$100,000 Offered to Prove Global Warming: Can You Save Al Gore?

Photo of Noel Sheppard.

As soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore continues to duck every person on the planet willing to debate him about his unproven anthropogenic global warming theories, one well-known skeptic has put his money where his mouth is.

On Monday evening, the website JunkScience.com, owned and managed by Steven Milloy, announced The Ultimate Global Warming Challenge.

As laid out in this video, entrants are asked the following in order to receive $100,000 while, at the same time, saving Al Gore from looking like one of the biggest charlatans to ever walk the face of the planet:

$100,000 will be awarded to the first person to prove, in a scientific manner, that humans are causing harmful global warming. The winning entry will specifically reject both of the following two hypotheses:

UGWC Hypothesis 1

Manmade emissions of greenhouse gases do not discernibly, significantly and predictably cause increases in global surface and tropospheric temperatures along with associated stratospheric cooling.

UGWC Hypothesis 2

The benefits equal or exceed the costs of any increases in global temperature caused by manmade greenhouse gas emissions between the present time and the year 2100, when all global social, economic and environmental effects are considered.

For full details and rules, please visit the contest's website.

Let the games begin.


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Looks to be a safe bet for

Looks to be a safe bet for Mr. Milloy. It is, however, far too late to keep Algore from looking the charlatan he is. I wonder how many "scientists" will send in papers with shoddy, doctored "research", claim to have "proved" AGW, then attempt to sue Mr. Milloy for their "hard-won prize".

Bonus

Should they not include a bonus of $50,000 for anyone who can prove that President Bush, Vice President Cheney or Karl Rove have broken any laws?

Put up or shut up.

A heads up on

A heads up on "junkscience.com":

http://skepdic.com/refuge/junkscience.html

Nonsense Article

That article references Sourcewatch, which is as useless as Wikipedia:

Sourcewatch Profile (Discover the Networks)

"SourceWatch seeks to expose what it calls the “propaganda activities of public relations firms” and the activities of organizations working “on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests.” These "exposes," which tend to be critical of their subjects, deal predominantly with conservative entities...

As with the online reference Wikipedia, the contents of SourceWatch are written and edited by ordinary Web users. Says SourceWatch: “You don't need any special credentials to participate -- we shun credentialism along with other propaganda techniques.” While stating that it seeks to maintain fairness in the profiles and articles appearing on its website, SourceWatch does acknowledge that “ignoring systemic bias and claiming objectivity is itself one of many well-known propaganda techniques.”

...The perspectives are mostly leftist; the entries rely heavily on leftist and far-leftist sources."

Center for Media & Democracy (Sourcewatch) (ActivistCash.org)
Smearing Conservative Writers (The Conservative Voice)

Unlike Al Gore, B.A. Government (no higher degree achieved, no science degree), Milloy has legitimate Science Degrees - Steve Milloy, B.A. Natural Sciences, M.S. Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University.

That article if you actually read it makes no sense what so ever it even states "Much of what he calls Junk Science isn't science at all." - Um no kidding, that is the point of his page. This is one of the worst articles I have read. They are arguing that what Milloy calls Junk Science is not science at all which is what Milloy is stating by calling it Junk Science! They then complain that Milloy does not list a certain Quack Dentist? What does that prove? Is Milloy required to list everything on his page to satisfy the ones he does list as Junk Science? They then complain that since Milloy responded to an article as speculation because it provided no evidence for it's claims, according to them Milloy should have really said "This topic is worthy of further scientifics investigation!" Uh-huh, so now Milloy is required to be positive and endorse any study that provides no evidence for it's claims? Is this guy insane?

The article then makes bold statements about "misinformation", "misleading claims" and "propaganda" but does not provide one piece of evidence to support these statements. A worthless article.

I suggest actually reading these articles instead of simply using google to try and find something that contradicts something.

 

The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource

Is siurce watch like the

Is source watch like the Union of Concerned Scientist? Where one of their scientist did an in dept investigation and found that the United States had military bases in X number of countries. But the Soviet Union had none. I must have hallucinated those tanks in Prague and Warsaw.

"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT

Junk Science

Science is science, on this we should be able to agree.  Then there is junk science.  The term, junk science, is used for any science that doesn't adhere to scientific methods, submit it's results for review, and has been proven to falsify it's information. 

