U. S. Senate Minority Report: - Klimaforschung

discussion -- not have fixed mindset about global warming,” he said to applause from the
members. (LINK) (LINK) [Note: The International Geological Congress prominently
featured the voices and views of scientists skeptical of man-made global warming
fears. See Full report here: & See: Skeptical scientists overwhelm conference: '2/3 of
presenters and question-askers were hostile to, even dismissive of, the UN IPCC' ]
Analytical chemist and mathematician Sherwood Thoele rejected the “consensus” view
of man-made global warming in 2008. “I submit that there is no manmade global
cooling/warming, that there is no study or research data that makes a good argument to that
effect when carefully examined objectively and that the Earth has many different and wideranging
cycles that man cannot control, no matter how much he would like to,” Thoele
wrote on May 19, 2008 in Virginia's Roanoke Times. “As an analytical chemist, I analyze
all the parameters and data from studies: what prompted the study, who funded it, where it
was conducted, measuring equipment accuracy and the atmospheric conditions or physical
status of that area during the study,” Thoele wrote. “Because CO2 is slightly soluble in
water and will come back to the Earth with precipitation, nature corrects for any excess,
just as it does with other excess materials from volcanoes and forest fires. CO2 comes from
burning or oxidizing organic material and minerals that contain carbon. Major sources are
fermenting (rotting) vegetation like in swamps, compost piles, burning limestone to make
lime, gasoline or other petroleum products, volcanoes and forest fires. Nature recycles all
of what it considers excess very efficiently. CO2 absorbs some infrared radiation. Infrared
absorbers accept the radiation from any direction. Since infrared radiation is one of many
parts of visible light, the biggest source is the sun,” Thoele explained. “Some say excess
CO2 combined with the moisture in the atmosphere absorbs infrared radiation from the
Earth to create a greenhouse effect by not letting it pass through it. But how then does the
infrared radiation from the sun get through the CO2/moisture, and wouldn't it already have
absorbed as much infrared radiation as it could handle from the sun? There is a limit to the
amount of infrared radiation that moisture/CO2 can absorb. Warmth from sunlight means
infrared radiation is getting through. The infrared radiation absorbed by the Earth will keep
it warm for a while, but as clouds linger and the sun goes down, the warmth goes away
quickly. So if there were a greenhouse effect from heat being blocked from leaving the
Earth, then the temperature on cloudy days and at night shouldn't be so different than on a
sunny day. Some claim a 1 degree Fahrenheit increase in the average temperature over the
last 100 years, globally. Considering the many variables that cause temperature changes,
including the accuracy of the thermometers, the average global temperature has been
extremely stable in this short period of time relative to the age of the Earth,” he added.
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Award-winning ecologist and evolutionary biologist Dr. Perry Ong is the director of
the Institute of Biology at the University of the Philippines’ College of Science. Ong,
who was awarded the Outstanding Young Scientist award by the National Academy
of Science and Technology in 2000 and is a former representative of Conservation
International, cited former Vice President Al Gore’s errors and called man-made climate
fears “hyped up” in 2008. “Climate change has become a convenient excuse when there are
other [environmental] issues that need to be addressed,” Ong said, according to a May 18,
2008, article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. “If we disproportionately blame ourselves for
[climate change], our response will be different … we should look at the [bigger picture]
and address other issues,” Ong said during a lecture called “Anthropogenic Global
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