"German skeptics Lüning and Vahrenholt respond to criticism"
I myself am again astounded at the frauds Anthony Watts expects us to believe in. Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt the latest practiced provocateur joining Anthony's parade is a stellar example of the shameless deception these folks peddle.
As it happens I've been taking a closer look at another interview
Vahrenholt's gave during his media-blitz.
This interview was printed in the February 8th issue of the German magazine Der Spiegel. And I want to examine his answers. For starters:
Vahrenholt . . . ‘I Feel Duped on Climate Change’
Question #6: of Research, Models and Earth is Cooling~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
#6) DER SPIEGEL: You make concrete statements on how much human activity contributes to climatic events and how much of a role natural factors play. Why don’t you publish your prognoses in a professional journal?
Dr. Vahrenholt: Because I don’t engage in my own climate research. Besides, I don’t have a supercomputer in my basement. For the most part, my co-author, geologist Sebastian Lüning, and I merely summarize what scientists have published in professional journals—just as the IPCC does. The book is also a platform for scientists who apply good arguments in diverging from the views of the IPCC. The established climate models have failed across the board because they cannot cogently explain the absence of warming.
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Vahrenholt, exemplifies