60 German Scientists dissenting over global warming claims,
who call climate fears 'pseudo 'religion'
and urge the German chancellor
to 'reconsider' her views.
Further to my posting on this I have now received the list of scientists signing up to this open letter to Chancellor Merkel. The details can be found on:=
The numbers have grown substantially as you can see from the following lists of signatories. There is also much e-mail comment there
Christina
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Wissenschaftler
1 Prof. Dr. Hans-Günter Appel Hütteningenieur und Werkstoffwissenschaftler.
2 Prof. Dr. hab. Dorota Appenzeller Prof .für Ökonometrie und angewandte Mathematik VizeDekan der Universität Poznan Polen
3 Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bachmann Leiter des Instituts für Schwingungstechnik, FH Düsseldorf bis zum Ruhestand 2002
4 Prof. Dr. Hans Karl Barth Geschäftsführer / Managing Director World Habitat Society GmbH - Environmental Services
5 Dipl.Biologe Ernst Georg Beck
6 Dr. rer.nat. Horst Borchert Dipl.Physiker
7 Dipl. Biol. Helgo Bran Biologe ehem. MdL BW Grüne
8 Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gerhard Buse Biochemiker
9 Dr.Ing. Ivo Busko Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Institut für Technische Physik
10 Dr. Ing. Gottfried Class nukleare Sicherheit, Kernfusion, Thermohydraulik, physikalische Chemie
11 Dr.Ing Urban Cleve Kernphysiker Thermodynamiker, Energietechniker
12 Dr. rer. nat. Rudolf-Adolf Dietrich Energieexperte TETRA Energie GmbH Kernenergieperte
13 Dipl.-Ing. Peter Dietze
14 Dr. rer. nat. Siegfried Dittrich Physikochemiker
15 Dr.rer.nat. Theo Eichten Diplom-Physiker
16 Ferroni Ferruccio Zürich Präsident NIPCC-SUISSE
17 Dr. sc.agr. Albrecht Glatzle Agrarbiologe, Director científico INTTAS, Paraguay
18 Dr. rer..nat. Klaus-Jürgen Goldmann Dipl. Geologe
19 Dr. rer.nat. Josef Große- Wördemann Physikochemiker
20 Dr. rer. nat. Günther Hauck Dipl.-Chem.
21 Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Detlef Hebert ehem. Fakultät für Chemie und Physik Institut für Angewandte Physik
22 Dipl. Geologe Heinisch Heinisch
23 Dr. rer.nat. Horst Herman Dipl. Chemiker
24 Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Hinz Uni-Münster Institut für Physikalische Chemie
