Ok, this is funny. A report by Low Carbon Kid talks about how global warming is a hoax and gives “evidence” by showing that it’s not due to man, but rather “saprotrophic eubacteria living in the sediments of the continental shelves fringing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.” Global warming deniers jumped all over this, including Rush Limbaugh, who headlined a show with it. The problem? It was a joke. An attempt made to see how gullible people were, and how desperate they are to cling to the idea that mankind is not responsible for global warming.
Low Carbon Kid says: “Its purpose was to expose the credulity and scientific illiteracy of many of the people who call themselves climate sceptics. While dismissive of the work of the great majority of climate scientists, they will believe almost anything if it lends support to their position. Their approach to climate science is the opposite of scepticism.”
A number of people ran with the story without even bothering to verify the source.
Read the whole story at DailyKos here.
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