New York Post uses University of Louisiana :-)

[VObserver]

Interesting. Also important to keep in mind that he was a sci-fi writer who believed that clairvoyance and astral projection are real things.
I'll give a short take on some of his biggest points.
1. He uses weather patterns from single points to make a case against global climate change. Fundamentally unsound.
2. His use of very few selections from very few studies is misleading. The body of work, in its entirety must be studied, not just the parts that confirm your bias.
3. He apparently confuses sunspot cycles with changes in Total Solar Irradiance. Hard to tell because his info is wrong. He claims that sunspot activity was at a peak(2008) but in reality the peak was hit in the 1960's and has continued downward since.
4. He correctly states that the future is very hard to predict. I am unclear on his point however. Do you think he means that because it is hard we should stop trying or that we shouldn't take precautions just in case? If so, that's like saying "hurricanes are hard to predict so I'll live in a paper shack on a barrier island".

I do agree with him on the fact that causes(environmentalism, etc) can become religious in nature for some. What I disagree with is his idea that because you have extremist environmentalists that it colors the entire idea of environmentalism. Extremists in any arena are usually not a good thing. I also agree that science should be the foundation of any and all policies.
I've enjoyed his fiction for years so its no surprise that I enjoyed reading these fictional works as well.

He also happened to be a physician; a field that some would say is rather closely related to science.

Also, I would appreciate links to proof that he believed that astral projection and clairvoyance are real things, as opposed to theorizing that they are scientifically plausible things.

[Ragin4U]

He also happened to be a physician; a field that some would say is rather closely related to science.

Also, I would appreciate links to proof that he believed that astral projection and clairvoyance are real things, as opposed to theorizing that they are scientifically plausible things.

I dont think he received his medical license. His website says he never practiced medicine.
To be fair, I havent read the book "Travels" only the reviews. His ideas about the paranormal are outlined in the reviews.

[Cajuns4me]

I dont think he received his medical license. His website says he never practiced medicine.
To be fair, I havent read the book "Travels" only the reviews. His ideas about the paranormal are outlined in the reviews.

He received his Medical Doctorate from Harvard in 1969. He never applied for his license to practice to focus on his writing. Pretty brilliant guy actually.

[Ragin4U]

Tremendous talent and very wide-ranging intellect.

[CajunNation]

...Do you think he means that because it is hard we should stop trying or that we shouldn't take precautions just in case?...

The problem is that the "precautions" the environmentalists would have us undertake would be catastrophic to the world economy and cause the deaths of millions.

I'm not willing to sacrifice people on the altar of that religion. Dr. Crichton wasn't either.

[Ragin4U]

The problem is that the "precautions" the environmentalists would have us undertake would be catastrophic to the world economy and cause the deaths of millions.

I'm not willing to sacrifice people on the altar of that religion. Dr. Crichton wasn't either.

I'm unclear on the "precautions" that "environmentalists" want to take that would be catastrophic.

[Turbine]

Its getting hot in here.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/greenlan...eratures-warm/

When it thaws I predict they will find lots of animals frozen for perhaps thousands of years, some with vegetation in their mouth and or guts.

[CajunNation]

I'm unclear on the "precautions" that "environmentalists" want to take that would be catastrophic.

Eliminating use of fossil fuels.

[Ragin4U]

Eliminating use of fossil fuels.

What are the consequences of gradually passing out fossil fuels?
Interesting? http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/...nomy/81928138/

Turb-Scary stuff in the article. To me the scary thing is that we see more and more of these every day.

[Just1More]

What are the consequences of gradually passing out fossil fuels?
Interesting? http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/...nomy/81928138/

Turb-Scary stuff in the article. To me the scary thing is that we see more and more of these every day.

I've provided you the consequences. I have to say, quite fortunately, that the extremist reduction that would cripple the US has been slowed to a great extent by our poor economy. The Solyndra failure, the learned limitations of hydro/wind/solar, the consumer discovery of the massive wastes of money going into government subsidized sales of crappy green vehicle product and numerous other ridiculously dumb exploits... has curbed a lot of completely moronic pushes to "reduce fossil fuels" in the radical fashion the knuckleheads originally planned.

We are not going to reduce the world fossil fuel footprint enough to stop the greenhouse gas damage... as is currently being "scientifically" estimated. We are doomed... or... scientists have it wrong.

We will argue about this while the world continues to generate massive amounts of CO2... and the preoccupation with greenhouse gases will subside as scientists go through approximately 4 cycles of stating what the cause/effect/consequence is/will be... and each time they reset the forecast... their credibility will drop proportionate to their enthusiasm... and then something else will become sexier for science to focus on. I hope they find something that doesn't indict man. We need to alternate hypothetical catastrophes between man made and natural... to give mankind a break from the huge pile of ____ science stirs up in the world political community when they seek new adventures of cosmic calamity.

Mother Nature will burp... and science will move on to another fantastic voyage. I think the next calamity of great probability and consequence will be an asteroid field heading our way. And ironically the asteroid belt will pull out some of our atmosphere as it passes.. where science will come back and state that it was a blessing (the non religious variety) that man created so much greenhouse gas. "Despite the asteroid field sucking out much of our upper atmosphere... our petroleum industry had the foresight to generate abundant supplies of additional CO2. We'll all be a little chilly for a couple of decades... but we'll keep pumping CO2 and restore it soon enough that our baby making incubator will keep on making Earth the cozy lovable randomly created debris we've come to appreciate."