25 Dipl. Geologe Andreas Hoemann Dipl. Geologe
26 Dr. rer. nat. Heinz Hug Chemiker
27 Dr. rer.nat. Bernd Hüttner Theor. Physiker
28 Prof. Dr. Werner Kirstein dipl. Physiker & Geograph
29 Dipl. Meteorologe Klaus Knüpffer METEO SERVICE weather research GmbH
30 Dr. rer. hort. Werner Köster Agrarwissenschaftler
31 Dr. rer.nat. Albert Krause Chemiker Forschung
32 Dr. rer. nat Norbert Kunert Dipl. Geologe
33 Dr. rer. nat. Peter Kuzel Diplomchemiker
34 Drs.oek. Hans Labohm IPCC AR4 Expert reviewer, Dipl. Kfm.
35 Dr. rer.nat Ludwig Laus Dipl. Geologe
36 Dr. rer.nat. Rainer Link Physiker
37 Dipl. Pysiker Alfred Loew
38 Prof. Dr. Horst-Joachim Lüdecke Dipl. Physiker HTW Saarbrücken
39 Prof. Dr. Horst Malberg Universitätsprofessor (A.D.) für Meteorologie und Klimatologie
40 Dr. rer.nat Wolfgang Monninger Geologe
41 Diplom-Meteorologe Dieter Niketta
42 Prof. Dr. Klemens Oekentorp Leiter ehem. des Geol.-Paläont. Museums der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster
43 Dr. rer.nat. Wolfgang Poppitz Chemiker
44 Dipl. Meteorologe Klaus-Eckart Puls Dipl. Meteorologe
45 Prof. Dr. Dieter Pumplün Mathematik
46 Prof. Dr. Klaas Rathke Hochschule OWL Abt. Höxter
47 Prof. Dr. Oliver Reiser UNI Regensburg
48 Dipl. Physiker Wolfgang Riede Dipl.-Phys. ETH, DLR Stuttgart
49 Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Sander
50 Diplom- Mineralogin Sabine Sauerberg Geowissenschaftlerin
51 Prof. Jochen Schnetger Chemiker
52 Prof. Dr. Sigurd Schulien Hochschullehrer i.R.
53 PD Dr.habil.Dr.rer.nat. Eckhard Schulze Dipl.Pys., Med. Physik
54 Dr. rer.nat. Franz Stadtbäumer Dipl.-Geologe
55 Dr. rer.nat. Gerhard Stehlik Physikochemiker
56 Dr. rer.nat.habil Lothar Suntheim Diplomchemiker
57 Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Thieme Gutachter
58 Dr.phil. Dipl. Meteorologe Wolfgang Thüne Umweltministerium Mainz
59 Dr. rer. oec., Ing. Dietmar Ufer Energiewirtschaftler, Institut für Energetik, Leipzig
60 Dipl. Meteorologe Horst Veit
61 Prof. Dr. Detlef von Hofe ehem. Hauptgeschäftsführer DVS
62 Dipl. Geograph Heiko Wiese Geographie, Meteorologie, stud. Wetterbeobachter)
63 Dr.rer.nat. Erich Wiesner Euro Geologe
64 Dr.rer.nat. Ullrich Wöstmann Dipl Geologe
65 Prof. em. Dr. Heinz Zöttl Forstbiologe -Geologe
66 Dr.rer.nat. Zucketto Dipl. Chemiker ,früher ARCOS u. ESAB Konzern
Besorgte engagierte Bürger
1 Dipl. Ing. FH. Burckhard H. Adam Energie- und Bauberatung
2 Dipl. Ing Paul Allenspacher Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
3 Prof. Dr.Ing. Dieter Ameling Präsident Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl a. D.
4 Hartmut Bachmann Präsident eines US Wirtschaftsinstituts
5 Kerstin Bakowski
6 Dipl. Ing. Klaus Bark E-Technik
7 Dietrich Barth Realoberlehrer i.R.Geographie & Geologie
8 Hilde Barth Oberlehrerin i.R.
9 Christian Bartsch Journalist
10 Dipl. Ing. Edgar Bätz EVU Leipzig & Institut für Energetik
11 Dieter Ber Marketingdir. a.D.
12 Dipl. Ing. Marco Bernardi Kfz-Sachverständiger
13 Dipl. Ing. Leonhard Bienert Entwicklung Kernenergie ex DDR
14 Dr. agr. Arwed Blomeyer Ministerialrat a. D.
15 Theodor Blum Elektromeister
16 Dr.Ing. Richard Bock
17 Ralph Bombosch
18 Dipl. Ing. Paul Bossert Architekt
19 Dr. Böttiger Theologie, Pädagogik, Promotion in Soziologie.
20 Dipl. Biol. Helgo Bran Biologe ehem. MdL BW Grüne
21 Ingenieur Jacob Brandt
22 Johannes Brender Vorstand BMB Bund mündiger Bürger
23 Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Brune Energiewirtschaftler
