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Climate skeptics hold conference in New York City

Posted at 8:34 AM on 04 Mar 2008

A conference of climate-change skeptics gathered in New York City this week to congratulate each other for daring to challenge the accepted science of global warming. A range of high-profile deniers painted themselves as put-upon independent thinkers branded as heretics by the church of climate-change dogma. Films were shown. Speeches were made. Al Gore jokes abounded. But actual climate science was largely avoided. Michael Oppenheimer, a Princeton University geosciences professor, said that with the media and most policymakers now largely ignoring the climate skeptics, "they have to get together to talk to each other, because nobody else is talking to them."

sources: The Washington Post, The New York Times
see also, in Grist: How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic

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And they'll forget about Africa

They will deny. And they will ignore Africa as well. No problem there with climate change I guess. Africa might suffer more from the changing climate than any other continent. Especially because of the lack of social safety nets provided by governments. Is there a solution for Africa when they have so much else to focus on - health, poverty, war and hunger? Or are we caught in a Catch 22 with no sustainable solutions? More on this in my blog at http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/solving-the- ...

by Angry African at 12:36 PM on 04 Mar 2008

Pointless Argument

I have been reading the Heartland Institutes's material for a while now. I have also been following the science behind climate change research.

It seems that we have an argument which is un-winnable as it is framed. Both sides are making predictions of different futures based on the same set of data. But the future will be what it will be regardless of which side wins the argument. That is the reality.

Our energy future can be determined based on what works best and what meets the needs of the consumer best at the lowest cost. The need to replace fossil fuels for reasons of the economy, security and the environment are and have been well known since before the climate change issue became a factor.

While it is true that the potential for dire consequences related to human induced climate change are a great incentive to move rapidly on the energy issue that is all that it really is; an incentive to do what we have to do either way. This argument is just a replay of the creation vs evolution debate in different clothes.

http://www.myspace.com/enki09

by enki09 at 8:27 PM on 04 Mar 2008

The Skeptic Tank

Check out this video from the "Climate Change Conference" -- it's funny, informative, and um, afterwards, you can deny the believers or believe the deniers.
But don't ignore the planet just because you have a big oil company in your back pocket.

http://video.titantv.com/content/000B00PS/video.aspx

Enjoy!

by TitanGreens at 12:22 PM on 05 Mar 2008

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