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."
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
"Every year they recalibrate their computer model and put in the
observed temperature. So, as they go along, the curve that trails behind
is perfect. It's like predicting the morning's weather at six-o'clock in
the evening.." Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus Geology,
Western Wa****ngton University
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