24 Dieter Bunselmeyer Kaufmann
25 Dipl. Ing M.G. Bury Elektroingenieur
26 Dipl.-Volkswirt Henning Clewing ehem. Geschäftsführer von Unternehmen des Maschinen- und Anlagenbaus
27 Hans-Werner Degen
28 Dipl. Ing. Andreas Demming Selbstständiger Ingenieur,
29 Dipl. Ing Peter Dettmann technischer Umweltschutz
30 Dipl. Ing. Hakola Dippel Förster
31 Dipl. Ing. M.A. Enno Dittmar
32 Diplomchemiker Gert Dobrowolski Studiendirektor
33 Heiko Dörr Controller Industriemeister Fachrichtung Metall
34 Dipl. Ing. Johannes Drosdeck Maschinenbau Automotive
35 Dipl.-Math. Heinrich Duepmann Dipl.-Math. Vorsitzender naeb e.V.
36 Dipl. Phys. Vince Ebert Diplomphysiker und Wissenschaftskabarettist
37 Dr.med. Christian Eilers Radiologe
38 Dipl. Brm. Manfred Emmerich
39 Dipl. Ing. Klaus Emmerich Heizungsbau
40 Dr. med. Wolfram Enders Arzt
41 Walter Faulenbach GF a.D.
42 Diplom Chemiker Rainer Feldhaus
43 Dipl. Ing. Konrad Fischer Architekt
44 Diplom Bibliothekar Stephan Fischer
45 Dr.rer.nat. Dieter Fischer Physiker
46 Wolfgang Frerich
47 Diplom-Meteorologe Christian Freuer
48 Dipl. Ing. Jürgen Fuchsberger Architekt
49 Dipl. Ing. Horst Gampper
50 Krishna Gans
51 Dipl. Hydrobiologe Edgar Gärtner Journalist
52 Dr.-Ing. Adolf Gärtner
53 Dr. Ing. Peter Geier Ernergiewirtschaftler
54 Dipl. Ing. Dipl-Inform. Ewald Gleixner Software-Entwicklung
55 Dipl. Ing. Pierre Gosselin Übersetzer Technisches Übersetzungsbüro
56 Tatjana Gräfin Dönhoff Journalistin/Autorin
57 Helmut Groß Bürgermeister der Stadt Tengen
58 Hans-Friedrich Große FU-Meteorologe
59 Dr. Axel Haas Dipl.-Kaufmann, Geschäftsf.- Gesellschafter,
60 Haase
61 Diplom-Physikerin Christel Hahn
62 Dr. rer. nat. Günther Hauck Dipl.-Chem.
63 Dipl. Ing. Wilfried Heck Elektrotechnik
64 Dipl. Ing. Bernd Heinmüller Elektrotechnik
65 Armin Heinzelmann Projektmanager
66 Dr. rer.nat. Peter Heller Astrophysiker
67 Dr. Ing. Herbert Heuser
68 Rainer Hoffmann Prokurist
69 Dipl.-Brm. Jens Hofmann
70 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heiko Hofmann Berufsakademie Dresden
