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Hockey Stick Illusion, The: Climategate and the Corruption of Science
Hockey Stick Illusion, The: Climategate and the Corruption of Science
by A.W MONTFORD
Edition: Paperback
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5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific read, Oct 20 2010
Who would ever have thought a book that discusses Prime Components and statistical analysis would be anything other than sleep inducing? But it's a corker and a real page turner that is very hard to put down. Mr. Montford writes about a real-life investigation that is engrossing from the start. And he really knows his stuff! Even if you know little about climate science, this book is a great way to get started. I've read lots books on this subject and this is one of the best.

The Climate Caper: With a Foreword by Christopher Walter Monckton
The Climate Caper: With a Foreword by Christopher Walter Monckton
by Garth W. Paltridge
Edition: Paperback
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5.0 out of 5 stars A brief but excellent discussion, May 8 2010
In a short 111 pages, Garth Paltridge gives an excellent perspective on the Global Warming controversy and, in particular, shows how the forces that shape scientists' reporting have come together to create support, not only singly, but also through many scientific organizations and publications for a very dubious proposition. The best summary I have read to show how the dynamics of scientific sociology and government funding have produced a profoundly unscientific 'consensus'.

Climate Balance: A Balanced and Realistic View of Climate Change
Climate Balance: A Balanced and Realistic View of Climate Change
by Steven E. Sondergard
Edition: Perfect Paperback
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5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshingly honest assessment, April 20 2010
As a sceptic about climate alarmism, I was concerned when I read that Sondergard had won a number of eco-prizes and been involved in the development of ethanol plants and wind farms. I needn't have been. Mr. Sondergard brings a fresh breath of intellectual honesty as well as deep knowledge to an often partisan debate. His arguments are perceptive and usually make sense. My main issue with him is that he seems to trust more in government interventions than I. But this is a matter of balance, not absolutes. I feel like I could have a good discussion with Sondergard - a discussion that could change opinions on both sides. This book is also an excellent resource for anyone with an interest not only in global climate but also in many other environmental and economic issues currently facing humanity.

Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them
Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them
by Steven Milloy
Edition: Hardcover
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Clarion Call, Feb 13 2010
This book is not about the scientific basis of claims about Anthropogenic Catastrophic Global Warming (CAGW), but rather a description about how green groups use faulty scientific claims to advance an agenda that, for most people - including yours truly - is seriously alarming. In some respects, this book covers similar territory to Biz-War and the Out-of-Power Elite (of course with the election of Obama and the Democrats in both houses they are now in power), a terrifying account of how so-called "progressive" organizations are metastasizing across the American landscape and waging guerrilla warfare against the capitalist system and our way of life generally.

The Greens are, of course, merely a sub-set of the progressive (or collectivist) movement. Their aims are similar - the destruction of business, the diminution of our way of living and the direction of our lives, to the minutest detail, by a green controlled government. They are effective because they bring a religious zeal to the task.

This book outlines in alarming detail, the greens' use of the law, intimidation and infiltration to undermine business and free markets. While a bit polemical in tone, if you value your freedom and prosperity, Green Hell shows you how the Greens are campaigning hard to eliminate most of your freedoms and reduce your prosperity. Above all, Mr. Milloy also demonstrates innovative ways to fight back.

A very important book.

The Real Global Warming Disaster: Is the obsession with 'climate change' turning out to be the most costly scientific blunder in history?
The Real Global Warming Disaster: Is the obsession with 'climate change' turning out to be the most costly scientific blunder in history?
by Christopher Booker
Edition: Hardcover
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5.0 out of 5 stars Covers the history of the Global Warming scare very well, Jan 12 2010
This book covers the history of the global warming movement better and more systematically than any other book I've read on this subject - and I've read many. Like the book Booker wrote with Dr. Richard North, "Scared to Death", its research is immaculate. In particular, I learned a great deal about that peculiar institution, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

In my view, the Global Warming scare is one of the strangest movements I've seen during my entire life. I've spent a great deal of time and thought trying to piece out why so many people have accepted as true a hypothesis that is so poorly supported by the evidence. Hans Christian Anderson's tale about the emperor who had no clothes seemed like an amusing fable from my youth. Now I know that it has a solid basis in reality. Christopher Booker shows how this situation came about and how it is now unravelling.

Considering the subject, The Real Global Warming Disaster makes a riveting read. I simply couldn't put it down. Anyone concerned about the damaging policies being proposed to counter this imaginary threat, needs to read this book.

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