British politicians have been in front of the microphones recently trying to scare the public. In response Christopher Monckton writes Climate chaos? Don't believe it and posts a 40 page PDF file with documented rebuttals to the fear mongering.
Apocalypse Cancelled: ALL TEN of the propositions listed below must be proven true if the climate-change “consensus” is to be proven true.
1. That the debate is over and all credible climate scientists are agreed.
False
2. That temperature has risen above millennial variability and is exceptional.
Very unlikely
3. That changes in solar irradiance are an insignificant forcing mechanism.
False
4. That the last century’s increases in temperature are correctly measured.
Unlikely
5. That greenhouse-gas increase is the main forcing agent of temperature.
Not proven
6. That temperature will rise far enough to do more harm than good.
Very unlikely
7. That continuing greenhouse-gas emissions will be very harmful to life.
Unlikely
8. That proposed carbon-emission limits would make a definite difference.
Very unlikely
9. That the environmental benefits of remediation will be cost-effective.
Very unlikely
10. That taking precautions, just in case, would be the responsible course.
False
Chaotic world of climate truth: I have found myself increasingly chastised by climate change campaigners when my public statements and lectures on climate change have not satisfied their thirst for environmental drama and exaggerated rhetoric. It seems that it is we, the professional climate scientists, who are now the (catastrophe) sceptics. How the wheel turns.
