Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, Updated and Expanded Edition by S. Fred Singer, Dennis T. Avery Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, Updated and Expanded Edition
Book Review: This Book Exceeded My Expectations
Summary: 5 Stars
Well written, well organized, very readable and full of truth! Everyone should read this book before deciding whether they want to get on Al Gore's Global Warming Alarmist Bandwagon, or take a view that is more educated, rational, and thought-out. I would like to see this book presented in classrooms alongside showings of "An Inconvenient Truth" (or other Alarmist-type films/programs) so that students are given the opportunity to see both sides and develop their own fully-educated opinions, rather than having fear-inducing, liberalist environmental/ political ideas shoved down their throats as if it is fact.
One thing missing from this book was attention to the polar bear plight that we so often hear of. I would have liked to have known what the authors had to say about that, as well as what they think the long-term climatic impact is of massive deforestation in a short period of time, such as is occurring in the Amazon rainforest.
Book Review: Fact-Heavy Case Against Anthropogenic Global Warming
Summary: 5 Stars
This book persuasively argues that:
* Global warming is a fact.
* Global warming is largely driven by natural phenomena. (i.e. is not heavily driven by human industry.)
This book is also structured well to make it ease to use as a reference. A few facts that you will learn from reading this book are:
* The case for that global warming is largely driven by solar activity and global warming occurs in natural cycles.
* How the CO2 explanation for global warming fails to explain the Roman Warming Period, the Dark Ages Cooling, the Medieval Warming and the Little Ice Age.
* How CO2 appears to be more of an effect of global warming rather than a cause.
* Various ways how historic temperatures can be monitored, including seabed sentiment cores, cave stalagmites, fossilized pollen, human migratory patterns, tree rings and ice cores.
* How the Earth's lower atmosphere as well as the south pole have cooled over the years.
* Scientific publications supporting the solar-driven global warming hypothesis.
This book also goes into extensive detail refuting many alleged dangers of global warming, such as that it will destroy ecosystems or that it will lead to many human deaths.
My main complaint about this book is the tone. The authors often address claims with snide remarks such as "Reality-based skeptics say...". Although it is fun to mock global warming hysterics, some of the claims they refute are seemingly plausible to an informed audience and are unworthy of an automatic derisive response in my opinion. In my perception, using sarcasm in such a fashion connotes more of an emotional and partisan response and detracts from the scientific objectivity that all researchers should encourage.
Nevertheless, this book is a serious and very informative read on an important topic.
Book Review: Closely argued confirmation
Summary: 4 Stars
Global warming and cooling are part of the life of our planet. What drives the cycles is still in part a mystery, certainly we humans have very little to do with them. Polar bears have lived through hotter and colder times.
This book provides evidence of what has been happening and the consequences over the millennia. Well worth the price and the time to read.
Rob. Masters degree in physics.
Book Review: Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years, Updated and Expanded Addition
Summary: 5 Stars
Dr. Fred Singer has written a very clear readable rebuttal to the hypothesis of man-made global warming. He has three main points, each one well made. The first point is a scientific claim that the earth has warmed and cooled in 1500 year cycles between the universally agreed upon major ice ages. His second point is also scientific; that the rise in CO2 over the last 150 years very poorly correlates to the rise in temperatures therefore undermining global warming models that claim that the warming we experience is man-made. His third point is economic. That to the extent that for whatever reason the earth warms or cools both man and goverments need to consider the cost/benefit ratio in whatever we do. His conclusion is that we should take modest palliative measures (i.e building dikes or barriers to deal with high sea surges) to deal with any adverse effects. And even more important, that humankind mostly benefits from a warming climate (though not all areas share in that benefit -- and some areas experience a net negative effect).
Dr. Singer does a terrific job of marshalling and annotating his position, remaining calm as others scream to be believed and firmly planting is flag next to careful deliberation. His book deserves much more careful and calm attention, especially the general press. If "Sixty Minutes" ever wants to present both sides of the global warming debate (don't hold your breath on that one) it couldn't do better than allowing Dr. Singer to present his case. Scott Pelley eat your heart out!
Great book.
Book Review: Fresh Air
Summary: 5 Stars
At last facts are presented by studies and scientists.If you want a real interpretation of the Earths Climate Cycle and its recurrance every 1500 years this is MUST reading.