Climategate: A Veteran Meteorologist Exposes the Global Warming Scam [Hardcover]

Brian Sussman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 22, 2010

Climategate is a godsend for anyone who has ever expressed skepticism about the environmentalist that claim that the Earth is in peril because of mankind's appetite for carbon-based fuels.

A distinguished, award-winning television weatherman in San Francisco, Brian Sussman deftly melds easy-to-understand scientific facts with provocative commentary. Sick of twisted "facts" mass-marketed to manipulate basic living decisions and common-sense energy consumption, Sussman indicts a cabal of elitist politicians, bureaucrats and activists who front the environmental movement to push intrusive, Marxist-derived policies in a quest to become filthy rich.

By tracing the origins of the current climate scare, Sussman guides the reader from the diabolical minds of Marx and Engels in the 1800s, to the global governance machinations of the United Nations today. Climategate is a call to action, warning Americans that their future is being undermined by a phony pseudo-science aimed at altering every aspect of life in the United States and the world.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Sussman was the San Fran Bay Area's most celebrated television science reporter and meteorologist for 20 years and is the new morning man on KSFO, 560 AM, the highest-rated talk show in the fourth largest radio market in the country. He founded Brian's Kids, an adoption advocacy organization that placed 400 kids in permanent homes.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: WND Books; 1 edition (April 22, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1935071831
• ISBN-13: 978-1935071839
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,505 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #79 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Earth Sciences > Climatology

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

94 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple, clear exposition of the damning arguments against anthropogenic (man caused) global warming, April 27, 2010

By 

Kent Gordon (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Climategate: A Veteran Meteorologist Exposes the Global Warming Scam (Hardcover)

I have followed this issue for several years. It took me a couple of years before I came to the point of view that Sussman lays out here. Global warming is a deeply insidious expression of Marxism with the express agenda of de-development and global wealth redistribution. This is as anti-capitalist and un-American as it gets. Sussman lays out the major issues well, which basically amount to cherry picking of data and manipulating mathematical models to produce the desired results.

What was so hard in my journey here as an engineer was to see that such a large segment of the academic and scientific community has been corrupted into religiously advancing this theory. The incentive system of having government funding as the primary source where you get funding to advance the theory, but sit out in the cold if you don't buy in is in itself rather disturbing. Sussman didn't delve into this aspect, but it is partially covered in the book "SuperFreakonomics". I have yet to see any author take on the challenge of how to reform science funding. For the sake of the continued contribution of science to human prosperity, this challenge must be taken up.

My only real criticism of Sussman is that he is preaching to the choir. He doesn't do enough to bring people along who are where I was a couple of years ago -- skeptical, but not quite able to believe the extent of the corruption. In my own journey the writings of Freeman Dyson at Princeton, Richard Lindzen at MIT and the well known systems engineer Burt Rutan helped me a great deal.

93 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth Reading, April 3, 2010

By 

JustMe - See all my reviews

This review is from: Climategate: A Veteran Meteorologist Exposes the Global Warming Scam (Hardcover)

Sussman provides many very good, but also very quick 'snapshots' of the entire movie it would take to fully understand the scientific, economic, political, moral, etc. problems with the bases for harmful AGW. He highlights the fact he's won several awards for being a good TV personality, but doesn't make the fact he has a meteorology degree well known (I read this on a third party website). A lot of readers may not appreciate the fact that he goes into into a fair amount of history, political philosophy, and even a touch of theology in the first chapter. But, I do admit I was glad I read that portion thoroughly, since it does provide the reader with a more solid background/foundation on which to understand why he believes/says what he does.

Sussman is not afraid of letting you know what he thinks about certain people and ideas. Most of the time, this makes for good reading. On occasion, though, he could've toned things down a little (like calling Karl Marx a bast****). The text is well referenced, but there are the occasional exaggerations (300 mph jet streams? - rare, at best) and instances when more/better documentation would've been great - especially when he references his own interviews and refers to the climategate emails. Sussman is clearly writing about a topic he holds to be important, and it is this fervor which makes this book good. As much of the book is about his personal experiences (challenges, perhaps), he's encountered in both his professional and personal life since he's officially become a 'denier.' Very little of the science presented in this book was 'new' for me; that will be true for you as well, if you keep up to date on the topic. If you're looking for a peek into the makings of climategate and care about scientific integrity & ethics, however, this will be an excellent read. Enjoy.

130 of 164 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear concise and empirical... Explosive in its exposure of fraud, March 31, 2010

By 

Denver "grampa competitor" (San Mateo, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Climategate: A Veteran Meteorologist Exposes the Global Warming Scam (Hardcover)

Finally, a highly-trained professional meteorologist discloses the truth about the fraud that is man-made global warming.

Mr. Sussman names names and uncovers the vile deceptiveness that has both "educated" our children and provided a huge moneymaker for Gore, Obama and others who will profit from this hoax.

A must read. I'm buying several copies for presents.

Dallas