Crt205 Mapping an Arguement
Keisha Akins
CRT/205
May 12th, 2013
Timothy Boyd
Global Warming Is a Myth The author, “Contoski, asserts that global warming is scientifically unproven and that the facts reveal that the earth periodically experiences changing climates” (Global Warming Is a Myth). Contoski “denies that carbon dioxide emissions have any noticeable impact on global temperatures claims that human-made emissions are insignificant when compared to carbon output of natural sources that have always been beyond human control.” (Global Warming is a Myth) In one premises, Contoski argued that there is no connection between carbon dioxide and global warming, and it is the weakest of greenhouse. Contoski conclusion is that “the public has been led to believe that increased carbon dioxide from human activities is causing a greenhouse effect that is heating the planet, but carbon dioxide comprises only 0.035% of our atmosphere and is a very weak greenhouse gas” (Global Warming is a Myth). Another premise is that warning global temperatures is a benefit. Contoski concludes that our bodies require heat and that people are warm-blooded and have no fur. We build homes and heat them with fire to protect us from the cold. Also, far more people die every year from cold than from heat. So why should global warming be bad for us? (Global Warming is a Myth). The final premise is that there might be a hidden political agenda behind global warming alarmism. Contoski concludes by stating the following:
“Do you ever wonder how communism could last for 70 years in Russia? Surely there was plenty of evidence, for decades, that the system was failing: food shortages, declining life expectancy, increased infant mortality, low standards of living, primitive hospitals, and sanitation facilities lagging far behind those in Western Europe and America—not to mention pollution far worse than in the West. But to diehard communists, the facts did not matter. All the observable negatives of
CRT/205
May 12th, 2013
Timothy Boyd
Global Warming Is a Myth The author, “Contoski, asserts that global warming is scientifically unproven and that the facts reveal that the earth periodically experiences changing climates” (Global Warming Is a Myth). Contoski “denies that carbon dioxide emissions have any noticeable impact on global temperatures claims that human-made emissions are insignificant when compared to carbon output of natural sources that have always been beyond human control.” (Global Warming is a Myth) In one premises, Contoski argued that there is no connection between carbon dioxide and global warming, and it is the weakest of greenhouse. Contoski conclusion is that “the public has been led to believe that increased carbon dioxide from human activities is causing a greenhouse effect that is heating the planet, but carbon dioxide comprises only 0.035% of our atmosphere and is a very weak greenhouse gas” (Global Warming is a Myth). Another premise is that warning global temperatures is a benefit. Contoski concludes that our bodies require heat and that people are warm-blooded and have no fur. We build homes and heat them with fire to protect us from the cold. Also, far more people die every year from cold than from heat. So why should global warming be bad for us? (Global Warming is a Myth). The final premise is that there might be a hidden political agenda behind global warming alarmism. Contoski concludes by stating the following:
“Do you ever wonder how communism could last for 70 years in Russia? Surely there was plenty of evidence, for decades, that the system was failing: food shortages, declining life expectancy, increased infant mortality, low standards of living, primitive hospitals, and sanitation facilities lagging far behind those in Western Europe and America—not to mention pollution far worse than in the West. But to diehard communists, the facts did not matter. All the observable negatives of