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disappointing review
“This book rightly raises the issue of how biased and maybe unfounded is the publicity supporting global warming- however the author gives no evidence of where the supporting science contradicts the notion of global warming. The book is mainly aimed at discrediting the motives of global warming (GW) supporters- and he may be right or wrong; some evidence showing where the science contradicts global warming would have been more convincing- but no evidence is presented- for or against GW. So after reading the book I am no further towards any decision. Better to read Climate Extremes- discusses quite a lot of evidence.”
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-10-23. -
1 of 2 members found this review helpful.
This is a bunch of nonsense
“I worked as a "NASA climatologist" too, and can tell you that the IPCC is a very conservative commission. Every word in the executive summary must be agreed to by representatives of every participating country -- including countries full of climate skeptics. If it gets through there, there IS a political consensus, based on scientific consensus that has been built over the years through debate in the scientific journals. The evidence of warming are mounting -- melting in the Arctic and Greenland, spring coming earlier in many places, permafrost melting in Alaska and Siberia, etc. Even if humans only cause a small part of the warming, doesn't it make sense to do what we can to reduce it? This is the only part of warming that we can control. Check the video [...] for a good (and humorous) analysis of why action on climate change is at least a good idea.”
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-10-20. -
1 of 1 members found this review helpful.
CLIMATE CONFUSION
“I'm very happy with the book, it's very clear, because in this issue (climate&weather) we can say that "we are beginning to know" and we have to learn very much. Mr. Spencer is very brave in these times (politically correct times) Congratulations to the author from Spain. ”
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-08-28. -
1 of 2 members found this review helpful.
Great Content, Execution Could Have Been Better
“I gave Climate Confusion (CC) 4 stars. I would have given it 5 stars based upon its content and ideas, but I thought the execution of this book left a little to be desired.
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-06-07.
I'll deal with CC's literary value first. Now, it certainly was an easy read and the chapter organization was by-and-large well thought out. I'm not a fast reader and finished the 191-page book in about one week. Spencer has a very conversational style - you almost feel like you are in his classroom and he is a pretty cool teacher. But at times that style gets him in trouble, because he gets a little too familiar, violating that boundary that exists between writer and audience (I think he even addressed a question at one point to "you"). Spencer gets a little "preachy" at times, and I felt I was being scolded instead of being educated. On the plus side, he uses a lot of humor and that worked pretty well for me.
Again, I want to emphasize I enjoyed the reading experience, but these were some of the things that irritated me. Like a good teacher, he repeated his main points in each chapter, which was OK (my poor memory can use all the reinforcement it can get), but then he concluded with a Summary (Chapter 10), repeating every major point that he had previously made, instead of a Conclusion. I thought that was too much repetition and frankly, kind of a weird way to structure the book. Aside from that though, the progression of topics through each of the 10 chapters was very logical and well thought out.
In terms of the content and argument, this was a great book, exposing the Global Warming "con" for what it is. I won't repeat his argument here, you can buy the book and read it for yourself (or borrow it and read that Summary I was just complaining about).
Note: I am not currently a scientist, but as an undergrad and graduate student I was heavily involved in environmental research. For 5 years, I studied meteorology, climatology, and air pollution. I participated in 2 different federally-funded research projects dealing with the effects of weather on particulate air pollution. I co-authored 2 papers published in peer-reviewed journals. I know something about this subject from the inside. I am highly skeptical of the science behind global warming (and, I might add, the scientific basis for our attempts to reduce ozone pollution). In both case, science has been badly compromised by politics. ” -
4 of 30 members found this review helpful.
Exposing the "Muths"
“I came to this page when I clicked on a link in my g-mail, "Climate Change Muths Exposed by NASA Climatologist"
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-05-27.
Muths.
Then I find that the "most helpful" review is from the author himself, who, surprise surprise, rated his own work five stars.
I won't be wasting my time or money on this one.
I just got back from Peru. I've been to Alaska. I'm not a geologist, but I can see with my own eyes glaciers are smaller than they were even a decade ago. If climate change is a myth, where is the ice going? Just answer that one question please!
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