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As he has done patiently for decades, here is Richard Lindzen deconstructing the climate alarmists' claims and exposing the fundamental dishonesty of the AGW alarmist/advocates' position.
Lindzen Tries Again to Calm the Furore over CO2
Posted on 01 May 17 by JOHN SHADE • Leave a comment
‘For over 30 years, I have been giving talks on the science of climate change. When, however, I speak to a non-expert audience, and attempt to explain such matters as climate sensitivity, the relation of global mean temperature anomaly to extreme weather, that warming has decreased profoundly for the past 18 years, etc., it is …
‘For over 30 years, I have been giving talks on the science of climate change. When, however, I speak to a non-expert audience, and attempt to explain such matters as climate sensitivity, the relation of global mean temperature anomaly to extreme weather, that warming has decreased profoundly for the past 18 years, etc., it is obvious that the audience’s eyes are glazing over. Although I have presented evidence as to why the issue is not a catastrophe and may likely be beneficial, the response is puzzlement. I am typically asked how this is possible. After all, 97% of scientists agree, several of the hottest years on record have occurred during the past 18 years, all sorts of extremes have become more common, polar bears are disappearing, as is arctic ice, etc. In brief, there is overwhelming evidence of warming, etc. I tended to be surprised that anyone could get away with such sophistry or even downright dishonesty, but it is, unfortunately, the case that this was not evident to many of my listeners. I will try in this brief article to explain why such claims are, in fact, evidence of the dishonesty of the alarmist position.’ . . .
He goes on to deal with the following topics which are often exploited by the panic brigade to win our attention: ‘the 97%’, ‘warmest years on record’, extreme weather , sea level rise, Arctic sea ice, polar bears, ocean acidification, coral reefs, and ‘global warming as the cause of everything’.
And of course, as any even slightly informed person in this area knows, none, not one, of these topics contains either evidence or prospect of anything remotely ‘alarming’ attributable to our CO2 emissions. Lindzen quietly and expertly exposes the core dishonesty of the alarmist position.
Here are his concluding remarks:
‘The accumulation of false and/or misleading claims is often referred to as the ‘overwhelming evidence’ for forthcoming catastrophe. Without these claims, one might legitimately ask whether there is any evidence at all. . . .
Read the whole presentation here:Thoughts on the Public Discourse over Climate Change | Merion West
Lindzen Tries Again to Calm the Furore over CO2
Posted on 01 May 17 by JOHN SHADE • Leave a comment
‘For over 30 years, I have been giving talks on the science of climate change. When, however, I speak to a non-expert audience, and attempt to explain such matters as climate sensitivity, the relation of global mean temperature anomaly to extreme weather, that warming has decreased profoundly for the past 18 years, etc., it is …
‘For over 30 years, I have been giving talks on the science of climate change. When, however, I speak to a non-expert audience, and attempt to explain such matters as climate sensitivity, the relation of global mean temperature anomaly to extreme weather, that warming has decreased profoundly for the past 18 years, etc., it is obvious that the audience’s eyes are glazing over. Although I have presented evidence as to why the issue is not a catastrophe and may likely be beneficial, the response is puzzlement. I am typically asked how this is possible. After all, 97% of scientists agree, several of the hottest years on record have occurred during the past 18 years, all sorts of extremes have become more common, polar bears are disappearing, as is arctic ice, etc. In brief, there is overwhelming evidence of warming, etc. I tended to be surprised that anyone could get away with such sophistry or even downright dishonesty, but it is, unfortunately, the case that this was not evident to many of my listeners. I will try in this brief article to explain why such claims are, in fact, evidence of the dishonesty of the alarmist position.’ . . .
He goes on to deal with the following topics which are often exploited by the panic brigade to win our attention: ‘the 97%’, ‘warmest years on record’, extreme weather , sea level rise, Arctic sea ice, polar bears, ocean acidification, coral reefs, and ‘global warming as the cause of everything’.
And of course, as any even slightly informed person in this area knows, none, not one, of these topics contains either evidence or prospect of anything remotely ‘alarming’ attributable to our CO2 emissions. Lindzen quietly and expertly exposes the core dishonesty of the alarmist position.
Here are his concluding remarks:
‘The accumulation of false and/or misleading claims is often referred to as the ‘overwhelming evidence’ for forthcoming catastrophe. Without these claims, one might legitimately ask whether there is any evidence at all. . . .
Read the whole presentation here:Thoughts on the Public Discourse over Climate Change | Merion West
