Philippe Verdier, chefe da meteorologia da France Television, escreveu o livro acima em que questiona o que se chama de mudança climática, aquela em que o homem seria o culpado por conta das emissões de gás carbônico. Ele acusa a comunidade científica de se vender aos governos. Por conta de sua posição, ele foi afastado do trabalho. A mídia não aceita dissidentes.
Eu já falei muito do assunto "mudança climática" aqui no blog, especificamente falando dos erros grosseiros de previsão da ONU e dos vários casos de corrupção científica (como o climategate). Mas ultimamente tenho usado meu outro blog, Bloco 11, Cela 18, onde outro dia eu falei de um top cientista britânico/americano que questiona a sanidade e a ganância da comunidade cientifica do mundo.
Agora mais essa voz se junta àqueles que questionam e chamam de mentirosa a abordagem da mudança climática que tem sido defendida de Obama ao Papa Francisco. Verdier, assim como aquele top cientista, falam dos benefícios do aquecimento, que é taboo no meio científico hoje em dia.
Como o Papa escreveu uma encíclica defendendo uma "solução" para a mudança climática e falou muito disso em sua visita aos Estados Unidos, achei que cabe voltar ao tema aqui nesse blog, em que falo mais sobre questões teológicas, conflitos militares e política internacional.
O livro de Verdier se torna mais importante porque em dezembro ocorrerá em Paris a conferência do clima que o Papa Francisco tanto pressionou para que apresente uma solução para "salvar o planeta".
Vejamos parte do texto do jornal inglês The Telegraph.
France's top weatherman sparks storm over book questioning climate change
By Henry Samuel, Paris
5:45PM BST 14 Oct 2015
Every night, France's chief weatherman has told the nation how much wind, sun or rain they can expect the following day.
Now Philippe Verdier, a household name for his nightly forecasts on France 2, has been taken off air after a more controversial announcement - criticising the world's top climate change experts.
Mr Verdier claims in the book Climat Investigation (Climate Investigation) that leading climatologists and political leaders have “taken the world hostage” with misleading data.
In a promotional video, Mr Verdier said: “Every night I address five million French people to talk to you about the wind, the clouds and the sun. And yet there is something important, very important that I haven’t been able to tell you, because it’s neither the time nor the place to do so.”
He added: “We are hostage to a planetary scandal over climate change – a war machine whose aim is to keep us in fear.”
His outspoken views led France 2 to take him off the air starting this Monday. "I received a letter telling me not to come. I'm in shock," he told RTL radio. "This is a direct extension of what I say in my book, namely that any contrary views must be eliminated."
The book has been released at a particularly sensitive moment as Paris is due to host a crucial UN climate change conference in December.
According to Mr Verdier, top climate scientists, who often rely on state funding, have been “manipulated and politicised”.
He specifically challenges the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, saying they “blatantly erased” data that went against their overall conclusions, and casts doubt on the accuracy of their climate models.
The IPCC has said that temperatures could rise by up to 4.8°C if no action is taken to reduce carbon emissions.
Mr Verdier writes: “We are undoubtedly on a plateau in terms of warming and the cyclical variability of the climate doesn’t not allow us to envisage if the natural rhythm will tomorrow lead us towards a fall, a stagnation or a rise (in temperature).”
The 330-page book also controversially contains a chapter on the “positive results” of climate change in France, one of the countries predicted to be the least affected by rising temperatures. “It’s politically incorrect and taboo to vaunt the merits of climate change because there are some,” he writes, citing warmer weather attracting tourists, lower death rates and electricity bills in mild winters, and better wine and champagne vintages.
Asked whether he had permission from his employer to release the book, he said: “I don’t think management liked it, let’s be honest.”
The book has been released at a particularly sensitive moment as Paris is due to host a crucial UN climate change conference in December.
According to Mr Verdier, top climate scientists, who often rely on state funding, have been “manipulated and politicised”.
He specifically challenges the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, saying they “blatantly erased” data that went against their overall conclusions, and casts doubt on the accuracy of their climate models.
The IPCC has said that temperatures could rise by up to 4.8°C if no action is taken to reduce carbon emissions.
Mr Verdier writes: “We are undoubtedly on a plateau in terms of warming and the cyclical variability of the climate doesn’t not allow us to envisage if the natural rhythm will tomorrow lead us towards a fall, a stagnation or a rise (in temperature).”
The 330-page book also controversially contains a chapter on the “positive results” of climate change in France, one of the countries predicted to be the least affected by rising temperatures. “It’s politically incorrect and taboo to vaunt the merits of climate change because there are some,” he writes, citing warmer weather attracting tourists, lower death rates and electricity bills in mild winters, and better wine and champagne vintages.
Asked whether he had permission from his employer to release the book, he said: “I don’t think management liked it, let’s be honest.”
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