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.
