Science Princeton Physicist Calls Global Warming Science "Mistaken"Michael Asher (Blog) - December 23, 2008 2:37 PM


Dr. William Happer (Source: Princeton University)
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Scientist fired by Al Gore was told, "science will not intrude on public policy".
Noted energy expert and Princeton physicist Dr. Will Happer has sharply criticized global warming alarmism. Happer, author of over 200 scientific papers and a past director of energy research at the Department of Energy, called fears over global warming "mistaken".
"I have spent a long research career studying physics that is closely related to the greenhouse effect", said Happer. "Fears about man-made global warming are unwarranted and are not based on good science."
Dr. Happer views climate change as a predominately natural process. "The earth's climate is changing now, as it always has. There is no evidence that the changes differ in any qualitative way from those of the past."
In 1991, Happer was appointed director of energy research for the US Department of Energy. In 1993, he testified before Congress that the scientific data didn't support widespread fears about the dangers of the ozone hole and global warming, remarks that caused then-Vice President Al Gore to fire him. "I was told that science was not going to intrude on public policy", he said. "I did not need the job that badly".
Happer's latest remarks were made yesterday, as he asked to be included in a Senate Environment and Public Works report of scientists disputing global warming alarmism. Happer joins 650 other scientists on the list, many of whom have been interviewed previously by DailyTech.
"Computer models used to generate frightening scenarios from increasing levels of carbon dioxide have scant credibility," Happer concluded.
In response to Happer's remarks, Senator James Inhofe, ranking minority member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, said, "The endless claims of a consensus on man-made global warming grow less and less credible every day".
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(10 Hidden) NEW! Happer != Expert
By Jenga on 12/23/08, Rating: 2
By Jenga on 12/23/2008 2:49:47 PM , Rating: 2
This is beyond idiotic. Happer is just another mediocre scientist in a tangential field, who wants to blame the loss of his job on the anthropomorphic 'beast' that is climate change. He was fired for testifying to congress about a field of science in which he has no experience or credentials. For a government employee, that's understandably a pretty gross offense. Happer is at the far end of the crackpot stick, claiming that UV doesn't cause cancer, when the biggest clinical trials in medical history show that it does.



(2 Hidden) NEW! RE: Happer != Expert
By Oregonian2 on 12/23/08, Rating: 1
By Oregonian2 on 12/23/2008 2:54:44 PM , Rating: 1
I just wish some of this global warming would come to the pacific northwest. In the thirty years that I've lived in this area, I've not seen anywhere near the snow that I've seen here in the last week than any (other) five year period combined. It's also been snowing in Las Vegas -- they might like some global warming too.