Ian Plimer has written a powerful detailed book thoroughly debunking the anthropogenic (human caused) global warming theory. Dr. Plimer's book is generally very readable as well as providing extensive coverage of geology, earth history, and climate science. The book is extremely well referenced with over 2000 references notes.
Dr. Plimer devotes a long chapter to history (the history of the earth climate), the sun (how the sun ands its magnetic field effects the earth's temperature, ice (the ice is not melting dangerously), water (the sea level is not changing much at all), and air. Each chapter covers its area and topics very extensively. These long chapters also quite well written. However each chapter assumes the reader has a little knowledge about chemistry and science in general. A minor critique would be that the history and earth chapters are not quite as clear as the same material presented in Doug Hoffman and Allen Simmons
The Resilient Earth: Science, Global Warming and the Fate of Humanity
. A little earth history knowledge would be helpful to the reader to thoroughly understand these chapters.
Dr. Plimer provides a lot of detailed information. Like other books refuting the anthropogenic global warming (AGW) theory, although much more extensively, Dr. Plimer provides the factual material and science refuting the AGW theory. The refutations include (but are not limited to) the fact that both carbon dioxide and temperature were much higher than present for much of earth's history when extensive life was present on the planet; carbon dioxide does not stay in the atmosphere for long but is absorbed by the sea and ground after a few years; the present carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is lower than it has been for most of earth's history; most carbon dioxide is in the oceans and rocks, not in the air; anthropogenic carbon dioxide is a very small part of total carbon dioxide; the solar magnetic field effects earth temperatures much more than carbon dioxide; glacier ice has not been melting extensively in recent decades; sea levels have barely risen in recent centuries and decades; and sea levels are effected by much more factors than earth temperature and melting ice.
Dr. Plimer also wrote a very interesting and informative concluding chapter on extreme environmentalism as a pernicious religion. He compares environmentalism to Puritanism.
Is sum Dr. Plimer has written an extremely informative and detailed reference debunking the anthropogenic global warming theory. His book may be too long and detailed for some general readers. These readers may want to consult the briefer works of Fred Singer
Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, Updated and Expanded Edition
and Ian Wishart
Air Con: The Seriously Inconvenient Truth About Global Warming
. But the material covered in this work is immense. For in depth knowledge the source is Dr. Plimer.
Dr. Plimer's well proven thesis can be stated as thus: carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, but an ingredient necessary for life. The book is a major light to disperse the present ecofreak darkness.
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Fernando del Pino
Good science book against climate change ideology
Reviewed in Spain on December 13, 2022
