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From: Aburr@aol.com
Sent: 10/18/2010 2:03:16 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time
Subj: Lewis
The following is a partial quote from a New York Times article. (which
shows that Lewis is NOT unfamiliar with climate research)
Additional information about the article is available at http://nyti.ms/dtFLjV
(from the New York Times
What a difference a couple of decades can make. One week ago Lewis was
_vaulted to celebrity status_
(http://www.google.com/search?tbo=u&tbs=blg:1&source=og&q=resignation+letter+"harold+lewis"+"physical+society"+pseudoscientifi
c&hl=en&ned=us&tab=nb#q=resignation+letter+"harold+lewis"+"physical+society"
+pseudoscientific&hl=en&tbs=blg:1,qdr:w&source=lnt&sa=X&psj=1&ei=D2O4TMHHOsP
38AaN0Km9Dw&ved=0CA0QpwU&fp=24caab9999a5d8d0) by conservative and
contrarian Web sites and commentators when he disseminated his _letter of
resignation_ (http://news-starextra.com/blog/?tag=ucsb) from the 48,000-member
American Physical Society over its support for what he called “the global
warming scam, with the (literally) trillions of dollars driving it, that has
corrupted so many scientists, and has carried APS before it like a rogue wave.”
Almost 20 years ago, _Harold Lewis_
(http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/4742.html) , a respected physicist who had advised the government and the
Pentagon on matters ranging from _nuclear winter_
(http://books.google.com/books?id=y8M5vx-Lrk0C) to _missile defense_
(http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/4742.html) , included his assessment of climate change from the buildup
of human-generated greenhouse gases in _a book on technological risk_
(http://j.mp/LewisTechRiskGreenhouse) :
All models agree that the net effect will be a general and global warming
of the earth; they only disagree about how much. None suggest that it will
be a minor effect, to be ignored while we go about our business. [ _Read
more._
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_gmR8fkmAnjw/TLfdyld_hQI/AAAAAAAAC0M/ZorXCObQrzI/Lewis275notminor.jpg) ]
A couple of pages later, he laid out the implications of warming and the
need for “global cooperation and sacrifice now, to avert something far in the
future.” He noted that this was unlikely, given human nature, but said, “
one can only hope.” Here’s the relevant section: