12 Nov 09 - Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is
a natural phenomenon caused by volcanoes and is not responsible for
climate change, says Professor Ian Plimer, a geologist from Adelaide
University.
The recent rise in temperature around the world was caused by solar
cycles and other extra terrestrial forces, says Plimer.
"We cannot stop carbon emissions because most of them come from
volcanoes," he said. "We have had huge climate change in the past
and to think the very slight variations we measure today are the
result of our life - we really have to put ice blocks in our
drinks."
The world has experienced three periods of
cooling since 1850 and carbon dioxide was increasing during many of
those cooler periods, said Professor Plimer.
"If we had only had warming, then there would be
a connect between CO2 and temperature, there is not," he added.
This article labels Professor Plimer a climate” sceptic,”
and "denialist
poster boy." It doesn’t bother to mention that he is
Emeritus Professor
of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne (he
was Professor and
Head at the University of Melbourne from 1991 to 2005),
nor does it
mention that he has published more than 120 scientific
papers on geology.
Not exactly a slouch.
Professor Plimer won the Leopold von Buch
Plakette (German Geological
Society), Clarke Medal (Royal Society of New South
Wales), Sir Willis
Connolly Medal (Australian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy), was elected
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering
and was elected Honorary Fellow of the Geological
Society of London.
I am now reading Professor Plimer’s
seventh book written for the general
public – Heaven and Earth – which absolutely
destroys the concept of human-
caused global warming. I highly recommend it.
See entire article by Louise Gray, entitled “Climate
change 'sceptic' Ian Plimer argues CO2 is not causing global
warming”:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6553592/Climate-change-sceptic-Ian-Plimer-argues-CO2-is-not-causing-global-warming.html
Thanks to Benjamin Napier for this
link