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From: Adrian on 31 Mar 2010 09:26 Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> > Odd coincidence eh? >> Mmmm. Who'd have thought it... >> >> "Government downplays evidence that disagrees with their stated >> policies." > We know how ambivalent the government is about MMGW, with its airport > expansions and coal-fired power stations. You seem to forget all those expensive TV ads showing cartoon puppies being drowned, and telling us all to drive five miles less.
From: Derek C on 31 Mar 2010 09:32 On 31 Mar, 14:26, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > > >> > Odd coincidence eh? > >> Mmmm. Who'd have thought it... > > >> "Government downplays evidence that disagrees with their stated > >> policies." > > We know how ambivalent the government is about MMGW, with its airport > > expansions and coal-fired power stations. > > You seem to forget all those expensive TV ads showing cartoon puppies > being drowned, and telling us all to drive five miles less. Don't forget the risk of being killed by a polar bear falling out of the sky! Derek C
From: Doug on 31 Mar 2010 09:36 On 31 Mar, 14:23, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > On 31 Mar, 13:33, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > > > > Didn't the skeptics make a big fuss about the University of East > > Anglia emails and they have now been shown to be completely wrong, as > > usual. > > > "...The Commons Science and Technology Committee criticised UEA > > authorities for failing to respond to requests for data from climate > > change sceptics. > > > But it found no evidence Professor Phil Jones, whose e-mails were > > hacked and published online, had manipulated data. > > > It said his reputation, and that of his climate research unit, > > remained intact. > > > The e-mails were hacked from the university's computer network and > > were published on the internet just before the Copenhagen climate > > conference in December 2009..." > > > Odd coincidence eh? > > > More:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8595483.stm > > > -- > > UK Radical Campaignswww.zing.icom43.net > > Travel broadens the damage. > > The Commons Science and Technology Committee, also found that there > had been unreasonable withholding of climate data requested under the > Freedom of Information Act by scientists who are sceptical about > Anthropenic Global Warming (AGW) or Man Made Climate Change! > The data was unavailable simply because the University was inundated with requests from climate change sceptics. > > There was also a conspiracy not to peer review scientific papers that > did not conform with the mainstream view on AGW! > Wrong again. The BBC source says... "Likewise the evidence that we have seen does not suggest that Prof Jones was trying to subvert the peer review process..." > > The Government has its own agenda for using AGW as an excuse for > imposing extra 'carbon' taxes on us, and for appeasing the > green(washed) lobby. > It does have a suspect agenda but that is another story and is more complicated than you try to suggest. -- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net Cars are the main contributor to food miles at 48%. ..
From: Derek C on 31 Mar 2010 09:42 On 31 Mar, 14:36, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > On 31 Mar, 14:23, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > > > The Commons Science and Technology Committee, also found that there > > had been unreasonable withholding of climate data requested under the > > Freedom of Information Act by scientists who are sceptical about > > Anthropenic Global Warming (AGW) or Man Made Climate Change! > > The data was unavailable simply because the University was inundated > with requests from climate change sceptics. Oh yes; how convenient! > > > There was also a conspiracy not to peer review scientific papers that > > did not conform with the mainstream view on AGW! > > Wrong again. Not according to the scientists who are sceptical about AGW! > > The BBC source says... > > "Likewise the evidence that we have seen does not suggest that Prof > Jones was trying to subvert the peer review process..." > > > The Government has its own agenda for using AGW as an excuse for > > imposing extra 'carbon' taxes on us, and for appeasing the > > green(washed) lobby. > > It does have a suspect agenda but that is another story and is more > complicated than you try to suggest. Sounds simple enough to me! Derek C
From: Adrian on 31 Mar 2010 09:48
Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> You seem to forget all those expensive TV ads showing cartoon puppies >> being drowned, and telling us all to drive five miles less. > Don't forget the risk of being killed by a polar bear falling out of the > sky! That's a non-trivial risk, y'know. It's happened to me twice already, this week alone. |