It is difficult to convince anyone that their opinion is wrong no matter what the topic. Politics and global warning are the two most controversial topics in the world. So when Richard Muller, a prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming changes his mind that is something to broadcast to everyone.
His conclusions were the result of a two year study funded by the Charles Koch Foundation, whose founder is a major supporter of skeptic groups and the conservative tea party movement. The Koch brothers, Charles and David, run a large privately held company involved in oil and other industries, producing sizable greenhouse gas emissions.
No one is saying that the earth will experience all warming and no other effects. Predictors are forecasting unusual changes in weather patterns. We have experienced some usual change this year in the United States. Some very hot humid summer weather was followed by a 10 inch snow storm before Halloween.
Of course businesses that create greenhouse gases don’t want to believe they are contributing to the problem. Perhaps Richard Muller can lead a new wave of understanding.
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In this Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 photo, Richard Muller, left, and his daughter, Elizabeth Muller, right, pose with a map from their study on climate at their home in Berkeley, Calif. A new study of Earth’s temperatures going back more than 200 years finds the same old story: It’s gotten hotter in the last 60 years. What’s different is the scientist behind the latest study, Richard Muller. The California physicist was doubtful of what climate scientists have been saying – until he did his own research, partly funded by climate change skeptics. Elizabeth Muller, co-founder and executive director of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Study, ran the study. (AP Photo – Paul Sakuma)
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