The Global Warming crowd has done all of the above, and more.  Mr. Malloy also attacks the DDT fiasco, that took place from the 1960's until now, as is just now being disproven by facts, rather than feelings.

The bottom line is that Mr. Malloy may not be a scientist, but then neither is Al Gore. The difference is one, with his falsehoods, is going to cost you (and me as a consequence) a ton of money, with no results.  Mr. Malloy will cost you nothing.   

Never argue with an idiot.  They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Milloy is a Scientist!

Many people do not realize that unlike Al Gore - Steve Milloy is a real Scientist:

Steve Milloy, B.A. Natural Sciences, M.S. Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University.

The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource

Thanks

 Thanks for the heads up.  I've been reading this site for quite an while, and have never seen Mr. Milloy's credentials.  I've been impressed with the site, now I'm more impressed.

Never argue with an idiot.  They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Noel, I fail to see how

Noel, I fail to see how anyone can keep Al from looking like the charlatan he is. How about proving that Al has a functioning brain? That said, I will shut up now.

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

Flat earth Noel and his band of merry men

Hey guys, don't you ever get tired of reading the crap you write. Noel "ExxonMobil" Sheppard and all you flat-earthers need a little reality check. Simply writting that something isn't so, doesn't make it untrue. Noel is not a scientist, yet he relies heavily on those 'scientists' he deems credible. By the same token, what is then wrong with Al Gore relying on those scientists he trusts?

The world is onto your naysayer community of small minds. Read the cover of Newsweek this week. They are talking about YOU.

http://www.msnbc.msn...

Noel may not be a scientist

Noel may not be a scientist brewski...

...but you will always be a leftist troll.

Just my two cents because I felt like it...and I put that nicley too. 

Leftist troll?

Does that make you a neocon /ExxonMobil shill?

Neo-breski...You sound

Neo-brewski...

You sound like a lot like neo-Rhayes.

LOL!

 

Ad Hominen attacks from the Eco-Religious

Why don't you win the $100,000 brewski? It should be so easy if we are so wrong.

The fact is the ad hominen attacks people like you engage in is really pathetic. Every one who demands proof of man-mad global warming becomes a shill for Exxon? Keep smoking your medical marijuana. And believes in Flat-Earth? That is funny because we are apparently more educated about the solar system then some of your cohorts:

Top Global Warming Advocate: Jupiter & Saturn Closer To Sun Than
Earth (Audio)

Then again Greenpeace is funded by Standard Oil but you knew that right?

The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource

Man made global warming

Another denier proves my point. Read what you just wrote. Wild and irrational accusations. Meaningless. Sad.

Tick for Tat

So you admit what you wrote was untrue? Fascinating.

 

The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource

You sort of miss the point.

You sort of miss the point. Of COURSE non-scientists rely on scientists that support their viewpoint. Clearly, you have now picked up on the fact that there is more than one viewpoint. Ergo, there is NOT universal agreement on Big Al's talking points, and he is therefore lying to the public.

See how easy logic is?

Proving Al Gore ...

It will be far easier to prove Al Gore a financial genius if not a scientific one. He has made himself filthy rich with his AGW scamming.

Al Gore where are you?

Every time Al Gore has agreed to debate man made (anthropogenic) climate change he has pulled a no show at the last minute.    Of course the ‘unbiased’ media has never seen fit to report such occurrences.   On this recent challenge you will find Al Gore quivering in a corner of his house that burns 20X the energy of the average American home trying to figure out how to discredit and destroy Steven Milloy.

The time has come for ‘we the people’ to take Al Gore and company (IPCC) to court and make them provide evidence that climate change is anthropogenic.    The ice core samples show that C02 follows temperature by about 800 years, not the other way around as claimed Al Gore and the IPCC.   C02 following temperature disproves anthropogenic climate change and exposes their agenda of financial greed and their desire to control people (socialism). 

 

 

MSM: Arrogant intellectually dishonest LIBERALS teaching those stupid peasants how to vote by way of selective reporting, misinformation, propaganda, and out right lies.

Send me the $100,000

 EASY...send me the money now:

1. An Inconvenient Truth said so AND
2. Al Gore said so

Red v. Blue Charity Link

The Goracle strikes back

As usual, if your argument can't win, attack the motives.

