Monday, May 12, 2008

How Enron hyped global warming for profit


INVESTIGATEMAGAZINE.TV: Global Warming Archives
Enron commissioned its own internal study of global warming science. It turned out to be largely in agreement with the same scientists that Enron was trying to shut up. After considering all of the inconsistencies in climate science, the report concluded: ‘The very real possibility is that the great climate alarm could be a false alarm. The anthropogenic warming could well be less than thought and favorably distributed.’ One of Enron’s major consultants in that study was NASA scientist James Hansen, who started the whole global warming mess in 1988 with his bombastic congressional testimony.

5 comments:

LJS said...

I wonder why anyone would post anything without backing it up with sources?

papertiger said...

"Recently he [James Hansen - ed] published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences predicting exactly the same inconsequential amount of warming in the next 50 years as the scientists that Enron wanted to gag."

Tom what are the chances of you digging out this paper? Direct quotes straight from the hypocrit in charge are so much more persuasive then sencond hand accusation.
This direct indictment of the cap and trade regulation scheme, linking it with the Enron scandal and the NASA GISS chief number fudger, is just the club we need no matter who wins the coming election.

Tom said...

"Tom what are the chances of you digging out this paper?"

Realistically, I'm unlikely to get that done anytime soon...

LJS said...

Interesting how people can make such bold statements and then don't have the time to back them up.

papertiger said...

Not to worry Tom. The great thing about the internet, an army of eyes are waiting to be recruited. I'll post it around, make a call to arms.