WUWT may recall the late Dr. Hal Lewis led the way on this last year as I covered at WUWT and in an op-ed at the Christian Science Monitor.
From Climate Depot, who got the exclusive:
Nobel prize winner for physics in 1973 Dr. Ivar Giaever resigned as a Fellow from the American Physical Society (APS) on September 13, 2011 in disgust over the group’s promotion of man-made global warming fears. Climate Depot has obtained the exclusive email Giaever sent to APS Executive Officer Kate Kirby to announce his formal resignation.
Dr. Giaever wrote to Kirby of APS: “Thank you for your letter inquiring about my membership. I did not renew it because I cannot live with the (APS) statement below (on global warming): APS: ‘The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring. If no mitigating actions are taken, significant disruptions in the Earth’s physical and ecological systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur. We must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now.’
Giaever announced his resignation from APS was due to the group’s belief in man-made global warming fears. Giaever explained in his email to APS: “In the APS it is ok to discuss whether the mass of the proton changes over time and how a multi-universe behaves, but the evidence of global warming is incontrovertible? The claim (how can you measure the average temperature of the whole earth for a whole year?) is that the temperature has changed from ~288.0 to ~288.8 degree Kelvin in about 150 years, which (if true) means to me is that the temperature has been amazingly stable, and both human health and happiness have definitely improved in this ‘warming’ period.”
Read the full story here at Climate Depot
Here’s the resignation letter:
From: Ivar Giaever [ mailto:giaever@XXXX.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:42 PMTo: kirby@xxx.xxx
Cc: Robert H. Austin; ‘William Happer’; ‘Larry Gould’; ‘S. Fred Singer’; Roger Cohen
Subject: I resign from APS
Dear Ms. Kirby Thank you for your letter inquiring about my membership. I did not renew it because I can not live with the statement below: Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are changing the atmosphere in ways that affect the Earth’s climate. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide as well as methane, nitrous oxide and other gases. They are emitted from fossil fuel combustion and a range of industrial and agricultural processes.The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring.
If no mitigating actions are taken, significant disruptions in the Earth’s physical and ecological systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur. We must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now.
In the APS it is ok to discuss whether the mass of the proton changes over time and how a multi-universe behaves, but the evidence of global warming is incontrovertible? The claim (how can you measure the average temperature of the whole earth for a whole year?) is that the temperature has changed from ~288.0 to ~288.8 degree Kelvin in about 150 years, which (if true) means to me is that the temperature has been amazingly stable, and both human health and happiness have definitely improved in this ‘warming’ period.
Best regards, Ivar Giaever Nobel Laureate 1973 PS. I included a copy to a few people in case they feel like using the information.Ivar Giaever
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h/t to WUWT reader David L. Hagen
polistra says:
September 14, 2011 at 11:04 am.
You are right. Those that are on politically motivated grants will likely change their colors only when the grant money stops.
I do wish Richard Feynman was around to weigh in on this issue. He’s someone I’d love to hear from. And I’d carry a pitchfork if the Hockey Team tried to assail him.
Brave Dr Giaever. Thank heavens for brave people like Dr Giaever: I can only hope that all the WUWT watchers provide you with comfort and support when the warmists get going.
Well I guess Dr Giaever wasn’t into the new religion of Global Warming so he decided to stop attending the APS church services. Good decision Dr Giaever, cheers!
http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2011/09/distinguished-physicist-william-happer.html
What do these stories say about climate science? They say there’s many, many people with a small p, scientists like prof dr wagner with a small w, constantly buffeted around and forced.into.submission by Dear Kev and his climategate companions. Only retirement provides courage.
IMO, Microbiologist, Gore is motivated by greed, which with many is never satisfied; they never have enough. If he believed CAGW he wouldn’t behave the way he does nor would “carbon trading” be his control scheme of choice.
BTW: Google “cigarette smoke PEL” and you’ll discover that second hand smoke isn’t nearly as dangerous as the anti-smoking lobby has made it out to be.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Is usually attributed to Edmond Burke. My comment though, is that the phrase “good men do nothing” is an oxymoron. I believe that being good an active choice rather than passively doing no evil. Which means I also believe that Anthony is “good”. At least most of the time 🙂
this is an example of ignorance used by AGW proponents. Verify the science behind your comments. (112m/s = 251mph)
A G Foster says: September 14, 2011 at 10:31 am
Good. There really isn’t a competent scientist on the planet who believes a peregrine falcon can dive at 240mph, and there isn’t a competent scientist on the planet who believes we’re doomed by greenhouse gases. –AGF
abstract excerpt
(…)The top speeds reached during a dive depend on the mass of the bird and the angle and duration of the dive. Given enough time, ideal falcons can reach top speeds of 89-112 m s-1 in a vertical dive, the higher speed for the heaviest bird, when the parasite drag coefficient has a value of 0.18. (…)
Tucker, VA (1998) Gliding flight: speed and acceleration of ideal falcons during diving and pull out.
Journal of Experimental Biology 201, 403-414.
One by one they stand up and are counted.
BobW in NC,
Per your request, here is the home page for Dr Frederick Seitz’ Petition Project:
http://oism.org/pproject
http://www.petitionproject.org
Also, here is a letter to the UN/IPCC from 100 more scientists stating that:
And here is Dr William Gray’s paper on the hijacking of the APS:
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/On_The_Hijacking_of_the_American_Meteorological_Society.pdf
And a Senate Minority Report with 400 scientists disputing AGW [since expanded to over 700 scientists]:
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.SenateReport#report
I have more of this. Lots more. The facts are out there, but the major media and mainstream organizations like the APS actively fight to suppress any scientific information and facts that debunk AGW. With $6 – $7 billion in federal grants being spread around every year, the silence of the lambs is being bought.
