Thursday, April 02, 2009

Simon Singh: What do you say to a climate change numpty? | Science | guardian.co.uk
Are global warming sceptics unintelligent or simply dishonourable?
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I suspect that climate numpties (numpty (noun): a reckless, absent-minded or unwise person) are far more common than we might think, and they can be found in the most surprising of places.

This became apparent to me when I was having lunch one day with five physics undergraduates from a London college. They were clearly bright, devoted to physics and fully paid-up fans of the scientific method. However, not one of them was committed to the notions that climate change was happening, that it was largely caused by human activity (eg the burning of fossil fuels) and that there would be trouble ahead unless something changed.
Natural causes also responsible for global warming: Scientists
OTTAWA — It's wrong to blame our warming climate on human pollution alone, says a major analysis by U.S. climate scientists who say North America's warming and drying trend also has important natural causes.

Natural shifts in ocean currents have caused much of the warming in recent decades, and almost all of the droughts, says the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Eco-terrorists dump chemicals in bid to halt power plant « Green Hell Blog
A manifesto allegedly from the eco-terrorist group Earth First! claims to have dumped mercury and chemical solvents at the Plainfield, CT site of a proposed wood-burning power plant, reports the local NBC affiliate.
NBA goes green with greens « Green Hell Blog
If the NBA really wants to be green, it should put itself out of business.
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The NBA’s carbon footprint amounts to putting about 46,022 SUVs on the road each year. A 500-megawatt coal-fired power plant produces about 3 million tons of CO2 emissions per year. So the NBA is like operating a coal-fired power plant for about 2.5 months per year.

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