Here is one song from this Singer guy:
"Well, there's no question in my mind that humanity is able to affect climate on a local scale. We all know that cities are warmer than the suburbs or surrounding countryside. So there's clear indication that human beings, in producing energy, in just living, generate heat. We're not going to go back to living without energy.
Whether or not human beings can produce a global climate change is an important question. This question is not at all settled. It can only be settled by actual measurements, data. And the data are ambiguous. For example, the data show that the climate warmed between 1900 and 1940, long before humanity used much energy. But then the climate cooled between 1940 and 1975. Then it warmed again for a very short period of time, for about five years. But since 1979, our best measurements show that the climate has been cooling just slightly. Certainly, it has not been warming. "
"The surface record continues to go up. But you have to be very careful with the surface record. It is taken with thermometers that are mostly located in or near cities. And as cities expand, they get warmer. And therefore they affect the readings. And it's very difficult to eliminate this--what's called the urban heat island effect. So I personally prefer to trust in weather satellites. "
1. He does say yes to local scale warming from human origin.
2. He sais surface records are not reliable enough. (which are the only records for pre-sattelite times he just mentioned)
3. Then he moves to weather sats as a reliable sort, - not mentioning that they are registering warming.
4. He clames climate cooling since 1979....which is boulderdash. Seems like 2005 is now the king on the hill
5. He gets through the whole interview without naming ocean temps or Glacial melting.
Doesn't hold much water to me, sorry.
Linkie:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/debate/singer.html