William Happer Quotes

• No chemical compound in the atmosphere has a worse reputation than CO2, thanks to the single-minded demonization of this natural and essential atmospheric gas by advocates of government control and energy production. The incredible list of supposed horrors that increasing carbon dioxide will bring the world is pure belief disguised as science.

  William Happer

  Government, Atmosphere, Energy

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• About fifty million years ago...geological evidence indicates CO2 levels were several thousand ppm, much higher than now. And life flourished abundantly.

  William Happer

  Years, Levels, Fifty

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• The incredible list of supposed horrors that increasing carbon dioxide will bring the world is pure belief disguised as science.

  William Happer

  World, Lists, Belief

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• I am not a climatologist, but I don't think any of the other witnesses are either. I do work in the related field of atomic, molecular and optical physics. I have spent my professional life studying the interactions of visible and infrared radiation with gases - one of the main physical phenomena behind the greenhouse effect. I have published over 200 papers in peer reviewed scientific journals.

  William Happer

  Thinking, Paper, Radiation

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• With each passing year, experimental observations further undermine the claim of a large positive feedback from water. In fact, observations suggest that the feedback is close to zero and may even be negative.

  William Happer

  Zero, Years, Water

  "Non-Climate Scientist ‘Climate Scientist’ Sets the Record Straight" by Bill Chameides, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 10, 2009.

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