Dr. Thomas Sowell, Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, summarized the problem the world faces with climate change policy:
“Would you bet your paycheck on the weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?”
“Starting in 1990, the IPCC stopped making forecasts – because they were never right.”
– Dr. Tim Ball and Tom Harris.
“The United Nations and its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change insist that humanity and Planet Earth face unprecedented climate and weather cataclysms, due to our use of oil, natural gas and coal,” says Paul Driessen. “They base this claim primarily on computer models that generate “projections” or “scenarios” of what might happen over the next ten, fifty or one hundred years, if we continue burning these fuels.
“But these models are hopelessly at odds with what is actually happening in the real world. And yet, the news media, climate activists, politicians and regulators treat the “projections” and “scenarios” as predictions, to stir up public anxiety and justify draconian anti-fossil fuel policies. Dr. Tim Ball and Tom Harris ask: Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast 50 years into the future? Would you bet your job and living standards? Your children’s future? Should poor developing countries do so?”
Via Robert at Ice Age Now