Rethinking Climate Change: A Scientific and Common-Sense Reappraisal of CO2-Based Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW)

Price: $7.99
(as of Oct 14, 2026 21:16:16 UTC – Details)

Climate has always changed. But are we sure we understand why?

This book takes direct aim at one of the most widely accepted ideas of our time: the notion that carbon dioxide functions as the master control knob of Earth’s temperature. While this narrative dominates headlines, classrooms, and political debates, the reality of our climate system is far different.

Through clear explanations, grounded in both scientific reasoning and everyday analogies, the book dismantles the “greenhouse” comparison, reveals misapplications of basic physics, and shows how today’s climate models are often misused. Drawing on evidence from physics, solar cycles, and historical records, it presents a compelling case that the effect of CO₂ is much less than alarmists portray.

More than a critique, this work is an invitation to think more deeply. It is written for thoughtful readers, with technical rigor paired with plain language, all carried with a touch of wit that makes the science understandable. Persuasive, factual, and occasionally irreverent, it invites independent thinkers to look past slogans and headlines and reconsider what really drives Earth’s climate.

Inside this book, you’ll discover:

Why the common “greenhouse” analogy misrepresents how the atmosphere actually works.

How back-radiation arguments often conflict with basic thermodynamics.

What the lapse rate reveals about temperature without invoking CO₂ as a climate lever.

How astronomical and solar cycles, ignored in many models, correlate strongly with observed climate shifts.

Why raw temperature station records often tell a different story than “adjusted” datasets.

Case studies from cities large and small, where urban growth, land use, and station moves explain the “warming” signal more convincingly than greenhouse gases.

A review of failed predictions, from the global cooling scare of the 1970s to modern-day alarmist forecasts.

Rather than deny change, the book asks a more important question: what is driving it? If the underlying theory is flawed, then the policies built on it could be misguided — or even harmful.

This book will not hand you prepackaged conclusions. Instead, it provides the tools, evidence, and reasoning so you can evaluate the arguments for yourself. With accessible explanations and plenty of real-world examples, it makes complex science readable without diluting its rigor.

Whether you agree with every point or not, you will come away with sharper questions, a clearer view of where uncertainties truly lie, and a renewed appreciation for the complexity of nature’s thermostat — a system influenced by countless forces that no single control knob can fully capture.

While Mark Twain is often credited with the thought, it was in 1647 when Baltasar Gracián wrote “The Art of Worldly Wisdom” which included a discussion of fools stubbornly clinging to incorrect beliefs. Here is a translation of Baltasar’s Spanish remarks into English:

“Every blockhead is thoroughly persuaded that he is in the right, and every one who is all too firmly persuaded is a blockhead, and the more erroneous is his judgment the greater is the tenacity with which he holds it.”
This book attempts to knock the blocks off a few blockheads and enable clear vision to others.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0FTT3ZMZK
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 3, 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 17.1 MB
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 140 pages
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #2,622,126 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #584 in Weather (Kindle Store) #1,349 in Environmental Science (Kindle Store) #1,572 in Weather (Books)
Customer Reviews: 5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars (2) var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when(‘A’, ‘ready’).execute(function(A) { if (dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction !== true) { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative( ‘acrLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault”: true }, function (event) { if (window.ue) { ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when(‘A’, ‘cf’).execute(function(A) { A.declarative(‘acrStarsLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault” : true }, function(event){ if(window.ue) { ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } }); });