71 Ferdinand Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein
72 Dipl. Kfm. Siegfried Holler
73 Dr.Ing. Kurt Honrath Technischer Vorstand i.R.
74 Stud.Dir.i.R. Klaus-Peter Hoop Chemie, Mathematik
75 Peter Hoppe
76 Christoph Horst Jurist
77 Melanie Hüttner freischaffende Künstlerin
78 Diplom Biologin Hannelore Hüttner Ökologie
79 Diplom Biologin Marion Hüttner
80 Rüchel Ingo Schulleiter i.R./OStD (Mathematik, Physik)
81 Dipl. Kfm, Oliver Janich Journalist Focus Money Bundesvorsitzender der "Partei der Vernunft"., ,
82 Ulf Johannsen Baumpfleger
83 Dipl. Ing.oec. Horst Jungnickel ehemals leitender Mitarbeiter in der Energiewirtschaft
84 Wolfram von Juterzenka
85 Silvia Kaiser Industriekauffrau
86 Dipl. Ing. Andreas Kaluza Bergbau Ing. Metallurge
87 Jürgen Kampmeier
88 Dr. rer. nat Volker Kay Diplom Biologe
89 Prof. Dr. Ing. Helmut Keutner TFH Berlin FB-VI
90 Winfried Klein Oberstudienrat,
91 Dr.med. Willi Klümpen Arzt
92 Dr. Ing. Dietrich E. Koelle Ingenieurbüro für Systemanalysen
93 Dipl. Ing. Peter Krah MinR a.D.
94 Friedrich Krause Geschäftsführer ehem.
95 Diplommedizinerin Charlotte Krause Oberärztin i.R.
96 Dr. rer. pol. Klaus Peter Krause Journalist
97 Norman Krayer Personalberater
98 Dr. Ing. Dipl.Ing. Oswald Kreitschitz Physiker und Unternehmen
99 Dip. Ing. Siegfried Kröger Ltd. Baudirektor, EW
100 Oliver Kulbe Gesundheitsexperte
101 Joachim Lampe
102 Prof. Dr. Klaus Landfried Professor a.D. und Universitätspräsident a.D.
103 Martina Lange Progammiererin
104 Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Leinß Oberforstrat
105 Dipl. Ing. Raimund Leistenschneider
106 Obering. i.R. Ludwig Lenniger
107 Dipl. Ing. Michael Limburg Vizepräsident Europäisches Institut für Klima und Energie
108 Dipl. Mathematiker Ludger Linneborn
109 Ulrich Löbert Kaufmann
110 Dipl. Chemiker Ehrenfried Loock
111 Dr. jur. Bernward Löwenberg Landrat des Main-Taunus-Kreises a.D.
112 Manfred Lubas
113 Evelin Maas
114 Dipl. Kfm. Wolfgang Meister Dipl.-Kfm.
115 Dr. rer. nat. Enno Meyer Meyer, Physiker, Patentanwalt
116 Hannelore Mohringer med. techn. Assistentin
117 Hans-Martin Moll Bürgermeister
118 Jens G. Müller Kameramann
119 Dipl. Ing. Hainer Müller
120 Dipl. Verw.W. Wolfgang Müller Geschäfstführer IUF
121 Thomas Nissen selbständiger Kaufmann
122 Dr. Sc.agr. Albrecht Nitsch
123 Hermann Norff
124 Hagen Nortmann NORTMANN CONSULT GMBH
125 lic.oec.HSG/MBA Peter Nortmann
126 Dr. Ing. Arman Nyilas Ingenieurbüro
127 Dipl. Ing. Hans-Jörg Oehm Regierungsbaumeister für Städtebau
128 Ing. grad. Peter Orth Entwicklung Automotive i.R.
129 Prof. Dipl. Ing. Michael Otto
130 Willibert Pauels
131 Dr. rer.nat. Hans Penner Dipl. Chemiker
132 Dr. Ing. Friedrich Wilhelm Peppler Kernreaktorsicherheitsexperte
133 Georg von Petersdorff-Campen Landwirt
134 Dr. Ing. Helmut Pöltelt Energieexperte TETRA Energie GmbH Kernenergie
135 Dipl.-Kfm. Adolf Rasch
136 Dpl. Vwt. Heide-Marie Rasch Abgeordnete des Kreistages von Nordfriesland
137 Dipl.-Ing.oec., Dipl.-Betrw.(FH), Ing. Peter Rauch Inhaber Ingenieurbüro
138 Prof. a.D. Dr.-Ing. Eberhard Rauschenfels
139 Jutta Reichardt Choreografin u. Moderatorin
140 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sc. D. Helmut Reihlen Direktor des DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung i.R.
