Hot Talk, Cold Science Quotes

“So, what does science really tell us about climate change? It’s very different from what one might read in, say, the New York Times or even, sadly, in editorials in Nature and other once-prestigious science journals. We know climate change is a permanent feature of planet Earth; any human impact that might be occurring is probably too small to discern against a background of natural variability; and CO2, so often blamed for changing the weather, is almost surely a minor player compared to natural processes. Despite all the hot talk, there is no “climate crisis” resulting from human activities and no such thing on the horizon.”
― S. Fred Singer, Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate

“Contrary to some accounts of the history of the scientific debate, there was no gradually emerging “consensus” on the human role in climate change. Rather, politics quickly overtook science as environmental advocates and other interest groups recognized the utility of the climate change issue in advancing their own agendas.”
― S. Fred Singer, Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate

“In conclusion, the IPCC misled an entire generation of scientists and policy-makers, telling them the human impact on the Earth’s climate poses a genuine threat to human well-being and other life on the planet while deliberately and repeatedly hiding uncertainty, the absence of critical data, and evidence that questions or contradicts its apocalyptic prediction. Many thoughtful and well-intended people accept the IPCC’s claims unconditionally, taking at face value its claim to represent the “consensus of scientists.” They were betrayed. The result is a terrible crime against science, the adoption of unnecessary and very costly public policies, and grave damage to the reputation and credibility of science.”
― S. Fred Singer, Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate

“Even small errors in the measurement of poorly understood exchange processes exceed the entire human contribution by orders of magnitude.”
― Anthony R. Lupo, Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate