Global Skepticism

"I am a skeptic ... . Global warming has become a new religion." -- Ivar Giaever, Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, Ivar Giaever.

That is basically a nutshell statement from not one, but many dissenting and very credible scientists on the subject of man-made global warming. I look forward to hearing what the impact will be from these men and women after they addressed the U.N. conference on climate change in Poland last month. So far I haven't really seen any. I just finished watching a segment on the History Channel wherein one scientist said that there were only about twelve scientists out there who don't recognize that global warming is a real threat.

In answer to that; "It is a blatant lie put forth in the media that makes it seem there is only a fringe of scientists who don't buy into anthropogenic global warming." ----U.S. Government Atmospheric Scientist Stanley B. Goldenberg of the Hurricane Research Division of NOAA, (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

I read that a significant number of the scientists who attended the conference in Poland either are now, or were until recently members of the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I read that six-hundred-fifty scientists attended the conference as dissenters. That number dwarfs the number (fifty-two) who participated in the IPCC "consensus" report.

Here are some more quotes from some of the participants at the conference in Poland, who later addressed their concerns in a U.S. Senate Minority report.

------Warming fears are the "worst scientific scandal in the history ... . When people come to know what the truth is, they will feel deceived by science and scientists." -- Dr. Kiminori Itoh, Japan, U.N. IPCC, an award-winning Ph.D. environmental physical chemist.

----"The IPCC has actually become a closed circuit; it doesn't listen to others. It doesn't have open minds ... . I am really amazed that the Nobel Peace Prize has been given on scientifically incorrect conclusions by people who are not geologists." ----Dr. Arun D. Ahluwalia, Geologist, Punjab University--- also a board member of the U.N. backed International Year of the Planet.

----"Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly ... . As a scientist I remain skeptical." -- Dr. Joanne Simpson, Atmospheric Scientist--First female recipient of a PH.D. in meteorology, former NASA scientist the first woman in the world to receive a Ph.D. in meteorology.

------- "The models and forecasts of the U.N. IPCC "are incorrect because they only are based on mathematical models and presented results at scenarios that do not include, for example, solar activity." -- Victor Manuel Velasco Herrera, Researcher, Institute of Geophysics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

----"Even doubling or tripling the amount of carbon dioxide will virtually have little impact, as water vapor and water condensed on particles as clouds dominate the worldwide scene and always will." -- Geoffrey G. Duffy, professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering of the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

----"After reading Pachauri's *** comment (comparing skeptics to) Flat Earthers, it's hard to remain quiet." -- Climate statistician Dr. William M. Briggs. Dr. Briggs was referring to U.N. IPCC Chairman Rajendra K. Pachchauri's comment on those who are skeptical of anthropogenic Global Warming as pushed by fellow Nobel Prize winner Al Gore. Chairman Rajendra is an economist. Dr. Briggs specializes in the statistics of forecast evaluation and serves on the American Meteorological Society's Probability and Statistics Committee and is an associate editor of "Monthly Weather Review".

----"For how many years must the planet cool before we begin to understand that the planet is not warming? For how many years must cooling go on?" -- Geologist Dr. David Gee, the chairman of the science committee of the 2008 International Geological Congress science committee chairman, author of over 130 peer-reviewed papers, Professor Emeritus at Uppsala University in Sweden.

----"Gore prompted me to start delving into the science again and I quickly found myself solidly in the skeptic camp ... . Climate models can at best be useful for explaining climate changes after the fact." -- Meteorologist Hajo Smit of Holland, former member of the Dutch U.N. IPCC committee, now a global warming skeptic.

The last two quotes I've chosen are two that go hand-in-hand with much that I have said over the last couple of years on this blog regarding global warming. I list them particularly because a friend of mine has reminded me that globalization is a predicted Biblical fact, and that it is coalescing as I write.

----"Creating an ideology pegged to carbon dioxide is a dangerous nonsense ... . The present alarm on climate change is an instrument of social control, a pretext for major businesses and political battle. It became an ideology, which is concerning." ---- Professor Delgado Domingos of Portugal, Environmental Scientist, author of over 150 articles.

---- "CO2 emissions make absolutely no difference one way or another ... . Every scientist knows this, but it doesn't pay to say so ... . Global warming, as a political vehicle, keeps Europeans in the driver's seat and developing nations walking barefoot." -- Dr. Takeda Kunihiko, vice-chancellor, Institute of Science and Technology Research, Chubu University, Honshu, Japan.

Anyways, only a month has passed since the conference. Where is the controversy over these statements? For once I would like to see it. Perhaps not much will come of it because most people think that the panic over global warming is just as ridiculous as I do. However, the United Nations IPCC is still a reality that shapes decisions. The courage to speak up and change their positions may not be a factor. The truth is, those involved with the U.N. IPCC may just simply have the agenda that Dr. Takeda Kunihiko states that they have, and they are unwilling to give it up.

"While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease." Genesis 8:22