NASA Scientist: Global Warming Is Nonsense

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

http://www.inquisitr.com/1234575/nasa-scientist-global-warming-is-nonsense/

Another scientist has pushed back against the doom-and-gloom climate change predictions from the United Nations and other governmental agencies.

Dr. Leslie Woodcock, emeritus professor at the University of Manchester (UK) School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, is a former NASA scientist along with other impressive accomplishments on his distinguished professional resume.

In an interview, he laughed off man-made climate change as nonsense and a money-making industry for the green lobby, which approaches the subject with a religious fervor. Explained Woodcock:

“The term ‘climate change’ is meaningless. The Earth’s climate has been changing since time immemorial, that is since the Earth was formed 1,000 million years ago. The theory of ‘man-made climate change’ is an unsubstantiated hypothesis [about] our climate [which says it] has been adversely affected by the burning of fossil fuels in the last 100 years, causing the average temperature on the earth’s surface to increase very slightly but with disastrous environmental consequences. The theory is that the CO2 emitted by burning fossil fuel is the ‘greenhouse gas’ causes ‘global warming’ — in fact, water is a much more powerful greenhouse gas and there is 20 time more of it in our atmosphere (around one per cent of the atmosphere) whereas CO2 is only 0.04 per cent. There is no reproducible scientific evidence CO2 has significantly increased in the last 100 years. Anecdotal evidence doesn’t mean anything in science, it’s not significant…”

Added Woodcock:

Even the term ‘global warming’ does not mean anything unless you give it a time scale. The temperature of the earth has been going up and down for millions of years, if there are extremes, it’s nothing to do with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, it’s not permanent and it’s not caused by us. Global warming is nonsense.”

Politicians and journalists — two groups who ordinarily lack any scientific training or background — insist that the global warming debate is settled and there are no dissenting scientists.

So-called green guru Dr. James Lovelock also questioned the climate change movement (which used to be called global cooling and then global warming). He described the environmental movement as becoming like “a religion, and religions don’t worry too much about facts.” He added that “It’s just as silly to be a denier as it is to be a believer. You can’t be certain.”

In perhaps a further contrary development for the climate change adherents, it’s been reported that the polar ice cap is actually expanding rather than contracting: “… In fact, receding Arctic ice rebounded between 2012 and 2013, growing by 29 percent into an unbroken patch more than half the size of Europe and within 5 percent of what it was 30 years ago, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Last month near the South Pole, a Russian ship carrying scientists and tourists traveled to the bottom of the Earth so passengers might document global warming and shrinking ice caps. But the ship got stuck on ice that was thicker than at any time since records started being kept in 1978.”

Dr. Patrick Moore, a Greenpeace co-founder, has also publicly expressed the opinion that “There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide are the dominant cause of the minor warming of the Earth’s atmosphere over the past 100 years… no actual proof, as it is understood in science, actually exists.”

As The Inquisitr recently reported, Americans are apparently increasingly becoming convinced that global warming and/or climate change is a hoax.

Do you accept the conventional wisdom about climate change?

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[lostinblue 1,989]

Politicians and journalists — two groups who ordinarily lack any scientific training or background — insist that the global warming debate is settled.........Is science ever settled? No....But what will happen is this. They (fellow scientist's } are automatically labelled "deniers" and there have been instances of jobs threatened, papers refused to be published, careers damaged and even threats against the person... All in the name of Al Gores Scam on the world.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Politicians and journalists — two groups who ordinarily lack any scientific training or background — insist that the global warming debate is settled.........Is science ever settled? No....But what will happen is this. They (fellow scientist's } are automatically labelled "deniers" and there have been instances of jobs threatened, papers refused to be published, careers damaged and even threats against the person... All in the name of Al Gores Scam on the world.

Well said

and

so many of Gore's predctions have proven to be not true, yet Hollywood practically gave him saint statues for that ignorant alarmist book, which btw led to him making Millions in the carbon offset Biz.. People are dumb

Did you know: In 1999, Al Gore said that the polar ice caps would disappear by 2014

[Peikko 1,575]

I have no interest in what Al Gore said. Why are US folks so fixated in Al?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Reported. Steven is the only one allowed to post anything Global Warming related. It's in the fine print of TOS.

