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Values and Global Warming

September 1, 2012 by Andy Hines Leave a Comment

Our World Futures class in the UH Futures Studies program took a “field trip” to see Dr. S. Fred Singer present his views  about anthropogenic global warming, or human-induced global warming. He flatly asserts that there is no evidence for this! In his very engaging talk he openly admitted that his view is a minority one, but that “as a scientist” he suggests that proponents of climate change are using questionable data to support their argument “for” warming and that the best data using satellites shows no evidence for it. He admits that the satellite data is new in that it’s only been available since 1979. It did seem to come down to a case where one should “believe this slide data,” and “don’t believe this slide data.” But nothing to really inspire confidence that either one was “right.”

 

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About Andy Hines

Andy Hines
Lecturer/Executive-in-Residence, University of Houston Futures Studies

Andy Hines is Lecturer and Executive-in-Residence at the University of Houston’s Graduate Program in Futures Studies, bringing together the experience he earned as an organizational, consulting, and academic futurist. He co-founded and is currently on the Board of the Association of Professional Futurists, and has co-authored three books -- Thinking About the Future: Guidelines for Strategic Foresight (Social Technologies, 2007),” 2025: Science and Technology Reshapes US and Global Society (Oak Hill, 1997) and Managing Your Future as an Association (ASAE, 1994). He has also authored dozens of articles, speeches, and workshops, including the 2003 Emerald Literati Awards' Outstanding Paper accolade for best article published in Foresight for “An Audit for Organizational Futurists” and the 2008 award for “Scenarios: The State of the Art.” In the last year, he has appeared on several radio and television programs, including KRIV-26 News talking about the future of libraries and the CBS “Early Show,” to talk about an MTV-commissioned study: “The Future of the Youth Happiness.”




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