On 11/24/2009 3:17 PM, Eric Jacobsen wrote:
> On 11/21/2009 9:46 AM, Jerry Avins wrote:
>> Eric Jacobsen wrote:
>>> 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
>>
>> That is solid. Now I need to read what was actually said.
>>
>> Jerry
>
> There are a number of blogs like this popping up:
>
> http://www.devilskitchen.me.uk/2009/...etxt-file.html
>
>
> I've seen several example of this, all taking bits here and there and
> commenting, but the context is tough to sort out from just the blogs.
> Many of the blogs like this are skeptics or just opportunists who may
> not be objective or, like this guy, admittedly not even tech-savvy
> enough to know what's bad or what's not.
>
> I'm hoping somebody is really taking some quality time on this stuff and
> sorting through it. As it is the initial glimpses don't look good at all.
>
Richard Lindzen of MIT weighs in:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...917025400.html
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