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Why have we had eight years of global cooling when all the global climate models projected eight years of warming?
If polar bears are endangered by global warming, why have bear populations more than doubled in the last 50 years?
Minimum arctic ice in 2007 was trumpeted by the press, but why was maximum antarctic ice in 2007 hardly mentioned?
After building 25,000 wind turbine towers, why have Germany and Denmark been unable to close a single coal-fired power plant?
Acknowledgments and Dedication vii
Foreword John Coleman, Meteorologist ix
Author's Note xi
Introduction 1
Part I Global Warming Alarmism Debunked
Chapter 1 A Tsunami for Global Warming Alarmism 7
Three Climatist Prophets of Doom
Eight "Disasters" of Global Warming
Media Cheerleaders
The Consensus Appears Unanimous
The Global Delusion
Chapter 2 The Thin Science for Man-Made Global Warming 19
Energy Balance and Weather
Early Research on Carbon Dioxide
The Simple Greenhouse Effect
Increasing CO2 and Temperature
A Closer Look at Temperatures
Global Warming Dogma
Rise of the Climate Models
The Vostok Ice Cotes
Thin Science for Man-made Global Warming
Chapter 3 Carbon Dioxide: Not Guilty 39
Carbon Dioxide—A Trace Gas
The Carbon Cycle
Carbon Dioxide Is Great for Plants
The Core Issue: The Greenhouse Effect
Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Impacts
It's All About the Feedback
Garbage In, Garbage Out
Chapter 4 Climate Change Is Continuous 59
Our Climate Is Dominated by Cycles
Long Term: The Milankovitch Cycles
Measurement of Past Temperatures
The Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age
Medium Term: The 1500-Year Cycle
Short Term Cycles: El Niño, PDO, and AMO
Natural Cycles Explain Global Warming
Chapter 5 The Sun Is Our Climate Driver 79
Evidence Points to the Sun
The Link between Cosmic Rays and the Sun
New Evidence: Solar Activity Affects Clouds
Nature Is Not Cooperating
Headed for Global Cooling?
Chapter 6 Global Warming Disasters Debunked 99
Icecap Melting Causes Sea Level Rise
An Increase in Reported Natural Disasters
Devastation from Hurricanes and Storms
Famine from Droughts and Floods
Increase in Temperature
Related Deaths
The Polar Bear and Species Extinction
Melting Glaciers and Water Shortages
Coral and Acidification of the Oceans
Gulf Stream Shut Down and New Ice Age
Part II Climatism and "Snake Oil" Remedies
Chapter 7 The IPCC and the Road to World Delusion 137
United Nations and Environmental Activism
Ozone Hole and Montreal Protocol
Theatrics in the Summer of 1988
The IPCC Gathers a Host of Support
Score Decided before the Game Was Played
1992 Earth Summit and the FCCC
Increasing "Certainty" of IPCC Reports
Re-writing History with the Mann Curve
Consensus Science from the IPCC
The Kyoto Treaty: Lesson in Futility
Alarming IPCC Temperature Forecasts
Chapter 8 Climatism: The Ideology behind Global Warming Alarmism 161
Malthus and the Roots of Climatism
The New Malthusians Adopt Climatism
The Improving State of the World
The Environment and Kuznets Curves
Chapter 9 The Beliefs, Objectives and Tactics of Climatism 179
Eight False Beliefs of Climatism
The Objectives of Climatism
The Tactics of Climatism
Chapter 10 The Science Is Not Settled 197
The Attack on Deniers
Revelle, Gore, and Suppression Science
Danish Committee on Scientific Dishonesty
The Climatist Inquisition
The Purchasing of Climate Science
Three Notable Dissenters
The Culpable News Media
Growing Number of Climate Realists
The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change
Climategate at East Anglia
Chapter 11 Snake Oil Remedies to "Save the Planet" 223
The Plan: Reduce CO2 Emissions 50% to 85%
The Stabilization Wedges
Emissions After Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto II Conference in Copenhagen
Attack on Freedom and Our Way of Life
Rationing and The Climate Police
Part III Renewable Energy "Solutions"
Chapter 12 Energy: The Lifeblood of Prosperity 241
The Hydrocarbon Revolution
World Energy Usage
Energy Use Grows Despite Attacks
World Energy Reserves
Solar Basics About Electrical Power
Chapter 13 Renewable Energy: Reality Far Short of Promises 259
Solar Energy: Perpetual 1% Solution
Realities of Solar Power Economics
Home Solar Systems
Desertec
Wind Power: The Choice of Climatism
Wind Power: Built on Subsidies and Mandates
Carbon Capture and Storage: A Fool's Errand
Biofuels: Government-Financed Explosion
Don't Burn Food
Fuel Economy Mandates and Electric Cars
Chapter 14 Chains for the Developing Nations 293
China and India: The Dilemma of Climatism
Developing Nations in Dire Need of Energy
Past Chain: Tragedy of the DDT Ban
Renewable Fantasy for Developing Nations
Stranglehold oh Global Capital
Bribes for Developing Nations
Spectre of Climate Protectionism
Chapter 15 Climatism in Action: Debacles around the World 317
"Enlightened" City of Austin, Texas
Renewable Debacle in Spain
Renewables Fall Short in Philippines
The Sorrow of Denmark
California: A Blizzard of Climate Regulations
The U.K.: Many Sacrifices for Illusory Benefits
The European Emissions Trading Circus
Chapter 16 Energy Nonsense for the Good Old U.S.A. 347
False Claim #1 Independence from Foreign Oil
False Claim #2 Growth and Green Jobs
False Claim #3 Minimal Cost
False Claim #4 20% Renewables Possible by 2020
Foolishness of U.S. Energy Policy
Road to Blackout Paradise?
Climatist Demands of the U.S.
Chapter 17 Common Sense and the Future 379
We Can No Longer Control the Seas
What's All the Concern About?
Good News from Realistic Climate Science
The Bad News is Climatism Itself
Common Sense for the 21st Century
Trends for the Future
Some Things You Can Do
A Final Note: The P-38 "Glacier Girl"
Further Reading 395
Notes 397
Index 453
Overview
Why have we had eight years of global cooling when all the global climate models projected eight years of warming?
If polar bears are endangered by global warming, why have bear populations more than doubled in the last 50 years?
Minimum arctic ice in 2007 was trumpeted by the press, but why was maximum antarctic ice in 2007 hardly mentioned?
After building 25,000 wind ...