141 Dipl. Kfm. Walter Rentel
142 Gabriele Rentrop
143 Erich Richter
144 Dr. Ing. Roland Richter Nuklearservice bei der K.A.B. AG Berlin
145 Dipl. Ing. Jürgen Roesicke Dipl.- Ing. Industrielle Mikrobiologie
146 Niels Rohde Kaufmann, selbständig
147 Friedhelm Rostan
148 Dipl. Ing. Markus Rustemeier
149 Dipl. Ing. FH Johannes Schlorke Elektroniker i. R.
150 Dipl. Ing. Michael Schneider Energie + Verfahrenstechnik
151 Michael Schröter Schröter Kontor - SCHRÖTER GMBH & CO. KG
152 Winfried Schubert freier Jounalist
153 Dr. med. Robin Schürmann Arzt
154 Dipl. Ing Jürgen Seesselberg
155 Dr. phil Robert Sellmeir Dipl. Physiker, Unternehmer, Geschäftsführer
156 Franz Sommersperger Flugkapitän
157 Dipl. Ing. Jørgen Sørensen Energieberater
158 Joachim Späth Maschinenbautechniker, KFZ Meister, Landwirt
159 Günter Stiehl Techniker
160 Dipl. Ing. (BA) Norman Stoer Systemadministrator
161 Dipl. Ing. Eberhard C. Stotko Präsident VDSt-Akademie
162 Heinrich Stracke ehemals Landschaftsarchitekt
163 Dr.jur. Gallus Strobel - Bürgermeister Triberg
164 Dr. rer. nat. Günter Stromburg Physiker
165 Dr.rer.nat Detlef Symietz
166 Wolfgang Theophile
167 Dr. med. Heinrich Thieler Arzt
168 Dipl. Ing. Erhard Thilo Geschäftsführer a.D
169 Dr.Ing. Christian Thoma
170 Dr.rer.pol. Holger Thuss EIKE Präsident
171 Siegfried Torbohm
172 Dipl. Ing. Horst Trippe Entwicklung Automotive
173 Ludger Viefhues
174 Reiner Vogels Pfr. i.R
175 Dipl. Ing. Walter Vollert Dipl.-Ing. Maschinenwesen
176 Dipl. Ing Georg Völlink Energie- und Verfahrenstechnik
177 Diplom Physiker Alvo von Alvensleben
178 Dr. jur. Henning von Mangold Ass. MBA Kaufmann
179 Betr.Wirt. grad. Jürgen Voß
180 Michael Wagner Kafmann
181 Raymond Walden Autor
182 Michael Weber
183 Dipl. Ing. Günter Weber Herausgeber Verlagsgruppe 'markt intern'
184 Dr. rer.nat. Martin Wehlan Dipl. Chemiker, Patentanwalt
185 Tubbesing Werner Verkaufsleiter
186 Carl Paul Wieland Forschung und Entwicklung
187 Dr. rer. nat. Otto-Henning Wilhelms Pharmakologe i.R.
188 Ulf Wilmerstaedt Diplom-Lehrer (Physik / Mathematik)
189 Alois Wübbeling Risikomanager Firmenfinanzen.
190 Dr. rer.nat. Knut Wuntke Dipl.Chemiker
191 Dipl. Ing. (FH) Gerd Zelck
192 Ing. grad. Christian Ziekow
193 Dr. med. Hans-Joachim Zielinski Arzt
194 Dipl.-Kffr. Claudia Zirker Gegenwind Spessart
195 Dr. jur. Matthias Zirker Rechtsanwalt Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht
On 8 Aug 2009, at 10:40, Christina Speight wrote:
The main posting below is an extraordinary letter from 60 German Scientists dissenting over global warming claims, who call climate fears 'pseudo 'religion' and urge the German chancellor to 'reconsider' her views.I thought I should send this out before receiving details of the scientists themselves but any scientists - or, indeed any readers at all! - amongst those who see this and who want the list when I get it, please let me know!The second piece is a note about John Howard, the last Australian prime minister , who is campaigning strongly on the stifling of discussion on this 'pseudo 'religion'. (It’s a brief note since it only formed part of a fascinating speech on the media in general. The whole is worth reading!]The truth about this great scam is gradually filtering out and as the dreadful costs of the utterly futile remedies sinks in here Britons will get even more sceptical!ChristinaCLIMATE DEPOT .com 4.8.09ANDEuropean Institute for Climate and Energy 26.7.09'Consensus' Takes Another Hit! More than 60 German Scientists Dissent Over Global Warming Claims!Call Climate Fears 'Pseudo 'Religion'; Urge Chancellor to 'reconsider' views'Growing body of evidence shows anthropogenic CO2 plays no measurable role'More than 60 prominent German scientists have publicly declared their dissent from man-made global warming fears in an Open Letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The more than 60 signers of the letter include several United Nations IPCC scientists.The scientists declared that global warming has become a “pseudo religion” and they noted that rising CO2 has “had no measurable effect” on temperatures. The German scientists, also wrote that the “UN IPCC has lost its scientific credibility.”This latest development comes on the heels of a series of inconvenient developments for the promoters of man-made global warming fears, including new peer-reviewed studies, real world data, a growing chorus of scientists dissenting (including more UN IPCC scientists), open revolts in scientific societies and the Earth's failure to warm. In addition, public opinion continues to turn against climate fear promotion. (See "Related Links" at bottom of this article for more inconvenient scientific developments.)The July 26, 2009 German scientist letter urged Chancellor Merkel to “strongly reconsider” her position on global warming and requested a “convening of an impartial panel” that is “free of ideology” to counter the UN IPCC and review the latest climate science developments.The scientists, from many disciplines, including physicists, meteorology, chemistry, and geology, explain that “humans have had no measurable effect on global warming through CO2 emissions. Instead the temperature fluctuations have been within normal ranges and are due to natural cycles.”