“Consensus is not science”, says John Christy. By quoting Michael Crichton he highlights that the science points not to eco-disaster but social, political and economic disaster caused by attempts to react to false science.
Mr. Christy, Alabama state climatologist and Professor at UoA Huntsville, pokes holes in the global warming “consensus” including pointing out that:
* Temperatures in the Arctic have increased over the last 100 years, he agreed, but that’s only because 100 years ago “was the coldest it’s been in a long time.”
* Arctic ice has melted, but ice has grown in Anartica. Between the two, there’s about as much ice as always.
* There are more polar bears now, not fewer. Canada issues 800 bear-hunting permits each year, he pointed out.
* Temperatures may be warmer in Greenland, but scientific experiments with ice fields show “that 4,000 years ago, it was warmer in Greenland than it is today.
Why the consensus of environmental catastrophe? Attention and money.