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I knew Bill Gray very well. He invited me to give my first university talk on my PhD around 1993.

Also, his son and I were good friends in high school and college.

Bill was of course close colleagues with my dad in the CSU atmos sci department for many years.

Bill certainly did not have popular views on hurricanes with climate activists.

But it was Michael Mann, Judy Curry (!), and the Real Climate crowd who did more to impact his career than Al Gore.

There was also a generational issue at play as well -- Bill was of the old school climatologists (like Stan Changnon, Will Kellogg, HH Lamb) who relied on observations and data and looked at actual weather maps. In the early 2000s this approach to climatology was quickly falling out of favor as a new generation preferred earth system models as their primary tool.

So Bill had out of favor views on climate and on the field of climatology.

I recall Judy Curry making fun of Bill's age in the NYT or some such — "brain fossilization" is the phrase I remember.

Just vicious stuff.

So I think Matthew doesn't quite have things right here, a bit more nuance and context needed.

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Thank you for adding that, Roger.

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Thank you again for a great article...I must say..this one made me feel a bit of anger mixed with heartbreak...

I am so hoping for a total vindication over the next few years for ALL climate scientists that have stuck to principles & tried to speak the truth ...unfortunately at great personal cost..

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I taught history at Pitt for 34 years and knew very well how to follow where evidence leads, but I, too, thought for a few years that Gore was correct . Lesson learned.

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We all can get conditioned given enough time in the maze. Gave a presentation at UNM with Dr. William W Kellogg saying that our adaptation wasn't insurmountable even if you would believe the CO2 being the proximal cause of warming. The idea certainty though attracted it's share of grifters.

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What would you recommend for books on climate change?

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There are good ones by Bjorn Lomborg, Steve Koonin, Alex Epstein, and Judith Curry.

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I have read:

False Alarm by Bjorn Lomborg

Unsettled by Steve Koonin

Fossil Future by Alex Epstein

Climate Uncertainty and Risk by Judith Curry

Judith’s book talks about uncertainty but not are the level I would prefer. We are uncertain about the sun’s role. In what way? Heat flow in the ocean. What do you mean?

I am 2/3s done with Solving the Climate Puzzle by Javier Vinos. He points out a lot more directly where we have uncertainty but all the conversation on heat flow and polar vortexes is a but daunting for an economics major.

I have also read The Climate Fix by Roger Pielke Jr.

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And 2 by Javier Vinos.

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Rather than just complaining and being passive about the cancel culture, we each must become activists and take steps toward changing things up......like the 2024 election.

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Thank you for this;it needs light of day. The curtain of darkness is gradually opening

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Over the years I have seen it mentioned etc that parts of New York/London/Florida etc would be under water!? I have asked---WHERE WOULD THE WATER COME FROM!?

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If you think the horrible anti-human degrowth depopulation Net Zero movement is part of a giant conspiracy, you're right. Every aspect of it is based on some kind of lie.

I scoped the history and provide my results free to all who want to take the time to arm their minds for the fight.

http://www.historyscoper.com/climatescope.html

http://www.historyscoper.com/whatisthedifference.html

http://www.historyscoper.com/tlwsquoraclimatechangearticles.html

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This one is great for sharing. Thank you.

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I find it funny when a number of "global climate change experts" were questioned before Congress and were asked what percentage of the atmosphere was made of carbon dioxide? Needless to say all these "experts" were wildly off on what percentage of the atmosphere was carbon dioxide. You know the verys same stuff they were all claiming is the cause of global climate change. It makes you understand why there predictions are also way off.

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I wrote a satire about Gore and how he did this. It's called the Man with the Big Red Balloon. It's free on Kindle.

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Big-Red-Balloon-Story-ebook/dp/B07NH9XLCW

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