“More importantly, there's a growing body of evidence showing anthropogenic CO2 plays no measurable role,” the scientists wrote. “Indeed CO2's capability to absorb radiation is already exhausted by today's atmospheric concentrations. If CO2 did indeed have an effect and all fossil fuels were burned, then additional warming over the long term would in fact remain limited to only a few tenths of a degree,” they added.“The IPCC had to have been aware of this fact, but completely ignored it during its studies of 160 years of temperature measurements and 150 years of determined CO2 levels. As a result the IPCC has lost its scientific credibility,” the scientists wrote.“Indeed the atmosphere has not warmed since 1998 – more than 10 years, and the global temperature has even dropped significantly since 2003. Not one of the many extremely expensive climate models predicted this. According to the IPCC, it was supposed to have gotten steadily warmer, but just the opposite has occurred,” the scientists wrote.“The belief of climate change, and that it is manmade, has become a pseudo-religion,” the scientists wrote. “The German media has sadly taken a leading position in refusing to publicize views that are critical of anthropogenic global warming,” they added.“Do you not believe, Madam Chancellor, that science entails more than just confirming a hypothesis, but also involves testing to see if the opposite better explains reality? We strongly urge you to reconsider your position on this subject and to convene an impartial panel for the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, one that is free of ideology, and where controversial arguments can be openly debated. We the undersigned would very much like to offer support in this regard.Full Text of Translated Letter By 61 German Scientists: (emphasis added)Open Letter – Climate ChangeBundeskanzleramtFrau Bundeskanzerlin Dr. Angela MerkelWilly-Brandt-Strabe 110557 Berlin#Vizerprasident> Dipl. Ing. Michael Limburg> 14476 Grob Glienicke> Richard-Wagner-Str. 5aE-mail: limburg@grafik-system.deGrob Glienicke 26.07.09To the attention of the Honorable Madam Angela Merkel, Chancellor of GermanyWhen one studies history, one learns that the development of societies is often determined by a zeitgeist, which at times had detrimental or even horrific results for humanity. History tells us time and again that political leaders often have made poor decisions because they followed the advice of advisors who were incompetent or ideologues and failed to recognize it in time. Moreover evolution also shows that natural development took a wide variety of paths with most of them leading to dead ends. No era is immune from repeating the mistakes of the past.Politicians often launch their careers using a topic that allows them to stand out. Earlier as Minister of the Environment you legitimately did this as well by assigning a high priority to climate change. But in doing so you committed an error that has since led to much damage, something that should have never happened, especially given the fact you are a physicist. You confirmed that climate change is caused by human activity and have made it a primary objective to implement expensive strategies to reduce the so-called greenhouse gas CO2. You have done so without first having a real discussion to check whether early temperature measurements and a host of other climate related facts even justify it.A real comprehensive study, whose value would have been absolutely essential, would have shown, even before the IPCC was founded, that humans have had no measurable effect on global warming through CO2 emissions. Instead the temperature fluctuations have been within normal ranges and are due to natural cycles. Indeed the atmosphere has not warmed since 1998 – more than 10 years, and the global temperature has even dropped significantly since 2003.Not one of the many extremely expensive climate models predicted this. According to the IPCC, it was supposed to have gotten steadily warmer, but just the opposite has occurred.More importantly, there's a growing body