We had a sell-out debate on global warming at The Spectator on Tuesday and, as I found
out this morning, the debate is still going on. The teams were led by Nigel Lawson and Sir David King, and I was in the audience. I tweeted my praise of Simon Singh’s argument as he made it: it was a brilliant variation on the theme of “don’t think
– trust the experts”. He seems to have discovered the tweet this morning, and responded with a volley of five
questions for me. Then David Aaronovitch weighed in, followed by Simon Mayo. At 8.35am!
I had the choice between replying, or carrying on with my gourmet porridge. I chose the latter, and promised to blog my response later on to Simon Mayo and the Breakfast Crew. So here goes. Simon Singh tweeted me five questions:
1. Do you agree that increases in CO2 and other greenhouse gases lead to an increase in the global temperature?
2.
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