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The crashing sounds reverberating throughout the globe aren’t solely from melting glaciers smashing into warming seas. They’re also the reverberations of scientists all over the world dropping their belief in the greenhouse gases theory of climate change.

This news — which won’t be on television or in newspaper headlines any time soon — is from the latest book by Mitch Battros, called “Global Warming—A Convenient Disguise.” In his just-published tome, Battros collects and conveys recent opinions and observations from scientists in Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States who have investigated the greenhouse gases theory of global warming and come to the same conclusion. It’s wrong.

Part of the problem is that accurate measurements of changes in the Earth’s atmosphere reveal that carbon dioxide levels lag temperatures. In other words, previous climate cycles show that the world starts to heat up before CO₂ levels rise, not the other way around. This negates the cause-effect relationship at the heart of the greenhouse gases theory, which argues that rises in atmospheric levels of CO₂ caused by human beings burning fossil fuels have made global temperatures go up steadily, with life-threatening consequences.

In his book, Battros names 14 of the scientists whose views have shifted. An even more complete list of scientists no longer sold on the greenhouse gases theory is available at this Wikipedia URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientists_opposing_global_warming_consensus.

Beyond the ranks of scientists dropping away from greenhouse gases, Battros also encourages readers to consider what ancient civilizations such as the Aztecs, Egyptians, the Hopi and the Mayans had to say about climate change cycles. One of his goals as an author and an Internet radio talk show host is to bring back together the communities of western scientists and those studying ancient mythologies and practicing ancient beliefs.

As Battros points out, non-Western cultures did not divorce science from religion, so their priests were scientists and their scientists were priests. This is an unsettling reminder to truly free thinkers who do not want dogma backed by data rammed down their throats. On the other hand, to quote Battros, “It will be interesting when at some point, quantum physicists push so far past the quantum veil that separates the physical world from its nonphysical source that they literally bump into the creator of that source.”

Mostly the author’s message remains unnerving yet critical, especially in the wake of the 9/11 attack and the Hurricane Katrina devastation. If it’s not accurate to assert that human activity is the primary cause of global warming, then to assume that changes in human activity can reverse it or even slow it down is equally false.

This means the money we pump into curbing greenhouse gas emissions or developing bio fuels most likely won’t do much, if anything, to forestall or avert rising temperatures. It also means that instead of running around trading carbon caps and insisting that industrialized nations curb their CO₂ emissions, we should be preparing for the mass migration that climate change will make critical to preserve life.

Battros never throws his hands in the air and despairs. Just the opposite. As in his first book, he provides the readers with things to think about and do before any major social disruption is upon them. He warns us fairly not to expect the government to ride to our rescue in the wake of any weather-related widespread calamity. Instead we will have to rely on our own preparations, both practical and spiritual, for the uncertain journey that awaits all of us who are living in these interesting times.

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