of evidence showing anthropogenic CO2 plays no measurable role. Indeed CO2's capability to absorb radiation is already exhausted by today's atmospheric concentrations. If CO2 did indeed have an effect and all fossil fuels were burned, then additional warming over the long term would in fact remain limited to only a few tenths of a degree.The IPCC had to have been aware of this fact, but completely ignored it during its studies of 160 years of temperature measurements and 150 years of determined CO2 levels. As a result the IPCC has lost its scientific credibility. The main points on this subject are included in the accompanying addendum.In the meantime, the belief of climate change, and that it is manmade, has become a pseudo-religion.Its proponents, without thought, pillory independent and fact-based analysts and experts, many of whom are the best and brightest of the international scientific community.Fortunately in the internet it is possible to find numerous scientific works that show in detail there is no anthropogenic CO2 caused climate change. If it was not for the internet, climate realists would hardly be able to make their voices heard. Rarely do their critical views get published.The German media has sadly taken a leading position in refusing to publicize views that are critical of anthropogenic global warming. For example, at the second International Climate Realist Conference on Climate in New York last March, approximately 800 leading scientists attended, some of whom are among the world's best climatologists or specialists in related fields. While the US media and only the Wiener Zeitung (Vienna daily) covered the event, here in Germany the press, public television and radio shut it out. It is indeed unfortunate how our media have developed - under earlier dictatorships the media were told what was not worth reporting. But today they know it without getting instructions.Do you not believe, Madam Chancellor, that science entails more than just confirming a hypothesis, but also involves testing to see if the opposite better explains reality? We strongly urge you to reconsider your position on this subject and to convene an impartial panel for the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, one that is free of ideology, and where controversial arguments can be openly debated. We the undersigned would very much like to offer support in this regard.Respectfully yours,Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Friedrich-Karl Ewert EIKEDiplom-GeologeUniversität. - GH - Paderborn, Abt. Höxter (ret.)#Dr. Holger ThußEIKE PresidentEuropean Institute for Climate and EnergySigned byMarc MoranoExecutive Editor/Chief CorrespondentClimate Depot1875 Eye Street, NWFifth FloorWashington, D.C. 20006202-536-5052www.ClimateDepot.comCONSERVATIVE HOME 7.8.09==CONSERVATIVE INTERNATIONAL.comJohn Howard criticises the media for failing to challenge received wisdom on climate changeThe former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, gave a lecture to the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Advanced Journalism this week about politics and the media.He covered a variety of themes, some of which will be of interest to a British audience:• How the Daily Telegraph's coverage of MPs' expenses suggests that newspapers have not been entirely supplanted by the electronic media;• Why he believes most journalists are of a centre-left disposition;• The importance of talk radio for opposition parties;• His belief that Australia voted against becoming a republic in 1999 because most of the media were pushing for it.He also went on to attack the media - in particular the Australian state broadcaster, ABC - for failing to challenge received wisdom on climate change:"I do think that there is a complete unwillingness to accept that there is really any room for any suggestion that there could be some doubt or some scepticism about climate change. I still remember that extraordinary moment on the Lateline program in the middle of 2007 when that British program, I forget the exact title of it – the Great Climate Change Swindle (sic)* was shown. And the presenter of the program actually said that the views expressed in the program were not the views of the ABC, which I thought was quite an extraordinary thing to do, because, I mean, of course, they’re not, nobody suggests that, but there are plenty of other programs of equal prejudice on other issues that do not carry with them the dignity of that kind of disclaimer."-------------------------------------------------To download a transcript of the entire lecture as a PDF go to:-
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