Prof. Michael Farona Asks Some Simple Questions Chemistry Professor Michael Farona doesn't have an axe to grind regarding the mythical anthropogenic global warming phenomenon. He just wants to know the facts. Unfortunately, facts are very hard to come by; the "research" proving that the planet is doomed if we don't submit to socialism consists almost entirely of hot air.
Farona observes that there's more data in Michael Crichton's hoax-debunking novel State of Fear than in all of the allegedly scientific articles he's read on the topic. Maybe someone out there who believes in global warming can answer his simple questions:
1. Why have there been no rebuttals to the data in Crichton's book? 2. There have been at least four interglacial periods, where the glaciers have advanced and retreated. The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago and, in the case of North America, left the Great Lakes in the glacier's retreat. The glaciers are still retreating, so there should not be any great surprise that the sea level is rising. The industrial revolution is about 150 years old, compared to 10,000 years of warming. Can human activities have really made a significant contribution to rising temperatures in that amount of time? 3. We know that the east coast of the U.S. was flooded during the previous interglacial period, so sea level rising and coastal flooding are not unique to this interglacial period. Why now the draconian predictions of coastal flooding as if this has not happened before? 4. How hot did it get during the previous interglacial period? Are present temperatures not in accord with climate changes in the past? 5. The Milankovich Cycles have accounted for all the interglacial periods in the past. Why not now? 6. What is the relationship between an increased level of carbon dioxide and temperature? Can it be predicted that an increase of so many parts per billion of carbon dioxide will cause an increase of so many degrees? The "Milankovich Cycles" he refers to involve cyclical changes in the Earth's orbit and the tilt of its axis. Like the climate itself, these cycles are not subject to bureaucratic regulation.
Hopefully, Professor Farona isn't hanging by his thumbs as he waits for answers to his questions.
