John Daly -
Australia - (Deceased: January 28th, 2004)
Originally from Britain, he went to live in Tasmania in 1980, settling
near Launceston, and for the last 9 years have been one of the numerous
`skeptics' speaking out publicly against the Global Warming scare,
which makes exaggerated claims that the earth will warm by +1.5 to +6
deg. C. due to an enhanced Greenhouse Effect.
Climate and climate change has been a lifelong study of his life since
his early days as a ship's officer in the British Merchant Navy. He has
lived through and traced the progress of the `ice age' scare of the
1970's, the `nuclear winter' scare of the 1980s, and now the `global
warming' scare of the present. All these scares have advanced the
interests of what was a small academic discipline 30 years ago to
become a mammoth global industry today. It was his view that this
industry has, through the `politics of fear' which it has promoted,
acted against the interests of the public.
Author of "The Greenhouse Trap", (Bantam Books, 1989), and also of
articles and papers in New Zealand Science Monthly, New Woman, Forest
Industries Journal , Norwegian Oil Review, papers in "Climate Change"
(Univ. of Western Sydney) and for the 1990 ANZAAS Congress. Written and
verbal submissions to the Industry Commission and the 1996 National
Greenhouse Response Strategy Review
Numerous invited talks to community groups in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and the A.C.T. on climate change issues.
Participated in several talkback radio and TV interviews and was
interviewed for Australian newspaper articles and features on the
Greenhouse Effect. Provided research assistance to the UK Channel 4 TV
`Equinox' production "The Greenhouse Conspiracy" in 1991 and was also
extensively interviewed in, and contributed research to, Australia
Channel 9's `cover story' on Greenhouse in their `Sunday' program in
April 1993. Also contributed to a TV documentary on Greenhouse by the
Finnish Broadcasting Company.
Published articles and public submissions on climate change.
Daly J., "The Greenhouse Trap - why the Greenhouse Effect will not end
Life on Earth", Bantam Books, Sydney, 1989, ISBN 0-947-189-77-7
Daly J., "Climate of Opinion", New Zealand Science Monthly, Sep-1990
Daly J., "The Greenhouse Effect: Is It Just Hot Air?", New Woman, Jan 1990, p.132.
Daly J., "Holes in the Greenhouse", Australian Forest Industries Jnl. Sep-1990, p.10
Daly J., "The Luke-Warm Greenhouse", ANZAAS Congress, Hobart 1990, Univ of New South Wales archive, 1990.
Daly J., "Greenhouse - A Dissenting View", from Burgin S. (Ed.),
"Climate Change - Implications for Natural Resource Conservation",
Univ. of Western Sydney, Nov 1993, p.35-52
Daly J., "A Critique of - `Developing Regional Climate Change
Scenarios: Their Reliability and Seriousness' by Dr Barrie Pittock",
from Burgin S. (Ed.), "Climate Change - Implications for Natural
Resource Conservation", Univ. of Western Sydney, Nov 1993, p.29-34
Daly J., submission to "The Costs & Benefits Of Reducing Greenhouse
Gas Emissions", Industry Commission, Canberra, 1994 - Also gave a
verbal submission to the Commission in Hobart.
Daly J., "Waiting For Greenhouse", submission to National Greenhouse Response Strategy Review, Canberra, 1996
Daly, John L., "Australia Refuses To Sacrifice Future: Cool Realism
From Potential Ally - Will Norway Listen?", Norwegian Oil Review, Vol
23 No. 7, pp26-32, August 1997
2000 - Written submission to the Australian parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, 2000
May 2000 - Presentation to the inaugural conference of the Lavoisier Group, Melbourne
July 2000 - Presentation on the current state of climate science to a
group of 42 Government Members of Parliament at Parliament House,
Canberra.
2000 - Five major reports on aspects of climate science for the Greening Earth Society, Washington DC
Sept 2001 - Presentation on climate science to the Lavoisier Group, Melbourne
Public Debates with Greenhouse scientists
1989 ABC Radio, Sydney. Debate with Dr Barrie PIttock of CSIRO
1989 ABC Radio, Melbourne. Debate with Bill Hare, deputy directory of the Australian Conservation
Foundation
1989 ABC Radio, Tasmania. Debate with Dr John Todd, University of Tasmania
1990 Carlton Club, Melbourne. Invited public debate with Dr Graeme Pearman of CSIRO
1992 University of Western Sydney. Conference debate with Dr Barrie Pittock of CSIRO
1999 Crown Casino, Melbourne. Public debate with Prof. Ian Lowe of Griffith University, Brisbane
1999 Melbourne Radio FM, `Prodos' programme. Debate with Dr Willem Bouma, CSIRO Atmospheric Division.
2001 Engineering Australia annual conference. Debate with Dr Chris Mitchell, CSIRO Atmospheric Division
