Afgelopen jaar zijn er weer opvallende zaken gebeurd. De zorgsector is nog meer in het
nauw gekomen waarbij de gezondheidszorg duurder is geworden dan men bij de invoering
van het nieuwe zorgstelsel had beloofd, de marktwerking maakt het niet goedkoper alleen
maar ondoorzichtiger door een wirwar aan tarieven, het onderwijsbeleid heeft gezorgd dat
het onderwijs slechter is geworden en dat er een tekort aan leraren is ontstaan. De soldaten
in Uruzgan komen niet aan opbouw toe omdat het een vechtmissie is geworden. Maar, zo
zegt men in Den Haag, ondanks de moeilijkheden gaat het toch goed. Ondanks berichten
dat het met de economie volgens de ministers goed gaat gebeurt het tegenovergestelde. Het
is in deze column al eerder opgemerkt, leer tegenovergesteld te denken.
Hieronder wereld wetenschappers die bewijzen dat het verhaal
over opwarming niet deugt. Dit hebben zij in een brief aan de
klimaat conferentie op Bali meegedeeld.
World's Top Scientists 'Manmade
Warming' Is A Dangerous Lie
Published: Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The following are signatories to the Dec. 13th letter to the Ban Ki- moon,
Secretary-General of the United Nations on the UN Climate conference
in Bali:
De briefschrijvers - onder wie Nederlandse wetenschappers - zijn:
Don Aitkin, PhD, Professor, social scientist, retired vice- chancellor
and president, University of Canberra, Australia
William J.R. Alexander, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Civil and
Biosystems Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Member, UN
Scientific and Technical Committee on Natural Disasters, 1994-2000
Bjarne Andresen, PhD, physicist, Professor, The Niels Bohr Institute, University
of Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. R.W.J. Kouffeld, Emeritus Professor, Energy Conversion, Delft University
of Technology, The Netherlands
Geoff L. Austin, PhD, FNZIP, FRSNZ, Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of
Auckland, New Zealand
Timothy F. Ball, PhD, environmental consultant, former climatology professor,
University of Winnipeg
Ernst-Georg Beck, Dipl. Biol., Biologist, Merian-Schule Freiburg, Germany
Sonja A. Boehmer-Christiansen, PhD, Reader, Dept. of Geography, Hull
University, U.K.; Editor, Energy & Environment journal
Chris C. Borel, PhD, remote sensing scientist, U.S.
Reid A. Bryson, PhD, DSc, DEngr, UNE P. Global 500 Laureate; Senior
Scientist,
Center for Climatic Research; Emeritus Professor of Meteorology, of
Geography, and of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin
Dan Carruthers, M.Sc., wildlife biology consultant specializing in animal ecology
in Arctic and Subarctic regions, Alberta
R.M. Carter, PhD, Professor, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James Cook
University, Townsville, Australia
Ian D. Clark, PhD, Professor, isotope hydrogeology and paleoclimatology, Dept.
of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
Richard S. Courtney, PhD, climate and atmospheric science consultant, IPCC
expert reviewer, U.K.
Willem de Lange, PhD, Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, School of Science
and Engineering, Waikato University, New Zealand
David Deming, PhD (Geophysics), Associate Professor, College of Arts and
Sciences, University of Oklahoma
Freeman J. Dyson, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Institute for Advanced
Studies, Princeton, N.J.
Don J. Easterbrook, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Western Washington
University
Lance Endersbee, Emeritus Professor, former dean of Engineering and
Pro-Vice Chancellor of Monasy University, Australia
Hans Erren, Doctorandus, geophysicist and climate specialist, Sittard, The
Netherlands
Robert H. Essenhigh, PhD, E.G. Bailey Professor of Energy Conversion, Dept.
of Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University
Christopher Essex, PhD, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Associate
Director of the Program in Theoretical Physics, University of Western Ontario
David Evans, PhD, mathematician, carbon accountant, computer and electrical
engineer and head of 'Science Speak,' Australia
William Evans, PhD, editor, American Midland Naturalist; Dept. of Biological
Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Stewart Franks, PhD, Professor, Hydroclimatologist, University of Newcastle,
Australia
R. W. Gauldie, PhD, Research Professor, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and
Planetology, School of Ocean Earth Sciences and Technology, University of
Hawai'i at Manoa
Lee C. Gerhard, PhD, Senior Scientist Emeritus, University of Kansas; former
director and state geologist, Kansas Geological Survey
Gerhard Gerlich, Professor for Mathematical and Theoretical Physics,
Institut für Mathematische Physik der TU Braunschweig, Germany
Albrecht Glatzle, PhD, sc.agr., Agro-Biologist and Gerente ejecutivo, INTTAS,
Paraguay
Fred Goldberg, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Royal Institute of Technology,
Mechanical Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden
Vincent Gray, PhD, expert reviewer for the IPCC and author of The Greenhouse
Delusion: A Critique of 'Climate Change 2001, Wellington, New Zealand
William M. Gray, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado
State University and Head of the Tropical Meteorology Project
Howard Hayden, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Connecticut
Louis Hissink MSc, M.A.I.G., editor, AIG News, and consulting geologist, Perth,
Western Australia
Craig D. Idso, PhD, Chairman, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and
Global Change, Arizona
Sherwood B. Idso, PhD, President, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and
Global Change, AZ, USA
Andrei Illarionov, PhD, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity;
founder and director of the Institute of Economic Analysis
Zbigniew Jaworowski, PhD, physicist, Chairman - Scientific Council of Central
Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Warsaw, Poland
Jon Jenkins, PhD, MD, computer modelling - virology, NSW, Australia
Wibjorn Karlen, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Physical Geography and
Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Olavi Kärner, Ph.D., Research Associate, Dept. of Atmospheric Physics,
Institute of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics, Toravere, Estonia
Joel M. Kauffman, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of the
Sciences in Philadelphia
Hans H.J. Labohm, PhD, economist, former advisor to the executive board,
Clingendael Institute (The Netherlands Institute of International Relations),
The Netherlands
David Kear, PhD, FRSNZ, CMG, geologist, former Director-General of
NZ Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Zealand
Madhav Khandekar, PhD, former research scientist, Environment Canada;
editor, Climate Research (2003-05); editorial board member, Natural Hazards;
IPCC expert reviewer 2007
William Kininmonth M.Sc., M.Admin., former head of Australia's National
Climate Centre and a consultant to the World Meteorological organization's
Commission for Climatology Jan J.H. Kop, MSc Ceng FICE (Civil Engineer
Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers), Emeritus Prof. of Public Health
Engineering, Technical University Delft, The Netherlands
Salomon Kroonenberg, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Geotechnology, Delft
University of Technology, The Netherlands
The Rt. Hon. Lord Lawson of Blaby, economist; Chairman of the Central
Europe Trust; former Chancellor of the Exchequer, U.K.
Douglas Leahey, PhD, meteorologist and air-quality consultant, Calgary
David R. Legates, PhD, Director, Center for Climatic Research, University
of Delaware
Marcel Leroux, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Climatology, University of Lyon,
France; former director of Laboratory of Climatology, Risks and Environment,
CNRS
Bryan Leyland, International Climate Science Coalition, consultant and power
engineer, Auckland, New Zealand
William Lindqvist, PhD, independent consulting geologist, Calif.
Richard S. Lindzen, PhD, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology, Dept. of
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
A.J. Tom van Loon, PhD, Professor of Geology (Quaternary Geology), Adam
Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland; former President of the European
Association of Science Editors
Anthony R. Lupo, PhD, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science, Dept.
of Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri-
Columbia
Richard Mackey, PhD, Statistician, Australia
Horst Malberg, PhD, Professor for Meteorology and Climatology, Institut für
Meteorologie, Berlin, Germany
John Maunder, PhD, Climatologist, former President of the Commission for
Climatology of the World Meteorological Organization (89-97), New Zealand
Alister McFarquhar, PhD, international economy, Downing College, Cambridge,
U.K.
