Raymond Arritt wrote: > kitstolz wrote: > > But, really, who in science is claiming that the warming observed in > > the last twenty-five years is caused naturally? Even the contrarians > > that come to mind--Lomborg and Lindzen--may argue that global warming > > is not an issue that requires us to act, but I don't believe they're > > doubting that it's caused by greenhouse gases. > > Lindzen's views seem to have departed further and further from the > mainstream over the years, to the point where he's now sometimes saying > things that are flat-out wrong. Here's one of his recent essays: > > http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg15n2g.html > > in which one will find: > > > The main absorbers of infrared in the atmosphere are water vapor and > > clouds. Even if all other greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide > > and methane) were to disappear, we would still be left with over 98 > > percent of the current greenhouse effect. > > This is a common talking point amongst the professional naysayers but > Linzen should know better. See Coby Beck's brief discussion at:
This piece has some very old references. In one section, Lindzen claims that the CO2 concentration is 355 ppmv when it's now closer to 380(?). He writes "Most recently, I testified at a Senate hearing conducted by Sen. Gore.". He also wrote: "The notion of "scientific unanimity'' is currently intimately tied to the Working Group I report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued in September 1990." There's a reference to Robert White as CURRENTLY president of the NAE. Turhs out, Dr. White was President of the National Academy of Engineering from 1983 to 1995, according to one web hit. I found a version of this piece dated in 2002 on Lindzen's web site. http://eaps.mit.edu/faculty/lindzen/153_Regulation.pdf Lindzen apparently has recycled some of his old stuff. Does he get paid for this sloppy work or is the CATO Institute the recycler?? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
