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31,000 scientists reject 'global warming' agenda
'Mr. Gore's movie has claims no informed expert endorses'
Posted: May 19, 2008
8:51 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
2008 WorldNetDaily
More than 31,000 scientists across the U.S. =96 including more than
9,000 Ph.D.s in fields such as atmospheric science, climatology, Earth
science, environment and dozens of other specialties =96 have signed a
petition rejecting "global warming," the assumption that the human
production of greenhouse gases is damaging Earth's climate.
"There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of
carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will,
in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's
atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate," the petition
states. "Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that
increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial
effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth."
The Petition Project actually was launched nearly 10 years ago, when
the first few thousand signatures were assembled. Then, between 1999
and 2007, the list of signatures grew gradually without any special
effort or campaign.
But now, a new effort has been conducted because of an "escalation of
the claims of 'consensus,' release of the movie 'An Inconvenient
Truth' by Mr. Al Gore, and related events," according to officials
with the project.
"Mr. Gore's movie, asserting a 'consensus' and 'settled science' in
agreement about human-caused global warming, conveyed the claims about
human-caused global warming to ordinary movie goers and to public
school children, to whom the film was widely distributed.
Unfortunately, Mr. Gore's movie contains many very serious incorrect
claims which no informed, honest scientist could endorse," said
project spokesman and founder Art Robinson.
WND submitted a request to Gore's office for comment but did not get a
response.
Robinson said the dire warnings about "global warming" have gone far
beyond semantics or scientific discussion now to the point they are
actually endangering people.
"The campaign to severely ration hydrocarbon energy technology has now
been markedly expanded," he said. "In the course of this campaign,
many scientifically invalid claims about impending climate emergencies
are being made. Simultaneously, proposed political actions to severely
reduce hydrocarbon use now threaten the prosperity of Americans and
the very existence of hundreds of millions of people in poorer
countries," he said.
In just the past few weeks, there have been various allegations that
both shark attacks and typhoons have been sparked by "global warming."
The late Professor Frederick Seitz, the past president of the U.S.
National Academy of Sciences and winner of the National Medal of
Science, wrote in a letter promoting the petition, "The United States
is very close to adopting an international agreement that would ration
the use of energy and of technologies that depend upon coal, oil, and
natural gas and some other organic compounds."
"This treaty is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research
data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is
harmful. To the contrary, there is good evidence that increased
atmospheric carbon dioxide is environmentally helpful," he wrote.
Accompanying the letter sent to scientists was a 12-page summary and
review of research on "global warming," officials said.
"The proposed agreement would have very negative effects upon the
technology of nations throughout the world, especially those that are
currently attempting to lift from poverty and provide op****tunities to
the over 4 billion people in technologically underdeveloped
countries," Seitz wrote.
Robinson said the project targets scientists because, "It is
especially im****tant for America to hear from its citizens who have
the training necessary to evaluate the relevant data and offer sound
advice."
He said the "global warming agreement," written in Kyoto, Japan, in
1997, and other plans "would harm the environment, hinder the advance
of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of
mankind."
"Yet," he said, "the United Nations and other vocal political
interests say the U.S. must enact new laws that will sharply reduce
domestic energy production and raise energy prices even higher.
"The inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
include the right of access to life-giving and life-enhancing
technology. This is especially true of access to the most basic of all
technologies: energy. These human rights have been extensively and
wrongly abridged," he continued. "During the past two generations in
the U.S., a system of high taxation, extensive regulation, and
ubiquitous litigation has arisen that prevents the ac***ulation of
sufficient capital and the exercise of sufficient freedom to build and
preserve needed modern technology.
"These unfavorable political trends have severely damaged our energy
production, where lack of industrial progress has left our country
dependent upon foreign sources for 30 percent of the energy required
to maintain our current level of prosperity," he said. "Moreover, the
transfer of other U.S. industries abroad as a result of these same
trends has left U.S. citizens with too few goods and services to trade
for the energy that they do not produce. A huge and unsustainable
trade deficit and rapidly rising energy prices have been the result.
"The necessary hydrocarbon and nuclear energy production technologies
have been available to U.S. engineers for many decades. We can develop
these resources without harm to people or the environment. There is
absolutely no technical, resource, or environmental reason for the
U.S. to be a net im****ter of energy. The U.S. should, in fact, be a
net ex****ter of energy," he said.
He told WND he believes the issue has nothing to do with energy
itself, but everything to do with power, control and money, which the
United Nations is seeking. He accused the U.N. of violating human
rights in its campaign to ban much energy research, exploration and
development.
"In order to alleviate the current energy emergency and prevent future
emergencies, we need to remove the governmental restrictions that have
caused this problem. Fundamental human rights require that U.S.
citizens and their industries be free to produce and use the low cost,
abundant energy that they need. As the 31,000 signatories of this
petition emphasize, environmental science sup****ts this freedom," he
said.
The Petition Project website today said there are 31,072 scientists
who have signed up, and Robinson said more names continue to come in.
In terms of Ph.D. scientists alone, it already has 15 times more
scientists than are seriously involved in the U.N.'s campaign to
"vilify hydrocarbons," officials told WND.
"The very large number of petition signers demonstrates that, if there
is a consensus among American scientists, it is in opposition to the
human-caused global warming hypothesis rather than in favor of it,"
the organization noted.
The project was set up by a team of physicists and physical chemists
who do research at several American institutions and collects
signatures when donations provide the resources to mail out more
letters.
"In a group of more than 30,000 people, there are many individuals
with names similar or identical to other signatories, or to non-
signatories =96 real or fictional. Opponents of the petition project
sometimes use this statistical fact in efforts to discredit the
project. For examples, Perry Mason and Michael Fox are scientists who
have signed the petition =96 who happen also to have names identical to
fictional or real non-scientists," the website said.
The petition is needed, sup****ters said, simply because Gore and
others "have claimed that the 'science is settled' =96 that an
overwhelming 'consensus' of scientists agrees with the hypothesis of
human-caused global warming, with only a handful of skeptical
scientists in disagreement."
The list of scientists includes 9,021 Ph.D.s, 6,961 at the master's
level, 2,240 medical doctors and 12,850 carrying a bachelor of science
or equivalent academic degree.
The Petition Project's website includes both a list of scientists by
name as well as a list of scientists by state.
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