Ross McKitrick, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of
Guelph
John McLean, PhD, climate data analyst, computer scientist, Australia
Owen McShane, PhD, economist, head of the International Climate Science
Coalition; Director, Centre for Resource Management Studies, New Zealand
Fred Michel, PhD, Director, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Associate
Professor of Earth Sciences, Carleton University
Frank Milne, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Economics, Queen's University
Asmunn Moene, PhD, former head of the Forecasting Centre, Meteorological
Institute, Norway
Alan Moran, PhD, Energy Economist, Director of the IPA's Deregulation Unit,
Australia
Nils-Axel Morner, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics,
Stockholm University, Sweden
Lubos Motl, PhD, Physicist, former Harvard string theorist, Charles University,
Prague, Czech Republic
John Nicol, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Physics, James Cook University,
Australia
David Nowell, M.Sc., Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, former chairman
of the NATO Meteorological Group, Ottawa
James J. O'Brien, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Meteorology and Oceanography,
Florida State University
Cliff Ollier, PhD, Professor Emeritus (Geology), Research Fellow, University of
Western Australia
Garth W. Paltridge, PhD, atmospheric physicist, Emeritus Professor and former
Director of the Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of
Tasmania, Australia
R. Timothy Patterson, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences (paleoclimatology),
Carleton University
Al Pekarek, PhD, Associate Professor of Geology, Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences Dept., St. Cloud State University, Minnesota
Ian Plimer, PhD, Professor of Geology, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Adelaide and Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences,
University of Melbourne, Australia
Brian Pratt, PhD, Professor of Geology, Sedimentology, University of Saskatchewan
Harry N.A. Priem, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Planetary Geology and Isotope
Geophysics, Utrecht University; former director of the Netherlands Institute
for Isotope Geosciences
Alex Robson, PhD, Economics, Australian National University Colonel F.P.M.
Rombouts, Branch Chief - Safety, Quality and Environment, Royal Netherland
Air Force
R.G. Roper, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Arthur Rorsch, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Molecular Genetics, Leiden University,
The Netherlands
Rob Scagel, M.Sc., forest microclimate specialist, principal consultant, Pacific
Phytometric Consultants, B.C.
Tom V. Segalstad, PhD, (Geology/Geochemistry), Head of the Geological Museum
and Associate Professor of Resource and Environmental Geology, University of
Oslo, Norway
Gary D. Sharp, PhD, Center for Climate/Ocean Resources Study, Salinas, CA
S. Fred Singer, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, University of
Virginia and former director Weather Satellite Service
L. Graham Smith, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, University of
Western Ontario
Roy W. Spencer, PhD, climatologist, Principal Research Scientist, Earth System
Science Center, The University of Alabama, Huntsville
Peter Stilbs, TeknD, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Research Leader, School
of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology),
Stockholm, Sweden
Hendrik Tennekes, PhD, former director of research, Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Institute
Dick Thoenes, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering, Eindhoven
University of Technology, The Netherlands
Brian G Valentine, PhD, PE (Chem.), Technology Manager - Industrial Energy
Efficiency, Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering Science, University of
Maryland at College Park; Dept of Energy, Washington, DC
Gerrit J. van der Lingen, PhD, geologist and paleoclimatologist, climate change
consultant, Geoscience Research and Investigations, New Zealand
Len Walker, PhD, Power Engineering, Australia
Edward J. Wegman, PhD, Department of Computational and Data Sciences,
George Mason University, Virginia
Stephan Wilksch, PhD, Professor for Innovation and Technology Management,
Production Management and Logistics, University of Technolgy and Economics
Berlin, Germany
Boris Winterhalter, PhD, senior marine researcher (retired), Geological Survey
of Finland, former professor in marine geology, University of Helsinki, Finland
David E. Wojick, PhD, P.Eng., energy consultant, Virginia
Raphael Wust, PhD, Lecturer, Marine Geology/Sedimentology, James Cook
University, Australia
A. Zichichi, PhD, President of the World Federation of Scientists, Geneva,
Switzerland; Emeritus Professor of Advanced Physics, University of Bologna,