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

what they are saying. Many of the assumptions going into [the models] are simply not
right," Auer said in May 2007 in a New Zealand radio interview shortly before his death in
June 10, 2007. (LINK) Auer also declared man-made climate fears unfounded. "We're all
going to survive this," Auer said in a May 19, 2007 article in the Timaru Herald. "If we
didn't have the greenhouse effect the planet would be at minus 18 deg C but because we do
have the greenhouse effect it is plus 15 deg C, all the time," he explained. "We couldn't do
it (change the climate) even if we wanted to because water vapour dominates," he
concluded. (LINK) [In Memoriam: Auer died on June 10, 2007]
Geologist Dr. Norman J. Page a retired independent geological consultant, rejected
climate fears. "It is clear that periodic changes in the suns activity, its size, irradiance and
magnetism strongly affect climate and are likely the main driver of climate change," Page
explained in to EPW on May 25, 2007. "The words ‗United States' are almost invariably
followed by ‗the world's biggest polluter.' This is not so. The U.S. emits a large amount of
CO2 but land use patterns in the United States also absorb large amounts of CO2. The
important figure for any country or region is not the total emitted but the net amount after
absorption is subtracted from emissions. The data are not robust, but a paper published in
Science magazine in 1998 concludes that on balance North America takes up more CO2
than it emits to the tune of about 100 million tons per year while Eurasia actually puts into
the atmosphere on balance about 3.5 billion tons CO2. The United States cleans up its own
mess while Europe is a massive net polluter," Page wrote. "Compared to most of earth's
history the earth is now impoverished in CO2. At various times in the last 550 million years
CO2 levels have often been four or five times current levels and for some eras 10 to 15
times greater than today. Water vapor is by far the most abundant greenhouse gas while
CO2 comprises less than 3% of earth's greenhouse gases," Page explained.
Fifteen scientists in the Netherlands signed an open letter declaring "Man is not
responsible for global warming" in 2007. "The warming is mainly natural causes," read
the January 11, 2007 open letter signed by the 15 scientists in De Volkskrant, Holland.
"Some cite the fact that the climate is currently warming and that the level of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing. True - but correlation is never proof of causation.
Besides, the climate cooled for much of the 20th century, from 1940 to 1975 -- even while
CO2 was increasing rapidly," the 15 scientists explained. "There are nearly two dozen large
models -- each giving a different result, depending on the assumptions fed into the
computer," the letter continued. "In any case, model results are never evidence; only actual
observations and data count," they added. "The current warming may well be part of
the natural 1500-year cycle that has been measured in ice cores, ocean sediments,
stalagmites, etc., going back nearly a million years," the scientists concluded. The scientists
who signed the open letter included: Peter Bloemers, professor of biochemistry,
University of Nijmegen: Adriaan Broere, an engineer and geophysicist, worked in satellite
technology; Bas van Geel, paleo-ecology professor, University of Amsterdam; Hub
Jongen, electrical engineer; Rob Kouffeld, professor of energy, TU Delft; Rob Meleon,
professor of molecular recognition, Utrecht University; Jan Mulderink, a chemical
engineer, former research director AKZO Arnhem, former chairman for the Foundation of
Sustainable Chemical Technology in Wageningen; Harry Priem, . professor of planetary
and isotope geology, former director ZWO / NWO Institute for Isotope - Geophysical
Research, a former chairman Royal Dutch Geological organization; Henk Schalke, former
chairman of the management team IUGS-UNESCO; Olaf Schuiling, Geochemistry
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