Questioning the Climate Crisis

I was disappointed but not surprised to read the letters titled “Los Angeles Fires” and “Climate Coursework” that appeared in the April issue of PAW. The LA fires were sad and terrible events, but it is misleading and inaccurate to call them climate fueled weather disasters. They may have been caused by power lines too close to trees and/or fireworks. Such activities do involve human error, but it is extremely misleading to call them weather events induced by human activity.

Adding a course requirement “to prompt sustained and real engagement with the issue of climate crisis” is also preposterous, both because there is no proof that there is a climate crisis and because there are several majors which do not have room to add any courses. I can assure you that my major (chemical engineering) already has more coursework than students should be expected to take on.

For 14 years now I have been diligently searching to find a study that shows a statistically significant correlation between human activity and global climate change. It appears that no such study exists, which leads me to conclude that no climate crisis exists.

I am continually amazed by the relentless climate-change fear that individuals, especially politicians and members of the mainstream media, try to force upon the public at large. When they are presented with evidence and/or proof that a crisis does not exist, their most common responses are to totally ignore the data or to make some vitriolic comment that is totally void of any data that might contradict the information that was presented to them.

Two examples of items that refute the argument that there is a climate-change crisis are “The World Climate Declaration” (signed by Nobel laureates) which can be found here https://clintel.org/world-climate-declaration/ and “Climate: The Movie” (prominently featuring a physics professor emeritus from Princeton University) which can be found here https://climatethemovie.net/. These two items present evidence and even some proof both that a crisis does not exist and that there are things that are being done to fight climate change that are actually harmful to the Earth and its inhabitants. Unfortunately, based on my past experiences, I expect that those who believe that a climate crisis exists will either totally ignore this information because they fear that it might prove to be persuasive or blast me with some good, old-fashioned vitriol!