"Global warming" is real. The alternate term "climate change" was actually popularized by the global warming skeptics. Because climate is always changing, they believe the term "climate change" is less threatening than the term "global warming." Paul D. Perry uses the existence of both terms as evidence for inconsistency on the part of scientists, when in fact it is the global warming skeptics who are guilty of sowing seeds of confusion.
Mr Perry himself is either devious or ignorant. His article is so full of twisted truths, outright falsehoods, faulty logic and non sequiters that a full rebuttal would take pages. He offers nothing new. Not surprisingly, then, explanations for his supposed evidence against global warming have appeared elsewhere, over and over again, ad nauseum. They aren't hard to find. For your convenience, here is just one Web site that explains all the objections global warming skeptics trot out again and again in an attempt to confuse the public. It's Gristmill, a site of environmental news and commentary. The page of links is titled "How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic". I don't expect Mr Perry himself to read it, but anyone interested in the facts would find browsing the site well worth the time.
P.S. Dallas Blog is three days into a site redesign that removed the ability of readers to comment on articles. Perhaps its publishers decided they were tired of having their right wing "news" and opinions refuted so quickly in comments on its own pages by alert readers. Or perhaps not. Dallas Blog won't talk openly about its censorship practices, so we'll probably never know the truth. :-(
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