy Analysis) interviews Jim Steele, ecologist, director emeritus of the Sierra Nevada field campus of San Francisco State University
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Steele writes: "And we trust the scientific theory because its been fairly tested by others - the theory must out perform all alternate explanations, eliminate confounding factors plus lively debate. But, what I was finding was the scientific process was being defiled when scientists refused to debate in public. ... and any attempt to prevent that debate, in our schools, in the media, in peer reviewed science, it's only denigrating the scientific process. ...
And I think those public debates would help create real climate literacy …"
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Well then Mr. Steele, let's have our Great Global Warming Science Debate.
I will accept these responses from your Heartland Institute podcast as your opening round. I'll offer my rebuttals, evidence and questions. I agree to post your thoughtful responses unaltered. (Though it's looking like you're going to do your best to hide and ignore these critiques of your self-certain claims. Your silence will serve to expose your hypocrisy and inability to defend your statements on an even playing field.)
In this twelfth installment we return to Mr. Steele's words as he responds to Heartland Burnett's previous question (see #11) by complaining that people are "alarmed" at what they are witnessing and what scientists are telling them. Jim also claims climate science education is missing important information, though he never explains what that might be.
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"How should society contend with those who knowingly
disseminate misinformation about climate science."
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Steele: You know I agree, I think people that are pushing this global climate alarmism it's sort of a mixed bag. I think some people have become incredibly fearful because they've heard these stories and just kind of amplify it and echo it.
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Jim, here take a look at what's "pushing this global climate alarmism." Why do you want people to ignore that reality?
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Figure 17.35: Global CO2 emissions are rising rapidly. The industrial revolution began about 1850 and industrialization has been accelerating.
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