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We are told repeatedly by the mainstream media, Presidebnt Obama, forner Vice-President Gore, and other lberal politicans like former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the science on climate change has definitely been decided. We have been told that the reputable scientists agree with the alarmist prediction of an impending global disaster. This is, however, simply not true. There are many important, respected scientists who question many aspects of the science behind the climate alarmists. In America alone 31,000 scientists signed a public statement rejecting the warming hypothesis--the Oregon Petition. Respected scientists argue that the alarmists forecasts are derived from faulty scientific procedures. The Wharton School published a peer review paper finding that the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) forecasting procedures violated 72 of 89 relevant principles. [Armstrong] Even worse, there are incidents of the climate alarmists seeking to silence those that discent from the trendy alarmist view. Nothing of course could be further from the principles of science. Some scientists campare the climate change alarminsts to the infamous Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (Трофи́м Дени́сович Лысе́нко) who set back Soviet science, especially biology, a generation. It is instructive to see how the climate alarmits treat the data. Some are alarmed that the data, especially recent data, does not support the alarmist view. Real scientists do not cheer for the data to meet popular assumtions, instead they follow the data whereever it might lead. And even worse, some scientists have even falsified data so that it supports alarmist models.

Claims of Settled Science

We are told repeatedly by the mainstream media, Presidebnt Obama, forner Vice-President Gore, and other lberal politicans like former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the science on climate change has definitely been decided. We have been told that the reputable scientists agree with the alarmist prediction of an impending global disaster. This is, however, simply not true. A destinguished groupn of scientists and tecnicians write, " ... the oft-repeated claim that nearly all scientists demand that something dramatic be done to stop global warming is not true. In fact a large an growing number of distinguished scientists and engineers do not agree that drastic actions are needed." [Allegre et. al.] Ivar Giaever, a Nobel Prize winning physicist, supported President Obama in 2008. He resigned from the American Physical Socity (APS), writing "I did not renew [my membership] because I cannot live with the [APS policy] statement: 'The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring. If no mitigating actions are taken, significant disruotiins in the Earth;s physical and cological systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur, We must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now.' In the APS it is OK to discuss whether th mass of the proton changes over time and how a multi-universe behaves, but the evidence of global warming is incontrovertible?" [Giaever] The group of destinguished scientists abd technicuans write, ""In spite of a multidcade internatiinal campaign to enforce the message that increasing amounts of the 'pollutant' carbon dioxide will destoy civilization, large numbrs of scientists, many very prominent, share the opinions of Dr. Giaever. And the number of scientific 'heretics' is growing with each pssing year. The reason is a collection of tubborn scientific facts." [Allegre et. al.]

Climate Change Dissenters

There are many important, respected scientists who question many aspects of the sciebce behind the climatic alarmists. In America alone 31,000 scientists signed a public statemebnt rejecting the warming hypothesis--the Oregon Petition.

Faulty Science

Respected scientists argue that the alarmists forecasts are derived from faulty scientific procedures. The Wharton School published a peer review paper finding that the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) forecasting procedures violated 72 of 89 relevant principles. [Armstrong]

Supressing Dissent

Even worse, there are incidents of the climate alarmists seeking to silence those that discent from the trendy alarmist view. Nothing of course could be further from the principles of science. Some scientists campare the climate change alarminsts to the infamous Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (Трофи́м Дени́сович Лысе́нко) who set back Soviet science, especially biology, a generation.

Inconvenient Data

One of the increasing problems faciung the climate alarmists is that the data compiled in recentv years does not support the alarmist projectuions of their models. The group of destinguished scientists and techniciuans writes, "Perhaps the most inconvient fact is the lack of global warming well over 10 years now." [Allegre et. al.] The warming that the climate change alarmists is only missing if one believes computer models where so-called feedbacks involving water vapor and clouds greatly amplify the small effect of CO₂." "The lack of warming for more than a decade--indeed the smaller-than-predicted warming over the 22 years since the U.N.'s Intrgovernmebtal Panel on on Climate Change (IPCC) began issuing projectiins-suggests that computer models have greatky exagerated how much warming additiinal CO₂ can cause. Faced withbthis embarassment, those promoting alarmhave shifted their drumbeat from warming to weather extremes, to enable anything unusual that happens in our chaotic climate to be ascribed to CO₂." [Allegre et. al.]

Data Treatment

It is instructive to see how the climate alarmits treat the data. Some are alarmed that the data, especially recent data, does not support the alarmist view. The fact that the data being collected does not support the alarmist models is well known to the warming establishment. An rather than questioning theie models, many od the alarmist instead express increudulity and alarm about the consequences to the climate change establishment. An example is the 2009 'Climategate' email of climate scientist Kevin Trenberth: 'The fact is that we can't account for the lack of warming at the momennt and it is a travesty that we can't.' Real scientists do not cheer for the data to meet popular assumtions. This is instead how political campaigners think or in past years religious zealots. Real scientists instead follow the data where ever it might lead.

Data Falsification

And even worse, some scientists have even falsified data so that it supports alarmist models.

Sources

Allegre, Claude. former director of the Institute for the Study of the Earth, University of Paris, J. Scott Armstrong, cofoundr of the Journal of Forecasting and the International Journal of Forecasting, Jan Breslow , head of Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism, Rockfeller University, Roger Cohen, fellow, American Physical Society, Edward David, member, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences, William Harper, professor of physics, Princeton, Michael Kelly, professor of Technology, University of Cambridge, U.K., William Kininmouth, former head of climate research at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Richard Lindzen, professor of atmospheric sciences, MIT, James McGrath, prefessor of chemistry, Virginia Technical University, Rodney Nichols, former president and CO of the New York Academy of Scienes, Burt Rutan, aerospace engineer, designer of Voyager and SpaceShipOne, Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 astronaut and former U.S. senator, Nir Shaviv, professor of astrophysics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Henk Tennekes, former director, Royal Dutch Meteorlogical Service, and Antonio Zichichi, president, the World Federation Scientists, Geneva. "No need to panic about global warming," The Wall Street Journal (January 27, 2012), p. A15. Note not only the eminent credentials of these scientists and tecnicians, but the many different countries from which they come.

Armstrong, J, Scott. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, "Let's deal in science and facts," Wall Street Journal (November 19, 2010), p. A18.

Giaver, Ivar. Letter to the American Physical Socity, September 2011.

Trenberth, Kevin. Climatategate Email (2009).

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Last updated: 6:27 PM 2/9/2012