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is to dance the dance of the saddles,‖ Schaffer explained. ―The recent lack of warming in
the face of continued increases in CO2 suggests (a) that the effects of greenhouse gas
forcing have been over-stated; (b) that the import of natural variability has been
underestimated and (c) that concomitant rises of atmospheric CO2 and temperature in
previous decades may be coincidental rather than causal,‖ he added. ―I fear that things
could easily go the other way: that the climate could cool, perhaps significantly; that the
consequences of a new Little Ice Age or worse would be catastrophic and that said
consequences will be exacerbated if we meanwhile adopt warmist prescriptions. This
possibility, plus the law of unintended consequences, leads me to view proposed global
engineering ‗solutions‘ as madness. ‗First do no harm‘ should be the watchword of those
who propose policy; the fate of Icarus, the example uppermost in their minds,‖ he
continued. ―I believe that the enthusiasm of many of my colleagues for the ‗consensus‘
view of climate change is partly motivated by considerations outside of science. If I am
correct, the truth of the matter will inevitably become widely known and the consequences
to science, severe. Think Lysenko and the demise of Soviet genetics,‖ he concluded.
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Engineer and Physicist J.K. “Jim” August, formerly of the U.S. Navy nuclear power
program, and former chair of professional standard committees in both the American
Nuclear Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, dissented from
climate fears in 2008. ―Gore‘s An Inconvenient Truth is not scientifically based,‖ August
wrote in a December 15, 2008 analysis titled ―An Inconvenient Truth, or a Calculating
Deception.‖ ―The book denies the legitimacy of science for review. The irony is, of course,
the treatise that Mr. Gore uses to make his points, which could only have any value based
on some scientific certainty basis, is not based on science nor the scientific method -- nor
can scientists even use science to review it, or follow its logic,‖ August explained. ―Gore
argues we‘re morally obliged to support his conclusions, precluding objective review with
the same scientific methods that he claims to have supported his work. Presenting
consequences as facts, he categorically rejects their testing with the same scientific
method. Should we be surprised, then when Mr. Gore says that anyone who doubts this
must be morally corrupt?‖ August added. ―Fighting religion with reason, we scientists
sadly can‘t contest. Mr. Gore even shared a Nobel Prize with the IPCC. So, isn't it ironic?
The only truth that's inconvenient here is that Mr. Gore‘s successfully sold his message as
if it were science!‖ he added. (LINK)
Biologist and Neuropharmacologist Dr. Doug Pettibone, who has authored 120
scientific publications and holds ten patents and is a past member of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, dissented in 2008. ―There is currently no
satisfactory answer to the central question: ‗What is the actual proof that humans are
causing catastrophic global warming?‘ All of the climate computer models in the world do
not provide the proof,‖ Pettibone wrote to EPW on December 11, 2008. ―It boils down to a
matter of faith that the 30-year positive correlation between man-made CO2 and global
temperature provides the proof. But correlations are not proof of cause-andeffect.
Blaming global warming on human activity is terribly premature and any legislation
designed to curtail CO2 will likely be misguided, costly and ineffective based on the
available evidence. Since there has not been any significant increase in global temperatures
in the last decade, it is not even clear where temperatures are going to go from here,‖
Pettibone explained. (LINK)
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