Questioning the CAGW* theory
By Burt Rutan
Updated v4, July 3, 2010
Catastrophic, Human-Extinction Scares
This report considers CAGW:
Global Warming – 1929 to 1969 and 1987 to 2003
“Climate Change” – 2003 to present, Is CAGW just another false scare?
• Population Bomb; starvation/crowding – 1940s to 1970s
• Silent Spring, DDT – 1960s & 1970s (outlawing DDT killed millions)
• Global Nuclear War – 1950s thru 1980s
• Global cooling, Ice Age/starvation – 1956 to 1977
• Hole in the Ozone layer, caused by CFCs – 1970s & 1980s (We
now know that the Ozone changes were not caused by human CFCs)
• Nuclear Winter, nuke-caused ice Age – 1980s & 1990s
• Asteroid Impact – 1930 to present (a real, but remote risk)
Other Modern Human-Extinction Scares
Is CAGW just another false scare?
An Engineering look at Man-Caused Global Warming
Not a Climatologist’s analysis – a view from a flight test engineer who has spent a lifetime in data analysis/interpretation/presentation.
• A focus on how the scientific community has handled the “global warming due to fossil fuel burning‟ theory.
• A review of the climate data, then a study on how the results are selected, presented and promoted.
• You will see new presentations of data – focused on a need to inform, rather than a “need to scare.”
The Difference
Engineering Organization vs. the Scientist
Engineering organization
• Development of a product
• Responsible for the product worth and safety
• Selling the product’s adequacy to Management
• Consequences if wrong
Scientist
• Origin of new Theories (hypothesis)
• Strict process (The Scientific Method) to gain (or lose) confidence in the Theory
• Not responsible for adequacy or value of product
• Expected to be “wrong‟ most of the time
Read More by downloading below. It is one of the best written reviews of the data I have seen. gz