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climate changes. One thing we do know: It wasn't anything that humans did. And if we
really don't know the answers, isn't it possible that the same factors that caused those
climate changes could become active again?" he wrote. "More questions: If CO2 levels
have been increasing since the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, as many scientists
surmise, why have we seen some major changes in weather patterns over that time period
that don't fit the global warming theory? For example, why were the 1930s much warmer
than the 1960s? And why were some of our most severe winters in the late 1970s and early
1980s? Weren't CO2 levels rising during those times? Obviously, other factors besides man
have an impact on climate," he added. "If we conclude that from now on only human
activity can affect climate change, we are ignoring factors that we don't understand. Could
we be in for some unexpected surprises if we assume that the Earth's climate will only get
warmer in the coming decades?" he wrote. "Assuming that 25 years of warmer-thanaverage
weather constitutes a long-term, irreversible climate change ignores other periods
of anomalous weather that were only temporary. Assuming that human activity is the only
factor that will affect the Earth's climate, and that what is happening now will continue in
the future, leaves some big questions unanswered," he concluded. (LINK)
Legendary inventor Ray Kurzweil, described as "an inventor whose work in artificial
intelligence has dazzled technological sophisticates for four decades" according to May
2, 2007 CNN article, dismissed former Vice President Al Gore's climate views. "These
slides that Gore puts up are ludicrous, they don't account for anything like the technological
progress we're going to experience," Kurzweil said, according to the CNN article. The
article also noted Kurzweil "invented the flatbed scanner, the first true electric piano, and
large-vocabulary speech-recognition software; he's launched ten companies and sold five,
and has written five books; he has a BS in computer science from MIT and 13 honorary
doctorates." (LINK) In a June 19, 2006 interview with the Washington Post, Kurzweil
elaborated more on technology. "None of the global warming discussions mention the word
‗nanotechnology. Yet nanotechnology will eliminate the need for fossil fuels within 20
years. If we captured 1% of 1% of the sunlight (1 part in 10,000) we could meet 100% of
our energy needs without ANY fossil fuels. We can't do that today because the solar panels
are too heavy, expensive, and inefficient. But there are new nanoengineered designs that
are much more effective. Within five to six years, this technology will make a significant
contribution," he said. "I don't see any disasters occurring in the next 10 years from this.
However, I AM concerned about other environment issues. There are other reasons to want
to move quickly away from fossil fuels including environmental pollution at every step and
the geopolitical instability it causes," he concluded. (LINK)
Atmospheric scientist Dr. Augie Auer of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition,
former professor at the University of Wyoming and former MetService chief
meteorologist, dismissed climate fears: "People should not allow themselves to be
deluded by the computer-modeled speculation with which they are bombarded in the news
media these days. Measurements show mankind's contribution to the greenhouse effect
through carbon dioxide emissions has been somewhere between miniscule to
indiscernible," said Professor Auer in a April 5, 2007 article. "In any case, records tell us
that increases in the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have followed, not led,
natural cyclical increases in Earth's temperature," Prof. Auer added. (LINK) Auer took to
task doomsday computer predictions. "Most of these climate predictions or models, they
are about a half a step ahead of PlayStation 3 (video game). They're really not justified in
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