Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Lindzen at Heartland

Here's Richard Lindzen's talk at the Heartland Institute conference earlier this month. It's well-worth listening to.



His scientific arguments (as presented here) are very high-level and there's really not much you can say about them. But I do think one of his ideas is worth thinking about: if you really do not accept the AGW statements given by the various scientific societies, quit your membership with that society. Perhaps you should even go and form your own society. That would be a much more useful statement than signing some petition with thousands of essentially untraceable names which lack institutional affiliations, addresses, etc., which has also been signed by Ginger Spice.

4 comments:

Dano said...

Perhaps you should even go and form your own society. That would be a much more useful statement than signing some petition with thousands of essentially untraceable names which lack institutional affiliations, addresses, etc.

Well, this is it, for sure: this is all posturing and Morano-ing. How many real scientists actually sign these things? How many are there really that will withdraw? A dozen? Two dozen? That's not as impressive a number as 650...er...620...614...

Best,

D

Peter Risdon said...

I thought the signature on the Oregon Petition was Posh Spice. However, it was put there by a Greenpeace activist so that people without many scruples could try to use it to discredit the petition. I am sure you were simply unaware of this.

Dano said...

The OISM doesn't need a fake name for the non-gullible and non-credulous people to see it is a sham.

Best,

D

Anonymous said...

If you are really serious about limiting co2 you need to get behind energy sources that have a proven ability to displace coal.

Taking a look at Europe. Which country emits the lowest co2 in electricity production? How do they do it?

If you are concerned about safety, proliferation, and waste management from current generation nuclear is there a better alternative available? What prominent AGW NASA scientist endorses LFTR?

Answers

a) France
b) Nuclear
c) Yes LFTR (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor)
d) James Hansen

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