I would like history to remember me as an honest scientist. Along with many like me, I am trying to explain to my fellow Americans the serious damage that will be done to us, and indeed to the whole world, by cockamamie policies to ‘save the planet’ from .”2 We have no more ability to prevent climate change than King Canute had to stop the tide from rising. All the observational evidence is that  has a relatively small effect on temperature. Changes in the Earth’s temperature will continue to be dominated by natural causes, whether we increase  concentrations, by continuing to burn fossil fuels, or whether we permit a nightmarish police state to stop emissions ,and punish ‘deniers’ as some in the alarmist camp demand. I can’t think of any benefits for reducing  emissions.  is not a pollutant. […] Almost all plants grow better and are more drought resistant with two to four times more  than now. There is no “overwhelming consensus.” In spite of decades of propaganda, and even threats to their jobs, about half of meteorologists remain unconcerned about global warming.