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Here is Dr. Patrick Moore's description of his unique thesis as presented in "Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom"."It dawned on me one day that most of the scare stories in the media today are based on things that are either invisible, like CO2 and radiation, or very remote, like polar bears and coral reefs. Thus, the average person cannot observe and verify the truth of these claims for themselves. They must rely on activists, the media, politicians, and scientists - all of whom have a huge financial and/or political interest in the subject - to tell them the truth. This is my effort, after 50 years as a scientist and environmental activist, to expose the misinformation and outright lies used to scare us and our children about the future of the Earth. Direct observation is the very basis of science. Without verified observation it is not possible to know the truth. That is the sharp focus of this book."The book contains 98 color photographs, illustrations, and charts. A key target audience is parents who do not approve of the "progressive" school curriculum and its alarmism about the future of civilization and the natural world. Dr. Moore hopes these parents will read his book and pass it on to their high-school and older children to give them an alternative to the bleak future predicted by the prophets of doom. Many other audiences will also find the book informative and convincing.In 11 chapters the reader is clearly shown that citizens are being misinformed by many environmental doomsday prophesies, ones they cannot verify for themselves. We are told that nuclear energy is very dangerous when the numbers prove it is one of the safest technologies. We are told polar bears will go extinct soon when their population has been growing steadily for nearly 50 years. We are told that there is something harmful in genetically modified food crops when it is invisible, has no name and no chemical formula. We are told severe forest fires are caused by climate change when they are actually caused by poor management of fuel load (dead wood) in the forest. We are told that all the coral reefs will die by 2100 when in fact the most diverse coral reefs are found in the warmest oceans in the world. And of course, we are told that invisible CO2 from using fossil fuels, accounting for more than 80 percent of our energy supply, will make the Earth too hot for life. All of these scare stories, and many more, are simply not true. And this book will convince you, your family, and your colleagues of that. There is no substitute for the truth.Dr. Patrick Moore was one of the co-founders of Greenpeace and sailed on the first Greenpeace campaign against US H-bomb tests in Alaska. Upon receiving his PhD in ecology, he spent 15 years in the top committee of Greenpeace and led many of its environmental campaigns. Greenpeace began as a group of volunteers with noble intentions. Over the years it became very successful with campaigns to save the whales, stop the mass slaughter of baby seals, prevent toxic dumping into the air, water and earth, and many more. Greenpeace found itself in the early 1980s with more than $100 million coming in annually and close to 1,000 people on the payroll. It had become a business and fundraising moved to the top of the priority list. New campaigns were more about using sensationalism, misinformation and fear to attract donations. Dr. Moore said good-bye in 1986 as Greenpeace was turning into a racket peddling junk science. Since then he has strived to be a sensible environmentalist, basing his beliefs on sound science and logical thinking. This book is the culmination of 50 years of learning during Dr. Moore's multi-faceted quest for the truth about environmental issues (an historical account of Dr. Moore's 15 years with Greenpeace and his analysis of environmental subjects are in his previous book, "Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout - The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist".
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08T6FFY6S
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ecosense Environmental; 1st edition (January 14, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 14, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Patrick Moore, Ph.D.

Dr. Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for more than 40 years. He is a co-founder of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. As the leader of many campaigns, Dr. Moore was a driving force shaping policy and direction while Greenpeace became the world’s largest environmental activist organization.

In recent years, Dr. Moore has been focused on the promotion of sustainability and consensus building among competing concerns. He was a member of British Columbia government-appointed Round Table on the Environment and Economy from 1990 – 1994. In 1990, Dr. Moore founded and chaired the BC Carbon Project, a group that worked to develop a common understanding of climate change.

Dr. Moore served for four years as Vice President, Environment for Waterfurnace International, a manufacturer of geothermal heat pumps for residential heating and cooling with renewable earth energy. He is a Director of NextEnergy Solutions, the largest distributor of geothermal systems in Canada.

As Chair of the Sustainable Forestry Committee of the Forest Alliance of BC from 1991 – 2002, he led the process of developing the “Principles of Sustainable Forestry” which were adopted by a majority of the industry.

In 2000, Dr. Moore published Trees are the Answer, a photo-book that provides a new insight into how forests work and how they can play a powerful role in solving many of our current environmental problems.

