Former NASA Scientist: Global Warming is Nonsense

Breitbart's London ^ | April 26, 2014 | Nick Hallett

[2ndDivisionVet]

A former NASA scientist has described global warming as "nonsense", dismissing the theory of man-made climate change as "an unsubstantiated hypothesis" and saying that it is "absolutely stupid" to blame the recent UK floods on human activity.

Professor Les Woodcock, who has had a long and distinguished academic career, also said there is "no reproducible evidence" that carbon dioxide levels have increased over the past century, and blamed the green movement for inflicting economic damage on ordinary people.

Professor Woodcock is Emeritus Professor of Chemical Thermodynamics at the University of Manchester and has authored over 70 academic papers for a wide range of scientific journals. He received his PhD from the University of London, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a recipient of a Max Planck Society Visiting Fellowship, and a founding editor the journal Molecular Simulation. (h/t Climate Depot)

Professor Woodcock told the Yorkshire Evening Post:

"The term 'climate change' is meaningless. The Earth's climate has been changing since time immemorial, that is since the Earth was formed....

[publius911]

Yes, climate changes, and in the 65 years I have been observing it, I would say that on the east coast of the US it has gotten warmer, especially in winter.

And you are...??

Aside from membership in the troll class of '05, your credentials are...??

And how do you account for the hundreds of periods of warming (and cooling) in the last 12,000 years?

[KC Burke]

The arguments based on small observations are spurious. I think the days are getting brighter. With too much light the animals and plants of the earth will suffer.

I think that the USA is causing the brighter daylight. Therefore I want control of your economy to reverse this and save the planet. You are someone who doesn’t CARE if you don’t give me total control.

You are also racist because...

[fini]

I guess our experiences are different, but I’m only 56. I live in NC and the winters in NC have been about the same, some warm, some not. This last winter was pretty brutal.

[seowulf]

I am not sure how expertise in Chemical Thermodynamics provides the expertise for his claims.

Yeah. It's not like he has a Ph.D in something relevant to global warming like Political Science or something.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

there is "no reproducible evidence" that carbon dioxide levels have increased over the past century,

I don't believe this is right. I think he said no evidence C02 drives increasing temps in another article.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

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