Hurricane forecaster William Gray says global warming is "grossly exaggerated"

Hurricane forecaster William Gray says global warming is "grossly exaggerated" : Treasure Coast : TCPalm

MIAMI — The studies continue to mount: global warming is likely to blame for producing more powerful hurricanes and endangering the earth's ecosystems.

Nonsense, William Gray said Tuesday.

"There's been so much hype," the Colorado State University storm prognosticator said. "But I don't think there's a real problem. I think global warming has been grossly exaggerated."

Speaking at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science on Virginia Key, Gray said humans play little or no role in global warming. He said he has been "appalled" by claims that global warming is on the verge of causing great destruction, such as in Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth."

Because the U.S. government is taking substantial steps to reduce greenhouse emissions by cutting the use of fossil fuels, it's imperiling the economy, Gray told an audience of about 200, mostly college students. The problem, he said, is that fossil fuels will be sorely needed for the next four to five decades.