Inconvenient Facts

The Science That Al Gore Doesn't Want You to Know

By: Gregory Wrightstone

Narrated by: Brian Holsopple

Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

You have been inundated with reports from media, governments, think tanks, and "experts" saying that our climate is changing for the worse, and it is our fault. Increases in droughts, heat waves, tornadoes, and poison ivy - to name a few - are all blamed on our "sins of emissions" from burning fossil fuels and increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Yet, you don't quite buy into this human-caused climate apocalypse. You aren't sure about the details because you don't have all the facts and likely aren't a scientist.

Inconvenient Facts was recorded specifically for you. Described in plain English and providing easy-to-understand information, Gregory Wrightstone presents the science to assess the basis of the threatening Thermageddon.The audiobook's 60 "inconvenient facts" come from government sources, peer-reviewed literature, or scholarly works, set forth in a way that is lucid and entertaining. The information will likely challenge your current understanding of many apocalyptic predictions about our ever dynamic climate. You will learn that the planet is improving, not in spite of increasing CO2 and rising temperature, but because of it. The very framework of the climate-catastrophe argument will be confronted with scientific fact.

Arm yourself with the truth.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2018 Gregory Wrightstone (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

the manifesto of a flailing oil man

The fact that CO2 or temperature levels were higher than today during the times before apes or flowering plants existed on earth is irrelevant to the question of whether we want, or should allow, high CO2 levels in modern times.

Wrightstone has worked for natural gas companies his whole career (CONTI, 2015, Meyer, 2019). He is also on the advisory board of the Heartland Institute, according to his web site. The Heartland Institute is a conservative think tank that in the 1990s helped Phillip Morris attempt to discredit the science of the health risks of smoking. Since then, it has made climate denial one of its main focuses. The Heartland Institute received funding from ExxonMobile and from Koch Industries.
The fossil fuel industry is a logical special interest in support of Wrigthstone’s Inconvenient Facts.

-Wilard MacDonald in his fantastically detailed and thorough review of this book, in which he expresses so many of my own thoughts in better words and with more specificity.

I would also like to mention that while this, again, is absolutely an open love letter to petroleum, the narrator was objectively fantastic. Seriously, Brian Holsopple deserves a Grammy. He makes you hate him like a good Daniel Day-Lewis villain.

In closing, I'm glad this was free.

Fantastic Read!!!

Currently I am 14 years of age and in my school and many others we must learn about the fraud and non-existent climate change. This book was a great help to prove my unhinged liberal teacher the truth about climate change and global warming. She told us the ice caps are melting, lie, she told us the polar bears are going extinct, lie, and she told us the white race was responsible for the destruction of our planet.

Excellent summary of reasons to question AGW

The Anthropogenic global warming (AGW) hoax, based on half truths + politically motivated fear mongering, is concisely summarized in 60 fact-based statements, supported by data contained in the literature. Any one of these 60 facts provides ample reason to question the AGW climate change propoganda embraced by the uninformed.
Taken all together, it is incredulous that a thinking person could conclude anything other than ....... "AGW is a well-organized, well-funded scheme to create political discord."
This book should be required reading for every school student in the US (middle school thru high school) and developed into a feature film for general public education.

Immediately confrontational, not a scientific discussion

Considering Wrightstone is a life long O&G , it is no surprise that he is doing whatever is necessary to protect his livelihood. However, instead of doing this in an actual discussion in the manner of science, but immediately coming out of the gates assuming his readers have no ability to grasp the scientific data and states, "it's written on plane English". Also attacking mainstream media and the education system. This type of an opinion piece is a perfect example of a book that fuels conspiracy theories and the rabbit holes that ensue.
Something as simple as the terminology change from global warming to climate change was to clarify, not to cover up the fact that the "warmth had stopped".
Levels today cannot be compared to levels 1 million years ago, 100 million years ago. Plant and animal life was totally different and use gases, liquids and solids in different ways than anything we could only imagine.
Did you know flowers popped up just around 130 million years ago? Today, man could not live with out the flowers and the bees, so today's world is nothing like the world was before the last ice age began. Comparing co2 levels from now and then is like comparing elephants and quarks.

a book claiming to be objective and scientific.

if you wrap a turd in pretty paper..... it is still a turd. this self admitted "not an academic work" is full of contradictions. the conclusions drawn ironically do not adhere to the same scientific burden the author himself claims necessary.

Fake science

Facts are not established by claiming false statistics and citing absurd sources. I am not a proponent of the radical, sensationalist claims that humanity is imminently doomed if we do not make immediate, drastic changes. However, as an observant materials scientist with two engineering degrees, one whom loves to be outdoors and adores the natural universe, I, as well as most of you, know that humans impact the environment. Some positive and some negative. We are inherently part of the system in which we reside. Indeed, we - and everything we do - are just as natural as a virgin, boreal forest. To this end, we have a unique capability to be the stewards of our ecosystems to the best of our ability. We will benefit, as a species, to develop and modernize our energy infrastructure and understand our chemical,and physical impact on the planet. We are inextricable from the performance of the system as long as we exist in it. This book purports to have a unique understanding of information, claiming we are not privy to it. The data cited is not correct. Go to the websites claimed by the author to report it, and confirm it for yourself. This book is written by an obviously biased dude who’s ignorant of the scientific method with a childish, sarcastic tone. It’s sad that so many find to be a good book. It gets a B+ in 5th grade persuasive writing class, though.

