Table of Contents
Preface to the Paperback Edition vii
Preface xiii
Prologue 1
Chapter 1 Global Warming Hysteria 11
All natural disasters are now caused by global warming.
Chapter 2 Science Isn't Truth 35
What we know isn't necessarily so.
Chapter 3 How Weather Works 45
The Mission: to move heat from where there is more to where there is less.
Chapter 4 How Global Warming (Allegedly) Works 62
The popular explanation, and why it is probably wrong.
Chapters 5 The Scientists' Faith, the Environmentalists' Religion 85
Belief in dangerous global warming is more faith than science.
Chapter 6 It's Economics, Stupid 103
Views on what should be done about global warming are usually related to what we believe about economics and wealth.
Chapter 7 The Politics of Climate Change 124
No other public issue has so much potential for abuse of authority.
Chapter 8 Dumb Global Warming Solutions 139
Are they really serious about fixing global warming, or are they just pulling our leg?
Chapter 9 Less Dumb Global Warming Solutions 160
New energy technologies of the future are the only hope to "save" us from the threats posed by global warming.
Chapter 10 Summary 171
Epilogue 183
Illustration credits 185
Index 187