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

Sun still appears to be the main forcing agent in global climate change.‖ The report was
authored with Physicist Henrik Svensmark and Eigil Friis-Christensen. (LINK)
Air resources engineer Tom Scheffelin, who estimates on-road vehicle emissions for
the California Air Resources Board, declared himself a climate skeptic in 2007. "Does
carbon dioxide affect the climate? Carbon dioxide levels track temperature changes
between 300 to 1,000 years after the temperature has changed. Carbon dioxide has no
direct role in global warming; rather, it responds to biological activity, which responds to
climate changes," Scheffelin wrote in a November 5, 2007 article titled "Global Warming
Causes Carbon Dioxide." Scheffelin critiqued what he termed "the quasi-religious fervor
surrounding global warming." He explained, "Cyclic global warming is normal and must
occur no matter what anyone does or does not do. The most frequent global climate cycle is
caused by the ocean's response to the orbits of the earth and moon." Scheffelin continued,
"Carbon dioxide levels track temperature changes between 300 to 1,000 years after the
temperature has changed. Carbon dioxide has no direct role in global warming; rather, it
responds to biological activity, which responds to climate changes." He concluded by
issuing a warning to the public about climate fears. "Beware future radical government
mandates designed to save the planet. What can one do? Elect legislators who do not fall
prey to the global warming hysteria. Walk or bicycle as often as possible; the world is a
better place when experienced on foot or by bicycle. Grow two ears of corn where before
only one ear grew (Gulliver's Travels). Stop worrying over global warming; worry causes
poor health. Study geology, it's fascinating. Enjoy life during this, the most productive, safe
and healthful era in the history of mankind," he concluded. (LINK)
Atmospheric scientist Dr. Chris Walcek is a professor at the University at Albany in
NY and a Senior Research Associate at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
who studies the relationship of pollutants within the atmosphere. Walcek is also a
skeptic of man-made global warming fears. "10,000 years ago we were sitting under 2,000
feet of ice right here. It looked like Antarctica right here. And then over a one to two
thousand year period, we went into today's climate and the cause of that change is not,
well, nobody has a definitive theory about why that happened," Walcek said according to a
November 6, 2007 article. (LINK) In a separate May 5, 2007 interview, Walcek expanded
on his climate skepticism and accused former Vice President Al Gore of having
"exaggerated" part of his film. "A lot of the imagery like hurricanes and tornados. And as
far as tornados go, there is no evidence at all that tornados are affected. And a recent
committee of scientists concluded that there isn't a strong correlation between climate
change and hurricane intensity. A lot of people are saying we're going to see more Katrina's
and there's just not much evidence of that. We have had strong hurricanes throughout the
last hundred years and we're probably going to have strong hurricanes once in a while,"
Walcek said. "We are over-due for an ice-age if you look at the geological records, we have
had a period of not having a thousand feet of ice sitting here in Albany" New York, he
added. (LINK) & (LINK)
Environmental expert Sergei Golubchikov, Vice President of Russia's National
Geocryological Foundation, expressed skepticism of man-made global warming in 2007.
"Humanity is focusing environmental efforts on the boogeyman of global warming,"
Golubchikov wrote in a November 8, 2007 article in RIA Novosti. "Environmental phobias
go hand in hand with technological civilization. Anxiety over climate change is carried too
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