Feb 24, 2024 05:15 PM
John Stossel interviews "Climate Forecast Applications Network" president Judith Curry about why she changed her mind about climate change...
https://youtu.be/vVi01vJ4nxM
VIDEO INTRO
JOHN STOSSEL: Climate change is a crisis we're told. Anyone who's skeptical or raises any questions about the alarm is dismissed. The consensus is so strong, there shouldn't even be a debate. Climate alarmists claim there's an overwhelming scientific consensus but researcher Judith Curry says climate scientists have an incentive to exaggerate risk.
JOHN STOSSEL: Why, what's in it for them?
JUDITH CURRY: Fame and fortune.
(She knows about that because she once spread alarm about climate change. The media loved her when she published this study saying there was an increase in hurricane intensity.)
JUDITH CURRY: We found that the percent of category four and five hurricanes had doubled, so this was picked up by the media. Alarmists said, "Oh, here's the way to do it." Tie extreme weather events to global warming.
JOHN STOSSEL: So this hysteria is your fault?
JUDITH CURRY: Well, sort of, not really, they would have picked up on it anyway.
(But Curry's more intense hurricanes gave them fuel.)
JUDITH CURRY: I was adopted by the environmental advocacy groups and the alarmists, and I was treated like a rock star.
JOHN STOSSEL: What does that mean, treated like a rock star?
JUDITH CURRY: Oh my God, I was flown all over the place to meet with politicians and to give these talks and lots of media attention.
(But then some researchers pointed out gaps in her research, years with low levels of hurricanes...)
https://youtu.be/vVi01vJ4nxM
https://youtu.be/vVi01vJ4nxM
VIDEO INTRO
JOHN STOSSEL: Climate change is a crisis we're told. Anyone who's skeptical or raises any questions about the alarm is dismissed. The consensus is so strong, there shouldn't even be a debate. Climate alarmists claim there's an overwhelming scientific consensus but researcher Judith Curry says climate scientists have an incentive to exaggerate risk.
JOHN STOSSEL: Why, what's in it for them?
JUDITH CURRY: Fame and fortune.
(She knows about that because she once spread alarm about climate change. The media loved her when she published this study saying there was an increase in hurricane intensity.)
JUDITH CURRY: We found that the percent of category four and five hurricanes had doubled, so this was picked up by the media. Alarmists said, "Oh, here's the way to do it." Tie extreme weather events to global warming.
JOHN STOSSEL: So this hysteria is your fault?
JUDITH CURRY: Well, sort of, not really, they would have picked up on it anyway.
(But Curry's more intense hurricanes gave them fuel.)
JUDITH CURRY: I was adopted by the environmental advocacy groups and the alarmists, and I was treated like a rock star.
JOHN STOSSEL: What does that mean, treated like a rock star?
JUDITH CURRY: Oh my God, I was flown all over the place to meet with politicians and to give these talks and lots of media attention.
(But then some researchers pointed out gaps in her research, years with low levels of hurricanes...)
https://youtu.be/vVi01vJ4nxM