Not exact matches
When
alarmists charged that the polar bear was being hunted to extinction, the outcry sent
scientists like Lee Miller and Jack Lentfer (below) off across the ice on a rewarding research trail
Then it ends by quoting Winston Churchill in a way that's meant to group the furthest - out global - warming
alarmist with the
likes of RC and other responsible
scientists: «A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.»
I would actually cite things
like Near Earth Asteroid research and Supervolcano research as far stronger examples, but even in this case it is the journalism that is «
alarmist», far more so than any of the
scientists.
It repeatedly called IPCC and climate
scientists «
alarmists», and the article smelled
like just more far right claptrap.
«Global warming believers are
like a hysterical «cult»: MIT
scientist compares «climate
alarmists» to religious fanatics,» Daily Mail Online, January 22, 2015.
Often deniers portray themselves as reasoned, cautious, and conservative
scientists, while the real
scientists working in the field are described with emotionally charged adjectives
like «
alarmists,» «warmists,» and the
like to weaken the public's respect for their work and to fool journalists about who's who.
I think mainstream climate
scientists like Dr. Judith should play a major role... I just don't trust the
alarmist wing one bit.
If the climate
alarmists were more honest and
scientist like I might believe them.
Like many other conference speakers and attendees, Secretary - General Ban cited the recent droughts, floods, and Tropical Storm Sandy as proof of the dire consequences of man - made global warming, even though many studies and
scientists (including
scientists who usually fall into the climate
alarmist category) have stated that there is no evidence to support claims that «extreme weather» has been increasing in frequency and / or magnitude in recent years, or that extreme events (hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, etc.) have anything to do with increased CO2 levels.
Whatever their reasons, many if not most leading
alarmist scientists,
like Jones, preferred the approach made notorious by the late Stephen Schneider to get public support: «We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have.»
It is they who will have to shoulder a multi-trillion dollar burden of changing from a fossil - fueled civilization that Suzuki and his
like - minded
alarmist -
scientist flock proposes and demands.
Every time a food fight
like this erupts, it is the behavior of the
alarmist scientists and their defenders on blogs which does the most damage to their cause.
No one
likes to feel railroaded by the «Trust me, I'm a
scientist» approach, which is why the
alarmists come across so badly and unbelievably to anyone who dares to question their «science».
Like so many
alarmists, any climate
scientist who has suggested CO2 warming has been detrimental to wildlife becomes «Precious» to Miesler.
It's understandable to take that position when
alarmists are telling you things
like don't have more kids and extreme things
like that, but at the same time just because
scientists were wrong about global freezing in the 70s doesn't mean the current climate change issue isn't worth giving serious thought.
However, railing against
scientists as «
alarmists» or religious fanatics merely for pointing out the consequences of their research hardly seems
like the attitude of an open mind.
The IPCC makes any
scientists who warns of more extreme risks look
like a mad
alarmist, and also provides false reassurance to most climate
scientists that there work is being listened to by working through the IPCC channel.
At least, this is what
alarmist climate
scientists like Hansen want the public to believe.
But the nature of the debate has been the skeptical side publicizing good summaries of known science
like Eschenbach's recent piece here on coral reefs that show the emperor has no clothes, and the only coherent response we get from
alarmists is that «Kajillions of
scientists disagree so you must be wrong».
That something
like 90 % of academic
scientists are liberals, hence
alarmists, explains a lot here.
Like I see, if there's * anyone * who gets irked with (real)
alarmists, it's real
scientists and responsible environmentalists, for exactly the reasons you note.