Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global ...

those of our grandchildren. It is not even clear that sea-levels have risen at all. As so often
in this domain, there is conflicting evidence. The melting of polar or sea ice has no direct
effect. How reliable are the computer models on which possible future climates are based?
Not very. All will agree that the task of modeling climate is vast, because of the estimates
that have to be made and the rubbery quality of much of the data,‖ Aitkin explained. ―Why
is there such insistence that AGW has occurred and needs drastic solutions? This is a
puzzle, but my short answer is that the IPCC has been built on the AGW proposition and of
course keeps plugging it, whatever the data say. The IPCC has considerable clout. Most
people shy off inspecting the evidence because it looks like science and must therefore be
hard. The media have been captured by AGW (it makes for great stories), the
environmental movement and the Greens love it, and business is reluctant to get involved,‖
Aitkin added. (LINK) & (LINK)
Chief Meteorologist Topper Shutt of DC‟s Channel 9, and formerly of CNN, holds the
American Meteorological Societies Seal of Approval. Shutt expressed skepticism of a
man-made crisis. ―CO2 is just one variable in a most complex global climate. I have stated
for years that some of the effects of global warming might even be beneficial. We might
see crops grown farther north and in areas of the world that previously could cultivate
nothing,‖ Shutt wrote on April 8, 2008. ―Global warming is such a politically charged issue
that we are losing our perspective on the issue and more importantly losing an open forum
from which to discuss the issue. If we lose the right or comfort level to openly discuss and
debate this issue we will not be able to tackle it efficiently and economically,‖ Shutt wrote.
―Should we instead put that money into schools, infrastructure and R & D? I am not trying
to diminish global warming but I am, like [author of Skeptical Environmentalist] Bjorn
Lomborg, attempting look at it from a different perspective. Some of the effects of global
warming have been greatly exaggerated (when the ice cubes in your drink melt does you
glass overflow?) and our money may be better spent exploring other avenues in addition to
CO2 reduction,‖ Shutt added. Shutt also wrote on April 4, 2008, ―I try and remind our
viewers that climate is always in a state of flux and yes, the world has warmed over the last
25 years but claiming that Katrina is a product of global warming is absurd. We have had
much stronger hurricanes hit the United States in the past, the Labor Day or Keys hurricane
of 1935 and Camille in 1969 to name just two. There is much more development now on
our shores.‖ (LINK) & (LINK)
Dr. Frederick Seitz, renowned physicist and former president of the National
Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, and president emeritus of
Rockefeller University, declared his man-made global warming skepticism once again in
2008, shortly before his death. Seitz wrote the foreword in February 2008 to a report titled
―Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate‖ by a team of international skeptical
scientists released in March 2008. The IPCC ―is pre-programmed to produce reports to
support the hypotheses of anthropogenic warming and the control of greenhouse gases, as
envisioned in the Global Climate Treaty.‖ Seitz wrote that the 1990 IPCC Summary
―completely ignored satellite data, since they showed no warming. The 1995 IPCC report
was notorious for the significant alterations made to the text after it was approved by the
scientists — in order to convey the impression of a human influence. The 2001 IPCC report
claimed the twentieth century showed ‗unusual warming‘ based on the now-discredited
hockey stick graph. The latest IPCC report, published in 2007, completely devaluates the
climate contributions from changes in solar activities, which are likely to dominate any
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