Princeton Professor Calls Global Warming "Propoganda"

Posted by
Ed Oswald
Jan 19, 2009

While it has become more common these days for scientists to fall on the side that humans are at least in some way responsible for climate change, there occasionally comes one that falls on the opposite side of the argument.

Princeton Physics professor William Happer said that he takes issue with the claims that carbon dioxide is some type of pollutant. In an interview with the Daily Princetonian, he likened the growing number of scientists claiming climate change is real to a "cult."

Happer has somewhat of an interesting past: he was director of the Office of Energy Research under the first President Bush, but was fired by Vice-President Al Gore, who is now one of the nation's leading spokespeople for the climate change movement.

Like other anti-climate change scientists, Happer argues the current warming that is occurring is a part of a larger normal warming and cooling cycle of the planet. However, the professor is being criticized from people within his own university.

Geosciences professor Michael Oppenheimer authored the fourth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and has challenged Happer to read it and respond to it scientifically. He called Happer's claims that carbon dioxide emissions are harmless "simply not true."

In any case, it looks like the argument over climate change is not about to be resolved any time soon.

Jul 7, 2009 3:08 PM

Guest :

I am definitely not a scientist by any means or in any way, but it would make sense to me that if every living organism on planet earth has some sort of survival mechanism that activates when threatened, common sense would also tell me that the earth has one as well. I believe an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere is the earths way of balancing itself, and possibly, adapting to the increase in human population. In any case, I believe that it will not be harmful to humans. It may even lead to better human function.