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

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
Warming: Beyond the Hype, Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reason.‖ The article
continued: ―Ong said GHGs spawned by humans contribute merely 33 percent to global
warming compared to the 67 percent traced to natural causes, which include changes in
solar radiation, volcanic eruptions and the shifting of the Earth‘s tilt and orbit.‖ (LINK)
Meteorologist Mike Fairbourne of Minnesota‟s WCCO-TV, a veteran 40 year
weather expert, said man-made global warming was based on ―squishy science‖ in 2008.
According to Fairbourne, though "there has been some warming of global temperatures in
recent years ... there is still a pretty big question mark" about how much is to due mankind.
"Do we need to be wise stewards [of the Earth]? Absolutely. Do we have to pin everything
that happens on global warming? No, we need to have cooler heads,‖ Fairbourne said
according to a May 20, 2008 article in the Star Tribune. The article continued: ―Fairbourne
said he has talked ‗to a number of meteorologists, who have similar opinions,‘ adding that
he is concerned about ‗the extremism that is attached to the global warming.‘ He noted that
in the 1970s ‗we were screaming about global cooling. It makes me nervous when we pin a
few warm years on squishy science.‘ As for the melting polar ice caps, Fairbourne said
there are ‗other things going on -- ocean currents, changes in salinity -- other things not
related to carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere.‘ Asked why there has been so much
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