A great book from a concerned scientist (Roy Spencer, one of the most prominent climate scientists) on a critical subject in today’s world. Just published.
Quote:
“There are five main questions which must be answered in the affirmative before energy policy changes to fight global warming should even be considered:
1) Is warming and associated climate change mostly human-caused?
2) Is the human-caused portion of warming and associated climate change large enough to be damaging?
3) Do the climate models we use for proposed energy policies accurately predict climate change?
4) Would the proposed policy changes substantially reduce climate change and resulting damage?
5) Would the policy changes do more good than harm to humanity?
The answers to all five questions need to be “yes” in order to make substantial changes to our energy policies beyond what free market forces dictate. Yet, it is not obvious to me that the answer to any of the five questions is “yes.”
… why I choose to speak out on the subject, even when it would be easier for me professionally to abandon my skepticism and join the scientific consensus:
Poverty kills, and forcing people to use more expensive energy will worsen poverty.”
Spencer, Roy. Global Warming Skepticism for Busy People.
Ph.D. in meteorology; Dr. Roy Spencer was a Senior Scientist for Climate Studies at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, where he and Dr. John Christy received NASA’s Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for their global temperature monitoring work with satellites.
Spencer’s work with NASA continues as the U.S. Science Team leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer flying on NASA’s Aqua satellite.
He has provided congressional testimony several times on the subject of global warming.
Spencer’s research has been entirely supported by U.S. government agencies: NASA, NOAA, and DOE. He has never been asked by any oil company to perform any kind of service.
Spencer published a short leaflet that summarises the main contents of the book that can be downloaded here: https://files.texaspolicy.com/uploads/2018/08/16102354/ACEE-Global-Temperature-booklet-July-2016-PDF.pdf
Roy Spencer´s own site contains other articles on the subject: