<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Climate-skeptic books abound on Amazon’s top sellers list]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/ Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:36:06 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/1 The Library Tells The Tale


Tell me about it!

All the King County Library denialist books that I put on hold take months to come in!    Even when they order 20 copies, there's still 100 people who want to read the truth.

John Bailo
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]]> The Library Tells The Tale


Tell me about it!

All the King County Library denialist books that I put on hold take months to come in!    Even when they order 20 copies, there's still 100 people who want to read the truth.

John Bailo
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]]> Comment #2 by Jones http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/ Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:52:29 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/2 literary proliferation

Seems the climate debate has been very good for the publishing industry. Same with the Iraq/terrorism debate, and atheism vs religion. Forget academia, we now debate issues using amazon. After all, it's much easier to get published than peer-reviewed.

Richard Dawkins has noticed this phenomenon too. He calls them "fleas."

Now...what did they use to say about climatologists being attention-seeking self-promoters with financial motivations?

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Seems the climate debate has been very good for the publishing industry. Same with the Iraq/terrorism debate, and atheism vs religion. Forget academia, we now debate issues using amazon. After all, it's much easier to get published than peer-reviewed.

Richard Dawkins has noticed this phenomenon too. He calls them "fleas."

Now...what did they use to say about climatologists being attention-seeking self-promoters with financial motivations?

]]> Comment #3 by trock http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/ Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:23:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/3 Fiction, non fiction and fantasy

It depends on what books are selling.   Fiction outsells non-fiction 10 to 1.    But if you can get a fiction non-fiction book, that really sells.  Fantasy books are the best of all.  

People might like to read about the faith healers, but when they really get sick, they are grateful for modern medicine developed from science.   I'm grateful for living in a country where most times government is from hard headed philosophy, not religion like in some countries.

Fantasy and fiction outsell and can make people feel better.   But when we have to deal with reality, that's when it can be hard work.  Not everybody is up for that.

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It depends on what books are selling.   Fiction outsells non-fiction 10 to 1.    But if you can get a fiction non-fiction book, that really sells.  Fantasy books are the best of all.  

People might like to read about the faith healers, but when they really get sick, they are grateful for modern medicine developed from science.   I'm grateful for living in a country where most times government is from hard headed philosophy, not religion like in some countries.

Fantasy and fiction outsell and can make people feel better.   But when we have to deal with reality, that's when it can be hard work.  Not everybody is up for that.

]]> Comment #4 by GreyFlcn http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/ Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:09:16 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/4 Last I checked

They don't put the IPCC report or any number of Journal studies on Amazon ;D

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They don't put the IPCC report or any number of Journal studies on Amazon ;D

]]> Comment #5 by roverdc http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/ Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:49:21 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/5 Gore's contribution to AGW disbelief.

If the deniers are winning the war of words then Gore has to be a major contributor to this. The sheer gall of a man with his jet setting mansion hopping lifestyle telling us, in me too suburban housing driving a 50mpg car about the dangers of global warming it too much to take. This is especially true if you do not believe that enough is known about the natural sources of CO2 equivalent gasses to say that global warming may possibly cause by man aat the most.

]]> Gore's contribution to AGW disbelief.

If the deniers are winning the war of words then Gore has to be a major contributor to this. The sheer gall of a man with his jet setting mansion hopping lifestyle telling us, in me too suburban housing driving a 50mpg car about the dangers of global warming it too much to take. This is especially true if you do not believe that enough is known about the natural sources of CO2 equivalent gasses to say that global warming may possibly cause by man aat the most.

]]> Comment #6 by A Siegel http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/ Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:40:58 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/6 This is truly depressing ...

Did Hell and High Water ... Storm Warming ... etc do anything like these? Or is it "Al Gore against the world" in terms of best seller lists?

Now, we can hope it is already entrenched skeptics buying works in their passion rather than uncertain people buying in.

Truly don't like hearing that these works are so popular in the library.

Blogging regularly at Energy Smart to Energize America .

]]> This is truly depressing ...

Did Hell and High Water ... Storm Warming ... etc do anything like these? Or is it "Al Gore against the world" in terms of best seller lists?

Now, we can hope it is already entrenched skeptics buying works in their passion rather than uncertain people buying in.

Truly don't like hearing that these works are so popular in the library.

Blogging regularly at Energy Smart to Energize America .

]]> Comment #7 by blooc http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/ Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:08:35 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/7 deniers

Affluent conservative Christians are the biggest deniers, there are letters from them every day in newspapers in Phoenix area.

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Affluent conservative Christians are the biggest deniers, there are letters from them every day in newspapers in Phoenix area.

]]> Comment #8 by snedunuri http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:26:04 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-deniers-are-winning-the-war-of-words/8 Re: new deniers

"Affluent conservative Christians are the biggest deniers, there are letters from them every day in newspapers in Phoenix area. "

I've had it up to here with these backward "religious" s?itheads. Is there nothing that can be done to shut them up once and for all?

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"Affluent conservative Christians are the biggest deniers, there are letters from them every day in newspapers in Phoenix area. "

I've had it up to here with these backward "religious" s?itheads. Is there nothing that can be done to shut them up once and for all?

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