| Climate Change is a simple yet complicated | | | | those mentioned above. He has been President of |
| subject. Simple because climate has always and | | | | the American Association of State Climatologists, |
| will always change. Complicated because there is a | | | | Research Professor of Environmental Sciences at |
| degree or partial degree of climate change | | | | The University of Virginia for 30 years, Reviewer |
| because of man-made global warming. With | | | | of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on |
| record breaking cold temperatures still happening | | | | Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel |
| the degree of change is apparently insignificant. | | | | Peace Prize in 2007, and much more. Mr. Michaels |
| However, many scientists agree that there is | | | | has his writings in several major scientific journals |
| some degree of warming but have absolutely no | | | | on climate change and climate research. |
| consensus as to how much. | | | | Why mention one man when there are so many |
| My personal opinion coincides with Patrick J. | | | | other experts on climate change? Because Patrick |
| Michaels. Mr. Michaels, who is Senior Fellow at the | | | | J. Michaels does not compromise his beliefs. He |
| Cato Institute, rattled the feathers of the global | | | | has been threatened for his firm stance against |
| warming community. Just because he told the | | | | the lies of the global warming alarmist. Colleges, |
| truth about global warming being of little | | | | Universities and other educational centers get |
| significance he was hung out to dry by the | | | | millions of dollars for studying climate change. |
| climate change alarmist. Professor Michaels | | | | When funding gets cut because of lack of |
| believes there is some anthropogenic warming but | | | | evidence for the causes of global warming people |
| realizes the amount has been fabricated. Why | | | | get mad. Well, thank God some people can not be |
| would anyone do this? There are several reasons | | | | bought by money. The causes of global warming |
| which include pushing Cap and Trade legislation for | | | | are the same for global cooling and global freezing. |
| personal gain. We should keep in mind that there | | | | The Farmers Almanac has depended on natural |
| are those who sincerely believe the planet is | | | | cyclical weather changes, solar activity and |
| warming fast and will end life as we know it if | | | | sunspots for a century. Maybe we should take a |
| global warming is not stopped. These are for the | | | | clue from them by using proven methodologies |
| most part the same people who believe anything | | | | for the causes of global warming. Global warming |
| Al Gore says. | | | | is such a popular phrase but what about global |
| Patrick J. Michaels is also Senior Editor for World | | | | cooling or global freezing? Record breaking cold |
| Climate Change. I believe he is an authority on | | | | and hot temperatures are being set across the |
| climate change and one who looks at all aspects | | | | world and there is no hint of it ever being |
| of the matter. Patrick J. Michaels has too many | | | | otherwise. |
| credentials to mention so I will add just a few to | | | | |