Nov 25 2009

ClimateGate Continues

Published by Frosty the Know Man at 9:05 am under The Science Debate

You know it’s a big story because it’s being driven by the Wall Street Journal and it’s getting attention from Instapundit, whose recent post covers ClimateGate, the climate e-mails and the politics of science, and Climaquiddick.

Elsewhere, Washington Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney writes “Global warming industry becomes too big to fail“:

Manning and the warming crowd benefit from a beautiful feedback loop: The more governments, businesses, and media outlets you can convince that man-made global warming is a serious threat, the more these institutions will invest in climate change studies, solutions, and policies. And the more they invest in combating global warming — whether it’s a newspaper hiring a climate reporter, a company buying emissions credits and alternative energy sources, or a government building a climate lab — the less willing they are to tolerate dissent on the issue.

He continues:

And scientists aren’t the only ones with skin in the game. Take manufacturing and transportation giant Siemens, for instance, whom Manning was wooing. In 2006, the company joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which has been a key lobbyist for the sort of greenhouse gas cap-and-trade scheme at the heart of the climate bill currently before Congress. Siemens and other members of USCAP have invested billions in buying up greenhouse gas credits, alternative energy sources like wind and solar power, and carbon capture and sequestration (the attempt to trap CO2 underground). E-mails show CRU scientists pushing corporate donors to fund their climate science as a way of advancing carbon capture.

Governments have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into climate research. News organizations have staked their credibility on the claim that climate science is “settled.” With all this on the line for scientists, media, business, and government, are we really going to let some contrary data get in the way?

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One Response to “ClimateGate Continues”

  1. majoron 01 Dec 2009 at 12:23 am

    This is science that has gone completely off the rails and America is in grave danger because of it. You may remember that the German Nazi movement started with the science of eugenics craze in the 30’s, which resulted in the scapegoating of any race/religion that wasnt ‘pure’ aryan. This is how Hitler distracted the population and created crazed adulation that allowed him to do what he wanted.

    Again we get the scapegoating of those who wont drink the true believer koolaid as a precursor to an attempted fascist takeover.

    The neo-fascists have accumulated so much political and economic wealth they are not even afraid of exposure such as climategate.

    We are not that many steps away from the purging and internment of those of us that have been against this insanity. Part of this is passing Obama’s radicalized agenda and the core Congressman that are pushing this despite the overwhelming negative opinion from the American people are America’s enemies. They are the Manchurian candidates.

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