Dr. Moore serves as Chair and Chief Scientist of Greenspirit Strategies Ltd., a consultancy focusing on environmental policy and communications in forestry, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, mining, biodiversity, chemicals, energy and climate change.

From 2006-2012 he served as co-Chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, a US-based advocacy mission to build public support for more nuclear energy plants to provide electricity.

In 2013 Dr. Moore, with his brother Michael and other family members, founded the Allow Golden Rice Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to seeing Golden Rice approved for commercial agriculture. 250 million children, mainly in the tropical countries, are deficient in vitamin A and as a result uo to 2 million die each year. The Allow Golden Rice Now! Campaign demands that Greenpeace and their allies discontinue their campaign of opposition to Golden Rice, which could eliminate vitamin A deficiency if cultivated and consumed. In 2019 the Philippines announced it had approved Golden Rice for cultivation.

In 2014 Dr. Moore was appointed Chair of Ecology, Energy, and Prosperity at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.

In 2015 Dr. Moore joined the founding meeting of the CO2 Coalition in Washington DC, chaired by William Happer, and was appointed a founding director of the organization with the aim of educating on the benefits of carbon dioxide for life on Earth. In April 2019, Dr. Moore was elected Chairman of the Board of the CO2 Coalition, and now serves as a director.

In 2021 Dr. Moore published "Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom" exposing the fake news and fake science around 11 claims of disaster including climate change, coral reefs, polar bears, plastic, nuclear energy, and more.

Dr. Moore is an independent ecologist/environmentalist with Ecosense Environmental Inc.

“Speaking Truth to Power Award”, 9th Annual Climate Change Conference, 2014

National Award for Nuclear Science and History, (Einstein Society) Albequerque, New Mexico, 2009

Honorary Doctorate of Science, North Carolina State University, 2005

Ph.D. in Ecology, Institute of Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia, 1974

Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1969-1972

Honours B.Sc. in Biology and Forest Biology, University of British Columbia

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So-called "environmental groups" started out with good intentions but they morphed into hugely profitable organizations running into the billions of dollars. Patrick Moore is a Greenpeace founder who left when they abandoned science and decided to chase money instead. He now crusades to expose their deceitful ways by examining their claims and comparing it to the science and evidence. In each case, he conclusively proves that they are feeding us fiction to scare us into donating our money. Read this and you will be able to reassure your children that we are not in an existential crisis after all. Whether you are concerned about global warming, plastics or polar bears, you will find your answers here.I should add that I am a PhD chemist with 30 years of experience. I fact-checked some of his claims, such as the Google Street View of Henderson Island and found that, just as Dr. Moore said, the beaches are pristine and not polluted as the so-called environmental groups had claimed (see image).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Information!
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2024
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This book presents a lot of information in an easy to digest format. Reading this book will alleviate your concerns about the climate. CO2 is essential to life on earth and we are actually at a historically low level. Looking at temperatures and CO2 from a geological perspective instead of just the last couple of hundred years is eye opening.
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Broc
5.0 out of 5 stars Info I was looking for ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2021
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I'm retired from civil engineering, and am a Sierra Club member, and and AMA Life member (American Motorcyclist Association), so I like nature and I'm a bit of a gear head. I try to keep an open mind on most issues. But having had to work through complex permitting processes for jobs I designed has lead me to become skeptical of the regulatory systems. Often they are more process oriented than actual outcome oriented ...
And I have been looking at climate change from different angles for quite a while (more than two decades). I have been looking at various data sets, but was lacking a coherent framework to work within. I was vaguely aware that the planet experiences orbital changes and that the suns output is cyclical. Both of which have a major influence on climatic conditions. But I could not see an obvious linkage. Dr Moore set me straight on these points.
And I was acutely aware of fossil fuels, supply, and untapped reserves (studied geology before moving to engineering). As far back as the 1970s I knew we had enough shale oil underground to power this country for at least another century, but we lacked the technology to get it out. That issue has largely been solved, and the processes will get better. Point being that there is a lot more fossil fuel in the ground than most folks are aware of ...
Which lead me to the understanding that all the carbon in fossil fuel resources was free in the atmosphere at some point in the past. But dumb me, I had forgotten about the carbonaceous rocks ... And that is many times the fossil fuel sources. And that was free carbon in the atmosphere in the past too.
What Dr Moore points out are the inconsistencies in the climate change argument. And the utter irrationality of some of the hype. How the "cancel culture" is silencing alternative views, and the like. We do need to reduce our use of carbon to preserve those resources for the future. And we need to be ready for climate change. It is happening (and always was). But we need to rational about how we proceed, and this book gives good solid information on subjects that must also be considered. I applaud Dr Moore for writing it !!
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David C Heeing
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2024
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The scientific evidence put forth in this book is easy to follow and understand. This should be mandatory reading for any high school science class
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4.0 out of 5 stars A gift for the difficult to buy for
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What do you get for the political grandpa who has everything? Easy. Perfect. Thought provoking. Conversation starter.
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Barry Milliken
5.0 out of 5 stars Mass Delusion
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2021
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I have followed Patrick Moore's work for a number of years. Several of his excellent presentations are on YouTube. Nevertheless I learned many more relevant facts about geological history and biological evolution from this book.
His greatest asset is his breadth of knowledge across all relevant scientific disciplines. Too many scientists, because of the explosion of knowledge, focus ever more narrowly of a small sub specialty. Many also were inspired to become a scientists not a as a search for truth, but as a way to save the planet from the scare stories of the original Earth Day 50 years ago.. Back then, overpopulation and dwindling resources (including fossil fuels) were the things that scared them as children. Now they spin similar stories of doom.
Patrick Moore understands the "science" has a well earned reputation built on the scientific method: a theoretical idea followed up by the evidence of controlled and repeatable experiments. Computer models are theories not evidence. "Climate science" has no controllable or repeatable experiments.
Patrick Moore also understands human nature: that fear and collective guilt have been the most powerful weapons to exert control by those who seek power over their fellows. All tyrants and religious leaders truly believe that they represent the truth and the greater good. The successful ones achieve power through fear and guilt.
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J. Prins
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2024
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Would recommend this book to anyone who has questions about the causes and effects of anthropogenic climate change. It is effectively a collection of 13 short stories with "these people are frauds, let me show you how through facts, figures, graphs, and enough references to take up multiple pages" as a theme.
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5.0 out of 5 stars vital reading
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2024
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There is so much misinformation that it is vital you read this book. Moore offers a scientific explanation for the environmental issues we see daily in the media.
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W C Kilpatrick
5.0 out of 5 stars Climate Change from CO2 hoax exposed
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2024
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Dr. Moore uses scientific data taken from published sources and uses the information to debunk the hysteria of Climate Change. He addresses each of the pop culture lies being sold by groups that use made up data, fear mongering and media’s demand for sensational headlines. These groups are enriching themselves at the expense of our future.
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Leonard J.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Insight to one of the most important events of our time
Reviewed in Canada on June 5, 2024
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I met Dr Moore many years ago back in the early 1970s , while working on the Rainbow Warrior 1
he sat and talked to us while we ate lunch , I was always impressed with his knowledge on the natural environment and the animals living within it . This book is not misinformation it is facts and I for one trust this man statements in the book as real science. Very easy book to read and very interesting . Thanks Dr Moore
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Eduardo jorgens de maman
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente livro.
Reviewed in Brazil on August 7, 2023
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Excelente livro
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Phil Toler
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2024
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Well explained and argued, and backed up by good scientific evidence especially key geological history and the very interesting theory about how dissolved CO2 was used by evolving organisms
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pudong
5.0 out of 5 stars Tolles Buch, gut zu lesen. Aufklärung vom Feinsten.
Reviewed in Germany on March 9, 2023
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Auch wenn man nicht so perfektes Englisch spricht, das Buch ist gefällig geschrieben und der Sinn erschließt sich auch ohne Wörterbuch. Deshalb unbedingt kaufen und die vielen Themen aufsaugen, zu denen uns seit Jahren nur Halbwissen vermittelt wird. Aufklärung vom Feinsten.
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kai virihaur
4.0 out of 5 stars Klimathysterin är en religion
Reviewed in Sweden on October 23, 2022
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Boken innebär nya synsätt på flera saker, och ger en nyttigt skeptisk hållning gällande de vanligaste myterna.
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