The Great Global Warming Swindle (2007)Channel 4; UK.
I thought that it is a given thing, that Man's existence is the reason for nature's degradation, that our carbon footprint is leaving irreparable damage to the ecosystem, that our reaping and raping of its resources for our selfish needs is going leave our descendants cursing at our lackadaisical attitudes, that our mere existence is going to increase the atmospheric carbon dioxide content and raise the global temperature. That was the prophecy that had been pushed down our throats all this while. Well, now a group of scientists say that this is not the whole truth.
That is the problem in the post-truth world where nothing is so clear cut anymore. For any argument, there is always another equally convincing counter-argument. The listeners are left baffled, confused and come to understand that the truth is a multilayered animal that is neither black nor white!
This polemic documentary film is emphatic that the threat of global warming is actually a well-synchronised hoax perpetrated by developed countries with their own self-serving agendas. For a start, world leaders wanted to keep the coal workers unions in check and avert petroleum usage when its price skyrocketed in the 70s. They brought up the idea that increased CO2 levels in our atmosphere may lead to a catastrophic rise in world temperatures. From then on, it became a mantra the world over, to exert domination of the West on the newly developing economies who just wanted to catch up with their past colonial masters.
The opponents of this global warming theory insist that Earth has been going through cyclical periods of warming and cooling over the centuries. It is now going through a 'heating up' period. It is not related to industrialisation as the world actually went through a cooling period between 1940 and 1975 even when the CO2 levels increased. The scientists reviewed old data over the centuries to posit that there is a lag of ten years between the rise of temperature and increased levels of CO2. Carbon dioxide levels increase due to global warming when the oceans release more of them rather than being the cause of warming!
Space probes that had been sent as far as Pluto had shown universal warming of all planets. This is probably due to increasing the sun's nuclear fission activity, as evidenced by visualising more sunspots on its surface. This explains the increase in Earth surface temperature. The correct measurement of global warming is measured in the troposphere via satellites or weather balloons. It shows a low rate of increase.
The film emphasises that CO2 emission by human activity is minuscule compared to the natural decomposition process (like falling of leaves, animal excrements) and volcanic activity.The vocal scientists in the documentary assert that the whole global warming fiasco is an organised plan by anti-capitalistic, neo-Marxist, anti-US, environmentalists and imperialists to use authentic-sounding authority like Interplanetary Climate Change (IPCC) to put forward their climate research to hoodwink the public, hiding their financial, ideological and political interests.
This film is proof that there are always two sides of the coin. The democratic way is to assess both sides of the arguments judiciously and to draw your own conclusion.
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