[lostinblue 1,989]

I have no interest in what Al Gore said. Why are US folks so fixated in Al?

He is the high priest of the climate scam.

[Peikko 1,575]

He is the high priest of the climate scam.

Well, this is good news, I no longer have to worry about waste, pollution, or sustainable food production. I am very happy to know this.

[luckytxn 2,264]

It is a hypotheses so that means it can't be settled. The scientist is right. It is made up to enrich the greenies. The untold Trillions they are claiming needed to combat the GW should be redirected to real problems.

Politicians and journalists — two groups who ordinarily lack any scientific training or background — insist that the global warming debate is settled.........Is science ever settled? No....But what will happen is this. They (fellow scientist's } are automatically labelled "deniers" and there have been instances of jobs threatened, papers refused to be published, careers damaged and even threats against the person... All in the name of Al Gores Scam on the world.

[Peikko 1,575]

It is a hypotheses so that means it can't be settled. The scientist is right. It is made up to enrich the greenies. The untold Trillions they are claiming needed to combat the GW should be redirected to real problems.

The reality that I am aware of is that there are real problems that are caused to real people because of pollution, unsustainable food production and ecological changes of local environments regardless of whether or not anyone is able to pinpoint an overall cause to a global phenomena. These problems are real and require solutions that need investment. Does the argument over global warming really mean these problems cease to exist?

[GandD 5,966]

You guys are ridiculous. Almost all of the scientific community agrees that human made global warming is happening. Who cares what politicians have to say on the subject.

[luckytxn 2,264]

Local enviroment disruption can and is combatted and was before the scam of GW. The problem is over population and not GW.

The reality that I am aware of is that there are real problems that are caused to real people because of pollution, unsustainable food production and ecological changes of local environments regardless of whether or not anyone is able to pinpoint an overall cause to a global phenomena. These problems are real and require solutions that need investment. Does the argument over global warming really mean these problems cease to exist?

[Peikko 1,575]

Local enviroment disruption can and is combatted and was before the scam of GW. The problem is over population and not GW.

There is no one problem, there are multiple problems that require multiple solutions. The environment is a complex and interesting area of study and simply denying that CO2 increase in the atmosphere has any negative effects on the overall global ecology is, well pretty myopic. What is not known is exactly how much the gaseous mix can be changed before the complex balance that has built up over the millennia of the earth's existence is disrupted to the point that it will have a negative impact on man's ability to sustain life on earth. To just pretend that this can't happen, that man has no effect on the environment and this effect can't ever ruin the dynamics of this complex system is mind numbingly dumb.

[luckytxn 2,264]

There is little to no increase of CO2. As the scientist stated and he is right is that there is another greenhouse gas that is also corrosive to most of the planet and larger by far then CO2. Over population problem taken care of then there almost all other problems get taken care of. The huge money outlays will make many more billionaires yes but the problems still exist we do actually have.

There is no one problem, there are multiple problems that require multiple solutions. The environment is a complex and interesting area of study and simply denying that CO2 increase in the atmosphere has any negative effects on the overall global ecology is, well pretty myopic. What is not known is exactly how much the gaseous mix can be changed before the complex balance that has built up over the millennia of the earth's existence is disrupted to the point that it will have a negative impact on man's ability to sustain life on earth. To just pretend that this can't happen, that man has no effect on the environment and this effect can't ever ruin the dynamics of this complex system is mind numbingly dumb.

[luckytxn 2,264]

Only the scientists that stand to make a lot of money from GW funds do. It is still a hypotheses and throwing all the money in the world will not turn it into a real science. Not one single study has stood the test of scrutiny so far. None.

You guys are ridiculous. Almost all of the scientific community agrees that human made global warming is happening. Who cares what politicians have to say on the subject.

[Peikko 1,575]

There is little to no increase of CO2. As the scientist stated and he is right is that there is another greenhouse gas that is also corrosive to most of the planet and larger by far then CO2. Over population problem taken care of then there almost all other problems get taken care of. The huge money outlays will make many more billionaires yes but the problems still exist we do actually have.

There is little to no increase in CO2? Please provide your raw data for evaluation. Thank you.