By Daryl on
6/17/2008 4:08 AM
The venerable organization Greenpeace ( well in environmental movement terms it is old ) recently sent John Sauven for a chat with Steven Sackur on BBC's HardTalk. It seems that Greenpeace is trying to re-brand itself as the solar worshippers for an new millennia. It is all about the sun! I will ask you to watch the Interview and then I will point out some problems with this environmental expert's "vision" of the world and critiques of society.
HardTalk - Interview
Mr Sauven in his opening statements claims that "if we could capture all the energy from the sun for 70 minutes we could power the world." Done for effect and to make his point that we are "awash" with energy, ...
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By Daryl on
6/9/2008 5:34 AM
Dr James Hansen the outspoken and radical climate scientist from NASA has taken it upon himself to expand his field of expertise to economics, the same Hansen that believes only climate scientists can speak about climate change, has simply ignored his own opinions and threw his hat into the economic arena. Dr Hansen is circulating his "Tax and Dividend" solution to tackling greenhouse gas emissions. While I say he can do so if he wishes it exposes the double standards that are running rampant through the climate debate. I find it amusing that the self-proclaimed and perpetually persecuted saviour of the planet seems to have such an elevated opinion of himself that no subject seems taboo to him, so much for being silenced by evil governmental administration officials.
Dr Hansen sent out this Memo describing his plan...
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By Daryl on
6/7/2008 12:16 PM
Just read the Wall Street Journal article about the meeting last week of economists in Copenhagen, Denmark. Seems the consensus coming out of the meeting is the one myself and many others in the "Denier" community has been saying all along, people such as Bjorn Lomberg who fell from favour for his realistic approach to environmentalism. This meeting determined we are not really being very prudent with our resources and investments, nor our priorities for the planet, simply put we are on the wrong path. How can they say that? Simply because economists use a mankind first approach and environmentalists use a nature first set of values. This is the fundamental argument that should be taking place in the halls of power inside the world's governments, not the emergency taxing of the population to create common property funds to expand state control over energy delivery and full control over research funding. Money that will go into general funds a ...
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By Daryl on
6/5/2008 3:27 PM
I am about to blow my own horn here, so be ready. First watch the BBC Hardtalk Interview with Professor Wallace Broecker, who some have called the grandfather of climate science.
BBC HardTalk - Interview
I find it amazing that he and I have come to the same conclusions regarding mitigation efforts and the result. Even though we disagree on the dangers of Global Warming we agree completely on the options available to us to combat it and the problems with the path we are now on. I know that some have called me a denier and a shill, some have even criticized my pessimism regarding renewable energy as right wing resistance to change. Now here we h ...
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By Daryl on
6/3/2008 11:23 AM
Original Forum Posting January 14, 2008 ( reposted from January 1, 2008 )...
"Just was checking the latest data on the NSIDC for the Arctic Ice Extent. Guess what I found.
November 2007 has more Ice Extent than November 2006, and is in line with previous trends
I predicted that we were going to have a long, cold and snow filled Winter in Canada and the Arctic this year way back in August 2007, I also predicted that the Arctic ice would recover fully from the summer melt and may actually increase in extent this season, well that has come to pass.
Prediction Time!
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