Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled a Climate Crisis–And What We Can Do to Avert Disaster
Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled a Climate Crisis–And What We Can Do to Avert Disaster – Review
“Boiling Point” is well-worth simply reading. It will help you understand how the American oil and coal industries have always tried (and eventually succeeded) to pull the wool over the eyes of Americans. Unlike the reviewers who lamely attack the book, open-minded readers will comprehend and appreciate the author’s main points, none of which are addressed by his attackers: 1. Why would the American oil and coal industries overwhelmingly finance the minority of climatologists who hold the “contrarian” view that mankind’s contribution to global warming is negligible? If they are truly concerned about the independence of their science, why don’t they equally finance those climatologists who represent the majority view? Why aren’t Americans currently taking the oil and coal industries to task for their socially reckless lack of objectivity. 2. Yes, read the technical literature, as “Boiling Point”s handful of critics express. That is exactly what the author suggests! Reasonable people will possibly reach the same conclusion that the author has: If the majority of climatologists believe that manmade emissions are greatly contributing significantly to global warming, then why would America’s political leaders hide their joint heads in the sand and pray that the contrarians are right and the majority wrong? Wouldn’t prudence suggest that we should play it safe and do what we can to reduce potentially harmful manmade emissions? There are thirty sides of notes at the purpose of the book for anyone interested in the technical literature that underpins the author’s points. Don’t fall into the mindless, do-nothing trap of the nay-sayers, and use as an excuse “Well, there is always technical controversy, and the majority is not always right.” That is the refuge of buffoons. We cannot afford to gamble that perhaps the minority view is correct.