The current frenzy over global warming has galvanized the public and
cost taxpayers billons of dollars in federal expenditures for climate
research. It has spawned Hollywood blockbusters and inspired major
political movements. It has given a higher calling to celebrities and
built a lucrative industry for scores of eager scientists. In short,
ending climate change has become a national crusade. And yet, despite
this dominant and sprawling campaign, the facts behind global warming
remain as confounding as ever. In Climate Confusion, distinguished
climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer observes that our obsession with global
warming has only clouded the issue. Forsaking blindingly technical
statistics and doomsday scenarios, Dr. Spencer explains in simple terms
how the climate system really works, why man's role in global warming is
more myth than science, and how the global warming hype has corrupted
Washington and the scientific community. The reasons, Spencer explains,
are numerous: biases in governmental funding of scientific research, our
misconceptions about science and basic economics, even our religious
beliefs and worldviews. From Al Gore to Leonardo DiCaprio, the climate
change industry has given a platform to leading figures from all walks
of life, as pandering politicians, demagogues and biased scientists
forge a self-interested movement whose proposed policy initiatives could
ultimately devastate the economies of those developing countries they
purport to aid. Climate Confusion is a much needed wake up call for all
of us on planet earth. Dr. Spencer's clear-eyed approach, combined with
his sharp wit and intellect, brings transparency and levity to the issue
of global warming as he takes on wrong-headed attitudes and misguided
beliefs that have led to our state of panic. Climate Confusion lifts the
shroud of mystery that has hovered here for far too long and offers an
end to this frenzy of misinformation in our lives. --This text refers to
the Hardcover edition.