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February 15, 2016, was the beginning of a debate on man-made climate change between two well-known experts in the field, Princeton Professor of Physics Dr. William Happer and University of Melbourne Atmospheric Sciences Professor Dr. David Karoly, hosted by James Barham and his team at TheBestSchools.org. Both have been heavily involved in atmospheric research since the 1980s. Happer believes that burning fossil fuels will have a minimal effect on climate but a large benefit to plant life and humanity. Karoly believes the opposite.

How certain is the conclusion by some scientists that burning fossil fuels will lead to a climate disaster? Only debates can ferret out their certainty or lack of it. Burning fossil fuels may cause some harm, but if we stop burning them, we will face certain harm. Which is worse? Debates educate the public, they are necessary. This is an in-depth look at both sides of the scientific debate between two prominent experts.

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Dr. Javier Vinós: "extraordinarily well written", "This is an important book, because the society has been robbed of its right to a wide scientific debate on an important subject, even though they are paying for only one side of the research."

Dr. Martin Capages Jr.: "Andy May has produced a very readable summary of the contentious debate and carefully explains both sides. In this well written book, you can read what the experts have to say with some clarity, consider their positions on this complex matter, and reach your own conclusions."

James Barham, the moderator of the debate: "I have looked your book over carefully. First, I think it is a great idea! It is certainly more user-friendly than the original debate was, as posted on TBS [TheBestSchools.org]. Second, I found neither anything to quarrel with substantively, nor even any typographical mistakes (admittedly, I was reading rapidly). In short, congratulations on a job extremely well done!"

David Siegel, best-selling author of Creating Killer Web Sites: "People who are enthusiastic about catastrophic climate change don't usually want to debate scientists who ask hard questions. In this rare exception, Andy May takes the reader on a journey into the minds of two men who stand on opposite sides of a scientific chasm. I challenge you to read it and decide for yourself which one has the moral authority and the facts on his side. As usual, Andy deconstructs many of the key concepts to make them accessible. Above all, it becomes clear why people who claim the sky is falling don't want to debate anyone as highly qualified as Will Happer on climate change. I highly recommend reading everything Andy May writes."

About the Author

Andy May is a writer, blogger, and author. He enjoys golf and traveling in his spare time. He retired from a 42-year career in petrophysics in 2016. He is also an editor for the popular climate change blog Wattsupwiththat.com where he has published numerous posts. He is the author of three books and the author or co-author of seven peer-reviewed papers on various geological, engineering and petrophysical topics. His personal blog is andymaypetrophysicist[.]com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Andy May Petrophysicist (March 1, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1639446761
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1639446766
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.63 x 9 inches

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Andy May is a writer, blogger, and author. He enjoys golf and traveling in his spare time. He retired from a 42-year career in petrophysics in 2016. He is also an editor for the popular climate change blog Wattsupwiththat.com where he has published numerous posts. He is the author of four books and the author or co-author of seven peer-reviewed papers on various geological, engineering and petrophysical topics. His personal blog is andymaypetrophysicist[.]com.

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Dr. Happer, as a rational & distinguished scientist & CO2-Expert, Won the Debate -- Hands Down!

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2023

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Excellent Book - Dr. Happer Won the Debate -- Hands Down!
Dr. Happer is a Distinguished Professor, Scientist and CO2-Expert who has a deep understanding of Science, Physics, Chemistry (especially CO2) and the Earth's Atmosphere and Climate.

He clearly understands that there is actually NO Man-Made Due to CO2 Global Threat, No Significant Warming for the last 25 years and that the Earth's Temperatures are "Insensitive" to Changes in CO2 Emissions and that there has Never been Any Correlation, much less Any Causation, of Global Warming (or even Global Cooling for that matter) in the last 570 million years!

Dr. Happer demonstrates that there is actually no imminent Global Warming Threat -- Just Naturally-Driven Climate Change.

The other side of the debate did not have a chance since they have absolutely no viable facts to support their AGW (Anthropocentric Global Warming Theory) which depends on significant CO2 Infrared-Warming as a part of the Greenhouse Effect when CO2-concentration is a mere 4% of all Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) and Water-Vapor (H2O in a gaseous state) is 95% and produces more GHG-warming effect & Clouds than Trace CO2 and the Remaining 1% of GHGs (i.e., Methane CH4 or "Cow Farts" and Nitrous Oxide N2O) which is 75-85% of the Greenhouse Effect by Water Vapor vs. trace CO2 of ~ 9% or a bit more.

Karoly ended up "Punting" by dropping out and his surrogate was destroyed in the end by the Truth presented by Dr. Happer!

An honest debate on man-made climate change----perhaps a first!

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2022

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Climate modelers and those focusing on calculated data and earth history come to very different conclusions about future risks of over-warming. Modelers see climate sensitivity ( temperature rise for doubling of CO2) as 3degreesC +/- 1.5C; the opposition see 1degreeC +/-0.5C. These are drastically different results from highly competent groups of researchers. Recent world wide rates of warming average 0.14 deg C/decade----while the largely oceanic southern hemisphere is warming at only 0.11 deg C/decade.
There is something amiss when government and private enterprise are spending massively each year to correct a very slight problem-----and it's mostly financed by all of us as tax payers.

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Two Sides to Every Story

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2022

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Andy May has presented a unique and interesting approach to exam different scientific interpretations of climate datasets. The book is nicely illustrated with key figures and graphs. Andy follows a logical framework discussing the debate of climate aspects from the geologic past to present day. I highly recommend this book if you want to understand and visualize both opposing sides of the climate change story.

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Happer Thumps Karoly in TKO

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2022

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The bottom line is that nobody has been able to differentiate natural climate change from man-caused climate change. The data does not support the claims of imminent danger from runaway global warming. Professor Happer, the skeptic, is the clear winner.

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exactly what I ordered

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2022

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It is exactly what I expected

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Complicated scientific debate explained in a well written book.

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2022

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Andy breaks down a debate between two highly esteemed scientests on a contervesial and complicated subject and makes it understandable to the layman. Well written and intersting.

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Excellent book. Finally an "alarmist" willing to enter a serious debate.

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2022

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Please send a copy of this book to Greta and ask for her comments. Then publish them. But I expect she is not interested in serious debate.

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Andy May is filling in the gaps in our knowledge on climate - another MUST read

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2022

People who are enthusiastic about catastrophic climate change don't usually want to debate scientists who ask hard questions. In this rare exception, Andy May takes the reader on a journey into the minds of two men who stand on opposite sides of a scientific chasm. I challenge you to read it and decide for yourself which one has the moral authority and the facts on his side. As usual, Andy deconstructs many of the key concepts to make them accessible. Above all, it becomes clear why people who claim the sky is falling don't want to debate anyone as highly qualified as Will Happer on climate change. I highly recommend reading everything Andy May writes. I certainly do.

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Nick Edgware

Invaluable contribution to the debate

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2022

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This book allows a layman to have some understanding of the debate over AGW/climate change. Two professors discuss both sides of each major element of the issues and the author writes in such a way as to make the debate accessible. Frankly, the most scientifically credible arguments were put forward by Professor Happer, a world class physicist, and Professor Karoly did not respond to the same standard. Perhaps he realised this, which might explain why he dropped out and was replaced. If you are committed to the climate change thesis, you might find this book distressing, as the scientific bases for your beliefs are thoroughly examined and found wanting. For others with a more open mind, i.e. those who wish to follow the scientific method, this book would be a treat.

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