Inconvenient Facts: The Science That Al Gore Doesn't Want You to Know

'Well researched, clearly written, beautifully presented and, above all, fact-packed books such as Inconvenient Facts are absolutely essential to the very survival of democracy, to the restoration of true science, and to the ultimate triumph of objective truth.''-Christopher Monckton, Viscount of Brenchley

ISBN-13: 9781545614105

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Silver Crown Productions - LLC

Publication Date: 10-24-2017

Pages: 158

Product Dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)

Gregory Wrightstone is a geologist with more than 35 years spent investigating the Earth and its process. He received his undergraduate degree from Waynesburg University and his masters in geology from West Virginia University. He is a strong proponent of the scientific process and often refers to a basic tenet of English law: Audiatur et altera pars or "Let both sides be fairly heard."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Foreword vi

List of Figures xi

Introduction: Climate Science and the Non-Expert Problem 1

I Global Warming - The Basics 3

1 Greenhouse Gases - Our Security Blanket 3

Summary - Greenhouse Gases 7

2 Carbon Dioxide - The Foundation of Life, the Food of Plants 8

CO₂: The Basics 9

Earth's Carbon Dioxide History 11

Is 400 PPM Really a CO₂ Tipping Point? 17

The Social Benefits of Increasing Carbon 18

Summary - CO₂ and Humankind 21

3 Temperature - A Question of Degree 23

The Hockey-Stick Graph and 'Unprecedented' Global Warming 23

Why the 'Hockey-Stick' Graph Matters 25

Modern Instrumental Data 27

Some Important Charts 33

Stepping Millions of Years Back in Time 42

Climate Models: Accurate, Inaccurate or Useless? 46

The Ice-Man Cometh - Is Another Ice Age on its Way? 49

Climate and Culture: Very Good and Very Bad 51

Summary 56

II Apocalypse? No! - Climate Apocalypse Myths 57

"97% Consensus" - What Consensus? 59

Water, Water Everywhere - How Droughts are Declining 65

Forest Fires - Fanning the Flames of Needless Panic 71

Famine: The Best Solution is More CO₂ and Increasing Temperature 74

Heat and Life, Cold and Death 80

In a Whirl About Tornadoes 89

Hurricanes - Politicizing Tragedy 93

Polar Bears are Doing Just Fine, Thank You 98

Ocean Acidity - Climate pHraud 103

Sea-Level Rise - King Canute Couldn't Stop It - Nor Can We 113

Summary - The Benefits of Principled Inaction 122

List of Inconvenient Facts 124

References 129

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