Christopher C. Horner

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism)

Michael Springer

Are you looking for examples of logical fallacies? Search no further! In this volume, you can find multiple examples of all of them. 

I would like to point out that, when I read (most of) this sucker, I had no firm "opinion" about what our climate was doing. I was still trying to make my way through the different positions in the discussion. I'm a contrarian, so I would've been ecstatic to have one more anti-establishment position to be smug about! Alas, this P.O.S. could've been more accurately titled A Non-Argument Against Global Warming. Among the classic non-arguments present:

1. Scientists are just saying there's global warming because there's so much money to be made by telling people to stop consuming!

2. Some parts of some ice floes are actually getting bigger! Thus, no global warming!

3. Something something, liberal media something, Al Gore owns a big house, hahaha!

So, it's less of a "guide" than a "rant," much like this review. I enjoy carrying around books that might offend those around me, probably because I'm so emotionally well-balanced. Unfortunately, carrying this one around eventually made me quite embarrassed. When asked at one point what the book's "argument" was by a friend, my response was, "There isn't one." 

The sad fact for those wanting to "refute" climate change is this: if you want to refute SCIENTIFIC FACT, the only way to do it is with better supported and clearer SCIENTIFIC FACTS. Insults and accusations about double-standards some random-ass celebrity holds will not counter scientific evidence, so stop telling me how many gallons of petroleum Leonardo DiCaprio's airliner uses when he flies to his Earth Day after-party or whatever. I really don't care.

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism)

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