Just like clockwork, our Al. Someone might be able to save him -- but why would they want to?

Goreon still talking

 Now Gore is claiming that scientists, that don't agree with his take on Global Warming, will sell their souls for $10,000.  Yes, that fee, from Exxon, exorting scientists to disprove AGW theory, for $10,000, was enough for credibile scientists to lie, cheat, and deceive the public.  He must think they're all Democrat Politicians.

Never argue with an idiot.  They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

I Like Global Warming...

I have had a home garden for about 12 years now, and I can prove Global Warming is happening, and I like it.  Every year I get bigger and better yields on my vegetables, and everyone says they are so delicious.

THERE'S YOUR PROOF!  Send me the money, so I can make a bigger garden.  Oops, wait.  That would mean I would suck up more than my share of the Sun. 

"Interum faeces et urinam nascimur"

Easy Money

At night when the sun goes down the temperature goes down; when the sun comes up, the temperature goes up.  There are exceptions to this, due to air mass movements, but the general idea is that the sun warms up the earth, the shade cools it down.

This proves both global warming and global cooling, thereby entitling me to $200,000!  Fork it over Al!

Man made global warming

Mr. Sheppard,

If the is no such thing as man made global warming - as you contend, then why do you and your ExxonMobil-funded gang spend so much time complaining about how much Al Gore personally contributes to global warming?

 

It's about a hypocritical

It's about a hypocritical J---A--, flying around in a private jet. Then having the Kahunas to lecture me about my light bulbs.

For a problem that has yet to be proven.

If he actually believes his own BS he should live according to it. 

If he doesn't live according to it. Either he doesn't believe it. or he's a total uncaring hypocrite.

"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT

Prove it

Brewski why don't you just prove it and win the $100,000?

Actually Brewski we show how Al Gore is a Hypocrite. No one states he contributes to Global Warming outside of sarcasm. You are saying that in a pathetic attempt to show that we believe in "man-made" global warming. Maybe this stuff works with your buddies who flunked science classes but not here.

BTW Global Warming and "Man-Made" Global Warming are two different things.

The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource

On the Socialist Plagiarist Brewski

How pathetic.  You have nothing more to cry about other than the fuinding sources of NB, yet if WE are to question YOU about YOUR funding sources...well, how DARE we!!!

Not to mention your getting busted for plagiarism some time back, proving that you are not only a Socialist, but a totally non-creative one, at that.

You ought to be much more appreciative of ExxonMobil.  Without them, who else would you steal from?  Besides, the more you bitch about ExxonMobil, the more you convince me of your Socialism. 

In closing, if you could walk into an meeting of Exxon's board of directors with a automatic rifle, and you then proceeded to pour hot lead into everyone in the room - of better, could nerve-gas a meeting of ExxonMobil shareholders...how intense will your orgasm be? 

Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.

Funding sources

I have zero funding sources for these comments. Is everything you say on this board sarcasm or just what you later choose to identify at sarcasm? You are a sick bunch of puppies, that's for sure!

Look! No little cutsie motto or crazy veiled statement at the end of my posting. Oh, nooooo!

Feeling left out? Want us

Feeling left out? Want us to walk you through how to put in a following cutsie motto

BTW Your friends do make lots of money through AGW.

And their science isn't very impressive.

"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT

Reality Check

Brewski, if you don't get when the sarcasm is implied then maybe you should read another site you understand.

 

The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource

What, no job?

So you don't work? 

I say you DO have a funding source.  Why can't I question your funding source?  Or those of the scientists who buy into man-made global warming as religiously as you do?

"Look! No little cutsie motto or crazy veiled statement at the end of my posting."  Jealousy will get you nowhere.  Don't blame me because you have zero creativity or wit. (Vitriol is no substitute for wit, either.)   

Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.

It's called hypocrisy

This is the party which outs Gay Republicans, supports a perjuring President, and has Gorbasms over a shilling former Vice-President who didn't know what the "controlling legal authority" was when he was raising money from his office, and that those Buddhist nuns just were giving him prayer papers? Liberals, thy name IS hypocrisy. And it would be no problem if there were a real debate; every time you guys start to lose, the response is you call other people names. The difference between a progressive and a third grader is....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTHING!!!

"What experience and history teach is
this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history,
or acted on principles deduced from it."


G. W. F. Hegel