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HOT TALK, COLD SCIENCE
Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate
By
S. Fred Singer
Foreword by
Frederick Seitz
S. Fred Singer is a distinguished astrophysicist who has taken a hard, scientific look at the evidence. In this book, Dr. Singer explores the inaccuracies in historical climate data, the limitations of attempting to model climate on computers, solar variability and its impact on climate, the effects of clouds, ocean currents, and sea levels on global climate, and factors that could mitigate any human impacts on world climate.
Singer’s masterful analysis decisively shows that the pessimistic, and often alarming, global warming scenarios depicted in the media have no scientific basis. In fact, he finds that many aspects of any global warming, such as a longer growing season for food and a reduced need to use fossil fuels for heating, would actually have a positive impact on the human race. Further, Singer notes how many proposed “solutions” to the global warming “crisis” (like “carbon” taxes) would have severe consequences for economically disadvantaged groups and nations.
Hot Talk, Cold Science is essential reading for anyone who wants to be fully informed about the global warming debate.
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Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: The Scientific Case Against The Global Climate Treaty
- Chapter 2: Scientific Issues To Be Resolved
- Chapter 3: What To Do About Greenhouse Effects?
- Appendix: Mitigation Of Climate Change—A Scientific And Economic Appraisal
Praise for Hot Talk, Cold Science “In Hot Talk, Cold Science, the illustrious Fred Singer dares to point out that ‘the Emperor has no clothes.’ Is there evidence to suggest ‘discernible human influence’ on global climate? Of great interest, this book demonstrates that at best, the available evidence is sketchy and incomplete. Hot Talk, Cold Science should have widespread circulation.”
—SIR ARTHUR C. CLARKE, scientist and author, 2001: A Space Odyssey; originator, communications satellite system
“The highly sensible and well-accepted scientific views in Hot Talk, Cold Science deserve the widest possible exposure.”
—RICHARD S. LINDZEN, Professor of Meteorology and Oceanography, M.I.T.
“In Hot Talk, Cold Science, Singer has made an important scientific contribution to the global warming debate—a debate that some have attempted to quash or declare concluded. Let us depend on, rather than fear. a healthy scientific debate.”
—SENATOR FRANK H. MURKOWSKI, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
“Where to Learn More About Climate Change: In Hot Talk, Cold Science, an atmospheric scientist writes that the scientific community is far from a consensus on the causes and repercussions of global warming.”
—THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Hot Talk, Cold Science will be difficult to dismiss, though many in their rush to establish international agreements and poorly conceived policies and regulations, will undoubtedly wish to do so.”
—FREDERICK SEITZ, past President, National Academy of Sciences; President Emeritus, Rockefeller Univ.
“Hot Talk, Cold Science clearly and concisely documents the increasing climate of doubt about global warming. A breath of fresh air amidst a sea of hype, the book should be required reading for anyone truly interested in the greenhouse debate.”
—ROBERT C. BALLING, Jr., Director, Office of Climatology, Arizona State University
“The scientific urge to consensus on the greenhouse issue tends to compromise away dissent. Fred Singer, with impeccable credentials, does not compromise. His criticism is crucial to the current debate—a debate that will not soon be settled.”
—THOMAS C. SCHELLING, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
“Hot Talk, Cold Science is an important, comprehensive, timely, and thorough book.”
—WILLIAM A. NIERENBERG, Director Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
“Hot Talk, Cold Science is essential reading for those who wish to be fully informed about global warming. The importance of this book is its review of the scientific, economic and policy background on global warming with a reasoned assessment of these facts.”
—ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
“Hot Talk, Cold Science is immensely enjoyable. In assessing the possibility of global warming from increasing greenhouse gases, Dr. Singer examines diverse theoretical and empirical studies and presents the results in an accessible and highly readable book. By carefully weighing the evidence, Singer shows that the case for significant and catastrophic global warming remains unverified. On the contrary, the climate record to date manifests at most a small human-caused global warming. Furthermore, there are gross gaps in knowledge about climate change science that prevent present computer simulations from yielding reliable projections of future climate change. Given the lack of knowledge on all the relevant causes of climate change and the slow pace of projected warming by the computer simulations, Singer argues a cautious course of adaptation and cost effective mitigation.”
—SALLIE BALIUNAS, Astrophysicist, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard-Smithsonian Observatory; Deputy Director, Mount Wilson Observatory
“Hot Talk, Cold Science is a unique and in-depth analysis of an important component of the global warming issue. It presents evidence contrary to the hypothesis that global warming is an immediate and serious threat from man-induced greenhouse gas emissions. Singer’s organization of observational material is good and supports the argument that any climate change that has occurred over the last century has been natural and not man-induced. I would encourage anyone involved with the global warming issue to give this book a serious hearing. His view that the evidence does not support the industrial nations taking action at this time to pass laws at reducing fossil fuel emissions in the belief that a significant future global temperature reduction would occur is well thought out. More research and debate is needed on the subject before mandatory restrictions are imposed. He is right, this topic is definitely ‘unfinished business’.”
—WILLIAM M. GRAY, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
“Hot Talk, Cold Science is a very effective book to finally initiate constructive discussion on this topic.”
—ROGER A. PIELKE, Sr., Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
“Hot Talk, Cold Science is an important, comprehensive book on the issues involved in the raging debate over global warming. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand this problem, especially as it affects working Americans.”
—WILLIAM J. CUNNINGHAM, Economist, AFL-CIO
“Hot Talk, Cold Science carefully reviews the scientific, economic and policy literature on global warming, and provides a welcome, reasoned assessment of the facts and uncertainties. I strongly recommend this important book to any citizen.”
