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Meteorologist Scott Sumner of North Carolina dissented from climate fears in 2009.
―An increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) is not going to change the fact that EVERYTHING
in weather and climate is cyclical. Nature is always trying to balance ‗herself‘ with the
current trend having been for less cold and snow during winter seasons and hotter and drier
summers, but snow lovers do not fret,‖ Sumner wrote in the DC Weather Examiner on
February 15, 2009. ―We need to look to the stars, well actually just one star, the Sun, in
order to delve deeper into its possible correlation with global warming. The interest in the
sun is in its sunspots and their on-average 11 year cycle. According to detailed observations
that have dated back to the late 19th century by the Royal Greenwich Observatory, records
of sunspot activity have carefully been examined with regards to the size, position and
number of sunspots. The findings over time can be summed up simply this way, the
cyclical changes that the sun undergoes appear to correlate well with temperatures on
earth,‖ Sumner explained. ―The current cycle appears to be the longest in at least a century
and may project to quieter subsequent cycle and cooling temperatures ahead. Just
something to think about when you hear talk about how our winters are barren of snow and
cold and how hotter our summers have been,‖ he concluded. (LINK) (LINK)
Physicist Gary M. Hoover, a consultant with research and operational experience in
atmospheric energy absorption, nuclear reactor operations and exploration
geophysics, dissented in 2009. ―Temperature proxy measurements going back hundreds of
thousands of years through many ice ages and warm periods indicate atmospheric carbon
dioxide concentration to be a result of temperature change and not a cause,‖ Hoover wrote
on wrote on February 13, 2009, in Tulsa World. ―Alarmist climate predictions receive
enthusiastic coverage from the media and Hollywood since the sensationalism catches the
eye of viewers. Thousands of researchers depend upon the government's belief in warming
to continue nearly $6 billion a year in climate change science and technology programs,‖
Hoover explained. ―In the name of scientific integrity and the effective use of our resources
we should demand examination of the scientific bases and motives of climate change
alarms and make sure that our support for energy programs is in the best interests of
ourselves, our descendents and the world in general. A mixture of pseudoscience, emotion
and politics is very dangerous,‖ he added. (LINK)
Chemist Dr. Nicholas Drapela of the faculty of Oregon State University Chemistry
Department expressed his outrage at NASA warming scientist James Hansen and referred
to him as ―an apocalyptic prophet.‖ ―My dear colleague Professor Hansen, I believe, has
finally gone off the deep end. When you have dedicated the bulk of your career to a cause,
and it turns out the cause has been proven false, most people cannot bring themselves to
admit the truth,‖ Drapela wrote on June 24, 2008. Drapela wrote that Hansen‘s recent
claims ―contain neither reason nor truth when compared to the volumes of daily literature
being published in scientific journals today on climate change. It is not difficult to refute
the words of Professor Hansen. On the contrary, one feels it is almost unfair.‖ ―The global
warming ‗time bomb,‘ the ‗present, dangerous situation,‘ ‗the perfect storm,‘ ‗global
cataclysm,‘ ‗disastrous climate changes that spiral dynamically out of humanity's control.‘
These are the words of an apocalyptic prophet, not a rational scientist,‖ Drapela added.
Drapela also chided the UN. ―The International Panel on Climate Change is a body of the
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