Professors Andrew Dessler from Texas A&M and Richard Lindzen from MIT debate the scientific evidence of anthropogenic global warming, while University of Virginia Law School professors Jonathan Cannon and Jason Johnston discuss the policy implications
This is a 1:54 recording, Richard takes the chair at 31 minuets, who came out best?
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At the 24-minute mark he talks about tobacco. Too bad some student in the audience didn't get up and tell him to stay on topic.
Earlier he claims deep ocean temperatures are going up, when there's that whole thing about ARGO, Josh Willis and the corrections "his team" made to make sure temperature went up when the initial results said it didn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_%28oceanography%29
Professor Lindzen at the 39-minute mark says there's not bias for sea level rise. Well, there is. Analysis of the 1200 or so tide gages shows a rate increase since 1990. It's up to about 2.5 mm/yr from around 1 mm/yr or so. It's just that Colorado University claims it's 3.2 mm/yr.
Lindzen says at the 49-minute mark: A lot of data has been analyzed with the goal of supporting rather than testing the theory. No kidding.
AT mark 1:27 Jonathan Cannon talks about risks consequences outlined by the science part of the debate when there wasn't any.