On 11/20/2009 8:02 PM, Jerry Avins wrote:
> HardySpicer wrote:
>> On Nov 21, 3:28 pm, Erik de Castro Lopo <er...@mega-nerd.com> wrote:
>>> HardySpicer wrote:
>>>> http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ja...7393/climatega...
>>>>
>>>> If you own any shares in alternative energy companies I should start
>>>> dumping them NOW.
>>> Orly?
>>>
>>> There are other reasons to look at alternative engery sources, like:
>>>
>>> a) Energy indepenence from the middle east.
>>> b) Possibility of Peak Oil.
>>> c) Alternative energy sources may be less harmful to the environment
>>> (compare solar/wind/geothermal to say Canadian oil shale strip mining).
>>
>>
>> I agree but it doesn't help matters here. Their scaremongering tactics
>> have backfired.
>
> What confirms the emails? Have any of the supposed authors acknowledged
> them? Where are the headers?
>
> Jerry

The originating organization has evidently confirmed that they're
legitimate:

http://briefingroom.typepad.com/the_...a-is-real.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8370282.stm

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