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on April 11, 2008. Smit credited Gore with ultimately turning him into a skeptic. Gore
―prompted me to start delving into the science again and I quickly found myself solidly in
the skeptic camp,‖ Smit wrote. In addition, Smit also critiqued the climate models that
predict future catastrophe. ―I am troubled by the practices I had seen at work in GCM
(global climate models), the whole field seemed highly suspicious to me.‖ ―During my full
year working at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, I became suspicious about the way modeling science is done. Odd
arbitrary parameterizations seemed the rule rather than the exception,‖ Smit explained. The
―practice of simplifying models so that accurate measurements can be used to calibrate
them, seemed to be abandoned by GCM groups in favor of a childish delight in presenting
colorful computer printouts of when and where which temperature changes will occur.
Climate models can at best be useful for explaining climate changes after the fact,‖ Smit
wrote. ―The vast amount of new research since my graduation points to clear cut solarclimate
coupling and to a very strong natural variability of climate on all historical time
scales. Currently I hardly believe anymore that there is any relevant relationship between
human CO2-emissions and climate change,‖ he added. (LINK) & (LINK) & (LINK)
Meteorologist Brad Sussman, a member of the American Meteorological Society
(AMS) and Seal holder and past officer of the National Weather Association (NWA),
is currently with WJW-TV in Cleveland, Ohio. Sussman, a meteorologist for over 21
years, proudly calls himself a ―denouncer of the very-flawed man-made global warming
theory.‖ Sussman wrote to EPW on December 29, 2007 and explained that he ―debunks
[global warming] theory by using logic and humor.‖ According to Sussman, ―global
warming has been happening on and off for millions of years. Millions of years when
mankind wasn't driving around in SUVs and using coal for electric power!‖ ―Believing that
mankind is unequivocally responsible for global warming is the ultimate arrogance. Sorry
to be humble, but we‘re not that special. When global warmers talk, listen to their words.
The new catch phrase is: ‗The debate is over.‘ The only people who say ‗The debate is
over‘ are people who are afraid to debate,‖ Sussman wrote. ―‘The debate is over?‘ If we
used that line of thinking, man would have never gone to the moon, the Wright Brothers
would have never flown, and we‘d still think the Sun rotated around the Earth,‖ he
concluded. (LINK)
Professor of Nuclear Chemistry Dr. Oliver K. Manuel of the University of Missouri-
Rolla, has authored more than 100 scientific papers and published research in peerreviewed
literature, rejected rising CO2 fears in 2008. Manuel wrote to CCNET in
February 2008 that there is an ―irrational basis of the current scare over global warming.‖
Manuel had previously rejected global warming predictions. ―Compared to solar magnetic
fields, however, the carbon dioxide production has as much influence on climate as a flea
has on the weight of an elephant,‖ he wrote to CCNET. Manuel co-authored a December
2007 paper slated for publication in Supernova Research. (LINK) (LINK)
Hydrologist and geologist Mike McConnell of the U.S. Forest Service is a professional
Earth scientist who has studied atmospheric pollution, post-wildfire mitigation
planning, and groundwater surface water modeling. In 2007, McConnell dissented
from the view that mankind has created a climate crisis. ―Climate change is a climate
system that we have no real control over,‖ McConnell wrote on December 27, 2007. ―Our
understanding on the complexities of our climate system, the Earth itself and even the sun
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