submit your questions using the mic provided to you. >> good to see you doctor koonin. i have a lot of questions during yourpresentation and will take them one by one . the first, how did you land a job in the obama administration given your independent views on climate change? >> one's views evolve as one learns more and as the science and technology evolves. i joined bd in 2004 to help them figure out what beyond petroleum was. they didn't need me to help them find oil and gas, they were good at doing that already so i educated myself about energy and energy technologies . sswith the goal of helping to develop or catalyze the involvement ofemission technology . i wasn't very focused on the ncscience at the time and not look deeply at. i did more or less the same thing in the obama administration . brought in 2013 or 2014, i had a hard look at the science at the behest of the american physical society recounted in the book if people are interested inthe details . and i started to realize this is not as solid as people think it is. the dialogue became more and more hype

with you some of these things and just to give you a sense and we've heard a lot of this and steve koonine you some of the quotes, gutierrez our u.n. secretary-general the best source for the exaggerated claims. every week brings new climate devastation, flood, fires, super storms, and we're in a battle for our lives and climate change is the biggest threat to the economy. those claims are mostly false. not entirely wrong, but mostly false. again if i'm just going to do 35 minutes i'm going to give you some of the tidbits and i'm sure we can take up some of the other ones, i describe in my book and my period articles. do we see the super storms and historics hurricanes as people point out. in the past, identifying past trends in tropical cyclones, what they call hurricanes, remains a challenge and most reported long-term trends, but for the future they do tell us we will likely see more really strong hurricanes. we'll probably also see fewer future hurricanes. you need to know both. now, overall, that's a net negative because stronger outweighs fewer so there is a problem and we're going

. >> and a question that i'm getting to you, not mine, doctor, koonin, you come from the political left that he is powses the narrative. on the right many believe it's a chinese hoax, do you see any hope of the realistic viewpoint gaining traction in the area. >> as to my own political affiliations, i've never registered with a party. i'm an independent. and i did serve in the obama administration. my idea of what scientists should be doing in the political realm is provide advice, analysis, options, but not make the decisions. and i tried to do that when i was in the private sector and when i was in the government. you know, i think it's best if we try to stay apolitical, as does the military and the judiciary. many of my colleagues don't subscribe to that, unfortunately. when you get politicians, industry leaders in a closed room, with an honest discussion, it's a very different kind of conversation than what you see in public. that's all. >> okay. so you mentioned the public reaction that could be quite strong. how soon do you see that coming on? >> well, you know, the whole climate