I've read at least a dozen books on the climate issue in the last month. This is the best. Koonin is not just another "skeptic." His approach to the matter rises above "controversy" and depends on evidence. Yet, he acknowledges where the panic is coming from. A lecture by Koonin covers much of the key material and provides color versions of the slides, which are black and white in the book. Another interview, without the slides, is here . In reading IPCC reports, it's evident that the "summaries" don't "summarize" the actual science. The ultimate summary, the speech by the head of the IPCC , bristles with inaccuracies and has no message beyond panic. As a senior climate scientist, Koonin provides some startling stories of the "blow-back" he gets by simply asking for an independent review of IPCC conclusions. In fact, there was a brief attempt to cripple such a review by denying federal funds to any study that challenged t...

  While I am sympathetic to many "Liberal" or "Socialist" ideas, I see that there are many still far to my "left." I refer to these as the "Utopian Far Left." Marx, Lenin, Mao, and Pol Pot would fall into this classification. The common thread is a promise of Utopia if only reason and individual rights are swept aside. I take a close look at the inaugural address of the current head of the IPCC, Yensan-gun. My reasoning comes from many sources, but the reader who finds my thinking novel should refer to: The False Promise of Green Energy , Andrew Morris, et al. How to Spend $50 Billion to Make The World A Better Plac e, Bjorn Lomborg The IPCC report itself (IP6 ) and what it really says, not the "summaries." How to Avoid Climate Disaster , Bill Gates. Exactly what "net zero 2050" would take. United Nations Environmental Program ( UNEP ) provides the complete UN vision of Utopia. It is important to notice that UNEP priorities ar...

I take this to be a perfect statement of the position of the Activist, Utopain "left". For the moment, I want this document to stand on its own. This is the language that has been percolating down throughout the IPCC "summaris for decision makers" since the beginning. I see little point in rebutting Mr. Yensan-gun one-by-one. His mind is plainlly made up.  Bold face and underline is my own of course.   From the inaugural address by the current IPCC chairman, Yensan-gun 9 June 2022 Bonn, Germany Colleagues, Delegates, I’m honoured to provide this keynote address at the opening ceremony of the first Technical Dialogue. In the past 10 months, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a trilogy of reports providing policymakers with the most up-to-date science on climate change. These three reports are a dire warning about the consequences of inaction. Climate change is a grave and mounting threat to our well-being and a healthy planet. ... The climat...

DRAFT 02/28/2023 - For comment only I have suffered from the " Cassandra Complex ." It turns out that I am very good at seeing catastrophes coming. At least three times, I have been fired from huge projects for predicting disaster. Once disaster actually struck, for some reason, nobody got back to pat me on the back. That's the curse. Over the years, I have created a few computer models. For a long time, people have looked at complex systems and reached for their computers. Surely it's just a matter of crunching the numbers. It turns out that, even in the simplest of systems, there is always a huge gap between what the computer can "know" and what happens in the real world. In my experience, it is a rare model that tells you something you didn't already know. Surprising results are usually just wrong. " The Delinquent Teenager " by investigative reporter Donna Lafromabousie will dispel any illusions you may have about the IPCC having anything t...