Product Description
This latest installment in the P.I.G. series provides a provocative, entertaining, and well-documented expose of some of the most shamelessly politicized pseudo-science we are likely to see in our relatively cool lifetimes.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 277 reviews)

Interesting, Informative Book That Lacks Some Readability by Deaf Zed

4 Stars
October 24, 2009
I started this book already as a skeptic of "global warming." I was looking for a book that would give me more facts with which to debunk "global warming" proponents. And this book did give me that. Unfortunately, it did so in a less than optimal way. For one, this book is clearly geared more towards people who have a penchant for politics as opposed to science. In fact, there are only a few short chapters that are dedicated solely to the scientific aspect of "global warming." The rest mostly talks about politicians and/or political organizations and after awhile, it gets boring. Some of it IS interesting (like Europe's failure to implement energy control measures), but a lot of it isn't. Secondly, while the book does have a very clear, focused message, it does get a bit redundant after awhile. Like after the fourth time the book talks about how 'energy rationing is just an excuse for more government regulation,' I think the reader gets it. The fact that some of the content doesn't always stay focused within the context of the chapter title doesn't help this any. However, if you can get past the (sometimes) insipid writing style, redundancies, and political-bent, then you should learn a lot from this book; enough to impress friends and family at least. 3.5/5

Introduction to climate alarmism debunking by Efrem Sepulveda (Tempe, AZ)

4 Stars
October 18, 2009
This book is an introduction to the mess that is global warming. The text includes 300 pages of information along with about 30 pages of endnotes and a short index. The author starts off slowly with a commentary on the poltical impulses of government officials who rave about global warming and some snippets of false predictions from leading figures such as Paul Ehrlich who wrote The Population Bomb; I felt that he went off the track a little bit in the text during the introduction. The main contention of Mr. Horner is that the alarmists used stacked climate models that predict the worst possible outcome on warming and the notorious hockey stick graph that struck fear into the uninformed populace. The author lambasted Kyoto as a feel-good measure that has done nothing to reduce carbon emissions in the European Union. While the liberals constantly state that people opposed to global warming are in the pay of oil corporations, Horner states it is actually the big corporations (such as GE, Archer Daniels Midland and the "late" Enron) who pushed to advocate carbon reduction programs. Perhaps Mr. Horner is in the pay of "Big Oil," but the statement is irrelevant. A recent study by the Catlin Arctic Survey that the North Pole would be ice free in 10 years received sponsorship from a major european carbon reduction exchange. Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle. While the text was written in 2006 and some of the information is getting somewhat dated, I would recommend this book as an introductory text on the scare fest known as global warming.

A Great Reference for Global Warming Skeptics by Ralph S. Thomas (Portland, Oregon USA)

5 Stars
August 12, 2009
I read this book after reading several others on the subject of Global Warming. I am very much influenced by the essays and speeches of Michael Crichton, especially "The case for Skepticism on Global Warming", available online. Crichton's definition of science is that a hypothesis must be supported by verifiable evidence in order to be true. The advocates of the theory of human caused Global Warming aren't going to like this book because it zeros in on the lack of evidence. For example, one would expect that since global temperatures are known over long periods of time, as are CO2 concentrations, there would be a relationship between the two. There isn't! The value of this particular book is that it presents the scientific evidence in a very organized and readable way. Anyone familiar with the topic knows that wading through scientific literature is not for everyone, and this book does a good job of keeping the discussion on a level above that, but with plenty of supporting evidence. It does have a few "holes". It should have mentioned the Petition Project, also available online. This site claims over 31,000 scientists, including over 9,000, do not believe in "human" caused global warming. To me, one of the most revealing facts about global warming is that there is no consensus and a significant number of scientists now reject the theory. The significance is that over 15 times the number of scientists now reject the theory than contrilbuted to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). However, the combination of the information at the Petition Project website and this book will make a skeptic out of anyone.

Sub par by Sean A. Roberts (Edwardsville, IL)

2 Stars
June 01, 2009
I'm somewhat conservatively minded, but this goes back to the immature conservative standard (liberals do this too, whatever) of witty let illogical arguments. I feel way too indoctrinated while reading this book, even though I agree with the premise.

Can be convinced by Climate Confused (Australasia)

2 Stars
May 27, 2009
I bought this book to test the quality of the debate on climate change from the sceptic point of view. I have been very disappointed. It is highly polemical and political. I quite understand the position that much of the climate change debate is driven by frustrated central planners, that to me is not what I want to hear about. The answers to the questions I am seeking are: (1) Is there evidence of any change in climate outside the normal variation? (2) If there is, what is the reputable evidence linking this evidence to human activity, (3) if that evidence is conclusive then what is the appropriate policy response? If there is no evidence of extraordinary change or conclusive evidence of a link with human activity are there other grounds on which it is appropriate to take addition measures to restrain the output of atmosphereic particulates or greenhouse emissions. Personality attacks and smug trashing of other people's arguments really does not pass muster for me. "Give us the facts! Weigh the arguments and come up with some robust policies."

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