Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus Geology, Western Wa****ngton
University, author of 8 books, 150 journal publications with focus on
geomorphology; glacial geology; Pleistocene geochronology; environmental
and engineering geology.
CBS-TV, 60 Minutes, Burlington, Wa****ngton
March 30, 2008
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/DonEasterbrookInterviewTranscript.pdf
QUOTE: "They don't tell you, that, in their computer models, it's
assumed that CO2 drives global warming. In other words, you assume the
result and say the computer model proves we were right. It's garbage in,
garbage out. If you don't program the computers to cause temperatures to
rise with CO2, then you have nothing."
DJE: Certain, ha. The question I have for people like this is, 'please
tell me what is the real, physical evidence that CO2 is the cause of
AGW?' Tell me. There isn't any. There is no correlation between CO2 and
warming temperatures in the historical record except for the last 30
years which is an absolute coincidence. For 30 warm/cold cycles before
that, with far greater amplitude than what we're seeing now, there's no
correlation. Why read anything into the last 30 years? It's like saying
there's a full moon tonight and it's clear, so the full moon must cause
clear skies, right? They occurred together. It doesn't prove anything.
There are two lines of evidence used to say human-caused global warming
is certain. One is that CO2 has gone up in the last 30 years and so has
temperature, but that does not prove anything. The second claim, based
on computer modeling, they can reproduce what's happened in the past,
and they can project into the future, and clearly show CO2 as the
driving factor. They don't tell you, that, in their computer models, it's
assumed that CO2 drives global warming. In other words, you assume the
result and say he computer model proves we were right. It's garbage in,
garbage out. If you don't program the computers to cause temperatures to
rise with CO2, then you have nothing.
KLC: It's a perfect circular argument.
DJE: It is. In other words, if it is so damned certain, what's the
proof? I've asked this question in debates with CO2 people, and asked
that they show the evidence. There isn't any. It's guilt by association.
They say the last 30 years proves it.
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Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"From 1870 to 1900, we had global cooling, then we had significant
global warming from about 1910 to 1945. That global warming is not
accompanied by any significant rise in CO2, so you can't blame CO2. Then
CO2 increased while we had global cooling. You can't blame that on CO2.
It's only been the last 30 years there's been correlation between CO2
and global warming" Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus Geology,
Western Wa****ngton University
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