Again, kudos to Dr Giaever for having the courage to take action defending scientific truth. Lots of people talk the talk. Dr Giaever walks the walk.
Smokey and WUWT’s Anthony Watts:
Being able to refute the assertions of the AGW/CAGW crowd with factual, verifiable data is a real joy.
WUWT opens windows and doors to clear out scientific stagnation and misinformation through articles like this one AND (don’t know how to italicize) the expertise and knowledge of commenters, such as yourself, Smokey. We are talking incredible contributions for laymen like I am, who now have access to digestable science and can spread it with links and text to others who don’t read WUWT to inform them. In this, I always refer back to WUWT and always include the link to the article I am citing.
Kudos, gentlemen, and Thank you.
BobW in NC
dfbaskwill says:
September 14, 2011 at 12:11 pm
I do wish Richard Feynman was around to weigh in on this issue. He’s someone I’d love to hear from. And I’d carry a pitchfork if the Hockey Team tried to assail him.
Feynman has always been my number one science hero. Whenever someone pipes up with more nonsense about “consensus” science I like to recall that the last book he had published before his death was titled ” What Do You Care What Other People Think?”
http://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316033300&sr=1-2
BobW in NC says:
September 14, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Smokey says:
“More than 30,000 individuals with advanced degrees in the hard sciences, including over 9,000 PhD’s, have co-signed the following statement…”
Smokey – do you have a source so I can document that statement? Like to pass it around…Talk about consensus! Al Gore – eat your heart out.
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Here you go Bob. It’s commonly known as the Oregon petition.
http://www.oism.org/pproject/
crucilandia says:
September 14, 2011 at 1:12 pm
this is an example of ignorance used by AGW proponents. Verify the science behind your comments. (112m/s = 251mph)
A G Foster says: September 14, 2011 at 10:31 am
Good. There really isn’t a competent scientist on the planet who believes a peregrine falcon can dive at 240mph, and there isn’t a competent scientist on the planet who believes we’re doomed by greenhouse gases. –AGF
abstract excerpt
(…)The top speeds reached during a dive depend on the mass of the bird and the angle and duration of the dive. Given enough time, ideal falcons can reach top speeds of 89-112 m s-1 in a vertical dive, the higher speed for the heaviest bird, when the parasite drag coefficient has a value of 0.18. (…)
Tucker, VA (1998) Gliding flight: speed and acceleration of ideal falcons during diving and pull out.
Journal of Experimental Biology 201, 403-414.
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And do you think Tucker is reporting observed data? You’d better read more carefully: this is a MODEL! Nobody has more observation than Thomas Alerstam, and he never saw a bird break 90mph. Yet, as an ornithologist who doesn’t want to rock the boat, he remains officially a believer!
Rather, the peregrine falcon myth is another simple example of where “science” has swallowed the pseudoscience, hook, line and sinker. Nobody has data to back up the superbird hilarity–doctored video notwithstanding. –AGF
Maybe Sarah Palin is not so stupid – this is what she said in a speech recently as reported by the New York Times.
“The United States is now governed by a “permanent political class,” drawn from both parties, that is increasingly cut off from the concerns of regular people. Second, that these Republicans and Democrats have allied with big business to mutual advantage to create what she called “corporate crony capitalism.” Third, that the real political divide in the United States may no longer be between friends and foes of Big Government, but between friends and foes of vast, remote, unaccountable institutions (both public and private). ”
Like the APS
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/us/10iht-currents10.html?_r=3
It is a shame that these characters, once they resign.. disappear
The gratuitous “Philipp Morris” revelation entered the Neutral Point Of View only on 13 July 2011 by the hands of truth-seeker “Per Anders”. So it’s relatively new; and post-William Connolley.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivar_Giaever&action=historysubmit&diff=439320490&oldid=436665398
Wikipedia is a lot like Anonymous. Many faces, all alike. But not from “V For Vendetta” but from “Nineteen Eighty-Four”. Music, please.
Good. There really isn’t a competent scientist on the planet who believes a peregrine falcon can dive at 240mph
Heretic! Unbeliever! Don’t you realize that this is simply a result of the Gore effect?
@ur momisugly Microbiologist (September 14, 2011 at 11:43 am)
[“We’re doomed Mr Mainwaring – we’re doomed! (Brit readers will understand).”]
LOL. Stop panicking Frazer, the Ministry has it all under control! 🙂
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@ur momisugly BobW in NC (September 14, 2011 at 1:38 pm)
[“…don’t know how to italicize…”]
Bob, I know how you feel. Google ‘wordpress support’ or ‘html formatting’ or go here:
http://www.w3schools.com/HTML/html_formatting.asp
for examples. Essentially, use enter text here for italics or enter text here for bold.
Hope this helps. I had to search around a bit!
Arfur
I found the CCs from the email interesting: “Cc: Robert H. Austin; ‘William Happer’; ‘Larry Gould’; ‘S. Fred Singer’; Roger Cohen”
Happer is a physicist at Princeton; Singer, the founder of the NWS Satellite Division in the 60s, and formerly environmental science prof. at UVa (until he was pushed out for AGW-heresy).
But will anyone enlighten me about the rest?
@BobW in NC
Ha Ha! That’ll teach me. Sorry, I was being stupid and, of course, the html just formatted “enter text here”. Doh. Go to the link I gave you for proper examples…
More doctored video??
I resigned from APS a while back over the Sokal hoax, and APS trying to find some middle ground. I regret that I have but one resignation to give.
All of the hard core alarmists will wait until all of the AGW-Titanic life boats are full before abandoning ship. Then they will move to demand and claim space on the lifeboats to hide among the more honorable who left earlier.
While at the same time pretending to have led the way overboard as they ridicule the few loons remaining.
Expect only the worst behavior from the AGW loyalists.