John Clauser is a
retired experimental and theoretical physicists who received the Nobel Prize in
physics in 2022 for his work in Quantum Mechanics.
On June 26, Clauser stated, “I don’t believe there is a climate crisis.” Clauser went on
to amplify his view in a lecture on November 14, 2023 by stating “The planet is not
imperiled.” He recognizes the work of Will Happer, Arthur Robinson, Willie
Soon, Fred Singer, Richard Lindzen, Judith Curry, and many others. He also
cited the work of a growing list of advocacy groups including the Heartland
Institute, the Non-Governmental International Panel on Climate Change, Access
to Energy, the CO2 Coalition, Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, and Clintel’s
World Climate Declaration.
As with Atomic, Molcular and Optical (AMO) physicists William van Wijngaarden and William Happer, Clauser
recognizes that clouds – which no one understands – are a critical part of the
puzzle of Earth’s climate change. It is foolish to ignore this lack of
understanding. According to Clauser, the cloud-sunlight relationship stabilizes
Earth’s temperatures and is dominant over CO2. Clouds are highly variable and
reflect up to 90% of the sunlight hitting them, while oceans reflect only about
20%. Overall, our planet reflects about 30% of the sunlight out into space.
Clauser asks, “What does the earth look like when viewed from space in
sunlight? Negligible ice is evident in near-equatorial satellite views (areas
that the sun typically illuminates). Painting rooftops white is a waste. Clouds
cover 60% to 65% of the land and about 70% of the oceans. Clauser then explores
how his cloud-sunlight-reflectivity thermostat mechanism works. He compares his
views with those of the UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) [and
equally to its followers such as NOAA and the National Science Foundation which
finance the US global modeling efforts at Princeton and the National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR)].
Even though the IPCC shows a heat balance diagram for all skies, its numbers
are for clear skies, but not for overcast skies. This is deceptive. Further,
according to Clauser, NOAA has demonstrated dishonesty on climate, extreme
weather events, particularly in the work of NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco
and Tom Karl who provide “An important example of what I call a
government-sponsored technical con.” He cites former DOE Under Secretary for
Science Steve Koonin’s book Unsettled? What Climate Science Tells Us,
What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters in giving examples how NOAA has
doctored data to make claims of increasing extreme weather events. One example
is EF3+ data suddenly disappeared from NOAA’S Weather and Climate Extremes
Index, presumably because these devastating tornadoes are declining. EF is the
extended Fujitsu scale for grading tornadoes, where level 3 or higher is
considered severe.
Clauser concludes by saying that something is seriously missing in the physics
reported by the IPCC (and now in the physics reported by the US National
Climate Assessment, which is composed of 14 agencies, including the National
Science Foundation). The real issue is an energy shortage, not an excessive use
of fossil fuels.
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January 12, 2024 at 01:42AM
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