The importance of the BBC article pales in comparison to recent posts concerning the foundation data for the global warming hypothesis. The data from East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit’s (CRU) appear lost. As a result none of the conclusions from the CRU has been or can be independently verified. The EPA, the UN, Kyoto, etc. have based their cries for a curb on green house gases on these data from the CRU. As a scientist I view this situation with the greatest of alarm for multiple reason: 1) It is an essential tenet of scientific research is that independent scientists must be able to verify the scientific process from raw data, to analysis to conclusion; 2) Without independent verification of the process mistakes can be made and have been made many times; 3) Without independent verification of the raw data, fraud can and has occurred many times; 4) Many have suggested unprecedented changes in human behavior on the basis of this data, which cannot be verified.

Unfortunately, many innocents are seduced by this scientific, political and philosophical fraud to demand drastic reductions in green house gases. They do not understand that the consequences could be another Dark Age and an end to freedom, as we know it. Somewhat more difficult to identify are the villains who see this end as a means to their false utopia by any means necessary, including scientific fraud. I can only urge rational people to intervene in the strongest way to prevent what may be the greatest fraud perpetrated on the entire world.