The contributing authors are all members of ESEF, and share the common aim of maintaining open debate of issues relating to all areas of environmental science and public health, particularly when brought into the policy-making arena.
The underlying theory of global warming is challenged as it does not proceed from first principles of physics, chemistry or biology, but from a pre-conceived idea and evidence is made to conform to this idea through mathematical modelling and correction.
Global climate models are criticised for their inability to simulate normal or chaotic weather patterns. Predictions of increased frequency and intensity of hurricanes are not supported by theory or empirical evidence, which point to the opposite effect of fewer, less intense events. The question of properly interpreting measurements of global climate made by satellite is addressed, and a warning given of the dangers of extrapolating from incomplete and incompatible records of the past.
Changes in the solar cycle match changes in the Earth's temperatures. Models of solar variability, combined with variations in all greenhouse gases, explain 90% of the observed temperature variation since 1880, and imply a climate sensitivity to a theoretical doubling of greenhouse gases of only 1.33oC.
In Making a Killing: The Deadly Implications of the Counterfeit Drug Trade, AEI resident fellow Roger Bate analyzes the burgeoning international trade in counterfeit drugs and recommends steps that governments and law enforcement agencies could take to stop it.
Should Medicare pay for patient expenses the way automobile insurers pay for car-repair bills? In How to Fix Medicare, health economist Roger Feldman argues that a radical shift in Medicare policy is not only possible but imperative.