Biased

I like opposing viewpoints. However this book seems to have more bias against liberals than actual science.

Exactly what I have been looking for

I studied climate science enough to recognize that what has been being pushed for the last couple of decades is not possible. They way I discovered this book was because I finally decided to start pricing together research to prove my point. Found it. The author even includes the money trail.

Good counter to the mainstream media

This provided a good counterpoint to what is normally preached as consensus amongst scientists in the mainstream media. If nothing else, it will help people relax when it comes to stress about climate change. My one complaint is that I can’t see the figures when I’m listening to an audiobook in the car.

Beware: Deceptive Book Designed to Misinform

This work proves that one can take a position and search for and cite out-of-context material (anything), call it “proof” and fail to discuss the topic comprehensively or truthfully. This may be “easy to read”, but that’s precisely because the author has narrowed a complex problem down to a small misrepresentative list that in no way covers the topic. For example, ice melt, warming oceans, species and coral die offs, ocean conveyor belts. I have never read a work so thoroughly deceptive in its choice of obscure and/or irrelevant study citations, and skipping all over the timeline to pick a “fact” while ignoring huge bodies of studies and records that overwhelmingly support the opposite of his conclusions. What’s most upsetting, though, is that so many non-scientist readers will be taken in by this horribly misrepresentative work. Yes, Wrightstone’s snarky list may support the “view” of those who want climate change a.k.a. global warming to NOT be our reality, but this is a cleverly deceptive construction that the non-scientist author should be ashamed of. This is a dangerous book that sadly enables otherwise intelligent people to be fooled into denying the truth of what is taking place right in front of our eyes! Worse, it encourages readers to fail to support the world wide efforts to actually address the serious state of our planet’ health. I started reading this book with an open mind, giving it a fair shake, because I wanted to glean some information that could make me feel a bit more optimistic about the state of our world. I kept reading the “author” piled one illegitimate “proof” after another, to the point of utter outrage. It is sickening so many people think this is an accurate book that presents facts. It does NOT and should be listed as a work of Fiction.

The essence of Science is Peer review and repeatability lacking from this book

Inconvenient Facts is a misleading title this book is devoid of and facts - rather it is full of suppositions, superstitions and unfounded assumptions - even if you can get it for free - don’t waste 3h 53m of you life listening to this monolog - you will never get it back

Debunking science without scientific rigor

The author bases a premise on a straw man argument and asks the reader to ignore a flimsy base to follow flawed arguments throughout.

Clartty

A common sense book about the popular myths of climate change.

If that line puts you off.
Then perhaps you should read or listen to this book.

If it doesn't you probably will.

A frightening rant that is could have negative implications

If an author is to be objective, they need to put down both pros and cons of a subject. This book reminds me of a child in the playground having a tantrum and ranting on ignorantly about something that they may think to themselves is accurate, but leaves out factual information from the other side because they are too stubborn to admit they may be wrong and attempt to do the research. These are not facts, they are figments of them that warp your perception to believe that climate change is not real. If you read this, I urge you to do independent research on the devastating impacts of climate change and don’t have blind faith in some misguided rant.

Do not fear the lie.

Before we had the lies about Covid, we were fed another lie to justify our useless eater status.

if statistics are helpful then his book is a good book, if you just want to understand lie and what remains to fear once the truth is revealed, then I would recommend the book as well.
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Fake catastrophe’s and invisible enemies

I’d always been suspicious of climate propaganda as 30 years ago at school I was told about rising sea levels and to expect costal towns under water by the year 2000. It seems like a rich man’s trick to enforce to law and legislation, a carbon tax scam. Too much evidence in the form of real historical data, yet people believe predictive agenda biased programs, time to wake up!!!

A geologists' view of a recent fad

Nothing the government and mainstream media tell you about climate change is founded on science really. This geologist tells you how things work.

Wow

Everything is a lie and this book is the eye opener we all desperately need

Challenging the narrative about climate change

Can this book be right? Increased carbon dioxide makes plants grow more and so the earth will get greener and not browner as all those placards at climate change rallies have been telling me? Is it possible the climate change lobbyists have been a tad selective in their presentation of the data about the effects of increased CO2? Well this book thinks so and even though I started off sceptical, the sheer volume of data he threw at me did start to make me wonder if we truly are heading off in the right direction to spend $1-2 Trillion a year changing from fossil fuels to "something else", even though we haven't quite figured out what that is yet.?