—WILLIAM HAPPER, Professor of Physics, Princeton University; former Director of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy
“Hot Talk, Cold Science is the outstanding, up-to-date, scholarly and objective analysis of current conflicting viewpoints on all the key issues relating to greenhouse warming. I highly recommend this excellent book to specialists and non-specialists alike who are interested in determining the state of the science and the arguments and data behind the various aspects of this important issue.”
—HUGH W. ELLSAESSER, Participating Scientist, Atmospheric and Geophysical Sciences, E.O. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
“For those who believe that the collapse of the Kyoto summit would herald an environmental disaster, we suggest an antidote: a book called Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate, by S. Fred Singer (The Independent Institute, Oakland, California). Singer, a pioneer in the development of weather satellites, demands that we drag the global warming debate back to the fundamental issue: Is global warming taking place? Look at the date, this physicist advises, warning that computer models that predict global warming in the future are unable to verify the present climate. There are simply not enough data to verify global climate change caused by human activity.“
—BARRON’S
“Hot Talk, Cold Science is of much interest: I’ve long followed the literature on the long and short term temperature records, ice ages, etc. I like especially the many charts and graphs in the book. One of the refreshing ideas is that the worry about the melting of the icecaps could be the reverse: enough increased evaporation from the oceans to make the caps grow!”
—H. RICHARD CRANE, Member, National Academy of Sciences
“Hot Talk, Cold Science, by S. Fred Singer, is a powerful book, and the author’s credentials are formidable. No one who reads this book will hereafter doubt that there is a serious scientific case against the global-warming hullabaloo, or that it is anything less than overwhelming.”
—WILLIAM A. RUSHER, Syndicated Columnist, Newspaper Enterprise Association
“In an important new book, Hot Talk, Cold Science, S. Fred Singer sums up the evidence on global warming as ‘neither settled, nor compelling, nor even very convincing.’”
—LINDA CHAVEZ, Syndicated Columnist, Creators Syndicate
“Hot Talk, Cold Science presents a comprehensive assessment of scientific controversies on the climate change issue The book raises important questions about the causes of natural climate change, and points to more cost-effective remediation for the buildup of carbon dioxide, should that be needed.”
—AMERICAN OIL & GAS REPORTER
“The author of Hot Talk, Cold Science, S. Fred Singer maintains that the proposals put forth at Kyoto were based on forecasts from flawed computer models of the earth’s climate, and not on actual observations, and he has urged policymakers to adopt a ‘no regrets’ policy of continued research and unimpeded economic growth. In Hot Talk, Cold Science, Singer examines the literature on climate change and lays out a case against the likelihood of an imminent, catastrophic global warming He also cites evidence suggesting that even if global warming were to occur, it would largely be benign and may even improve human well-being.”
—NOIA WASHINGTON REPORT, National Ocean Industries Association
“The arguments in Hot Talk, Cold Science are not advanced as idle speculation but firmly crafted from reliable data and almost seamless logic. Opting finally for prudent measures that include conservation and efficiency as well as nuclear and alternative energy sources, the author hedges his bets and agrees to a ‘no regrets’ policy which includes adaptation to climate change—just in case.”
—CHOICE
“In Hot Talk, Cold Science, Fred Singer does not accept global warming. . . . The references and index are both quite thoroughly done. . . . This a book that deserves to be read and digested as good arguments are made and if nothing else, the book can serve as an effective ‘devil’s advocate’ for those who may think greenhouse warming is real.”
—EOS-Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
“This book claims that global warming is greatly exaggerated. . . . Singer is correct in depicting the fundamental physics of climate change based upon the increase in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. . . . Hot Talk, Cold Science is useful in that it contains in concise form virtually all of the skeptic’s views about climate change.”
—BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
“The scientist who set up the American weather satellite system, Dr. S. Fred Singer, has expressed great skepticism as to whether the globe has in fact gotten any warmer in recent years. The temperature readings from the weather satellites don’t show it. The careful analysis of data from a variety of sources by Dr. Singer in his book, Hot Talk, Cold Science, is in sharp contrast to the hysterical simplicities of the ‘global warming’ zealots and politcians.’”
—THOMAS SOWELL, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Columnist, Forbes
“If you’re interested, there is a sensible and unbiased discussion of the subject [of global warming/the Kyoto Treaty] in a book called Hot Talk, Cold Science by S. Fred Singer, a distinguished scientist. Singer put together the weather satellite program and also predicted the depletion of the ozone in the atmosphere. He is not carrying water for anybody. In the introduction, Frederick Seitz, past president of the National Academy of Sciences, sums up the situation this way: ‘We do not at the present have convincing evidence of any significant climate change from other than natural sources.’”
—CHARLEY REESE, syndicated columnist
“Basically a book at the level of Scientific American, Hot Talk, Cold Science provides a significant contribution to the politics of science as well. Singer very effectively interweaves the science of ‘global warming’ with the associated politics, discussing possible means of controlling CO2 levels, the likely benefits of increased CO2 in the atmosphere, the lack of evidence of atmospheric warming, and the efforts by its advocates to push their agenda. Anyone interested in the politics and sociology of ‘big science’ especially environmental science, should read this book.”
—ROBERT C. WHITTEN, Research Scientist (Ret.), NASA, JOURNAL OF POLITICAL AND MILITARY SOCIOLOGY
“In his book on the politics and science of global warming, Hot Talk, Cold Science, S. Fred Singer provides a review of the position that the current atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide will not have apocalyptic consequences to the planet Earth. Hot Talk, Cold Science is useful in that it contains in concise form virtually all of the skeptics views about climate change.”
—WORLD CLIMATE REPORT
About the Author S. Fred Singer is Research Fellow at The Independent Institute, President of the Science and Environmental Policy Project, and a Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for Space Science and Technology. He was the first director of the U.S. Weather Satellite Service. He is the former director of the Center for Atmospheric and Space Physics, and former Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Transportation.
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