The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air about Global Warming
The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air about Global Warming – Review
I have impatiently awaited Patrick Michaels’ book. I am very actively involved in the debate on climate change. My specialty is individual health. I can say without reservation that in my field, the vast majority of my colleagues are apalled by the nonesense that has been written about the impact of global warming on human health–asthma, mosquito-borne diseases, and all the rest. Problem is, we all have priorities. Few of us can justify the time to counter this Orwellian gobbledgook. So the field is eventually left uncontested. On the other hand, there are people out there who have garnered large funding from government and personal interests in order to foster this phoney paradigm. It is in their interests to maintain its momentum, with or without the truth. The result is that the public are being probably fed with vast quantities of pseudo-science, much of it expertly packaged and entirely convincing to honest pepole. Michaels, of course, has his own angle on all of this. Frankly, I would have originally wished that he had successfully steered clear of the politics. The theme of his book is erudite and well presented. In my opinion, his account would have been much more persuasive if he had he eventually stuck to his highly clear style and narrowly avoided all mention of the politicoes. Ah well! Whatever the packaging, the theme of this book is pure science. I will value it for its bibliographic references and its logic, not for the extra stuff. [Sadly, perhaps, in this age of mis-information, we may have to adapt this place of style to compete with the propagandists]. So, I give it 4 stars, and recommend Satanic Gases to anyone who needs to know a mostly bit more about this hot topic.