Yeah, too bad Swedish Climate Scientist, Bert Bolin, first raised the issue of climate change and global warming almost 40 years prior to that report. Also have to question the political position of the column when it starts out "Not every scientist is part of Al Gore's mythical "consensus."" First of all, who ever wrote the article needs to understand what a concensus is. It does not mean unanamity. Second of all, it quotes well known big oil huckster Tim Patterson. On one hand they try to frame the CO2 argument as invalid because of Al Gore's known bias, but then they rely on Tim Patterson's known bias to support the Danish claims. As well, the Hoover Institute, also claimed as a source of information in the article, is well known conservative and pro-industry think tank with links directly to the Bush Administration, not at known for their expertise in climate research. The Hoover Intutte receives the majority f their funding from the Exxon Mobil, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Rockwell and Boeing-McDonnell. So no, definitely no potential conflict in interest there. Interesting article, but seems like it might be corporate disinformation.
Last edited by Lanny_MacDonald; 02-08-2008 at 03:08 PM.
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