Friday, July 01, 2011

Daily Kos: Fossil fuel companies and Koch brothers pour cash on climate change 'skeptic' Willie Soon
He is in no way an objective researcher, as proved by Greenpeace's investigation showing his opposition to the findings of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC
Flashback:  Massive climate funding exposed « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax
In total, over the last 20 years, by the end of fiscal year 2009, the US government will have poured in $32 billion for climate research—and another $36 billion for development of climate-related technologies. These are actual dollars, obtained from government reports, and not adjusted for inflation. It does not include funding from other governments. The real total can only grow.
“Limits to Growth” – Here’s What You Never Hear About It – And The Truth. | hauntingthelibrary
That’s right – even the Club that commissioned the study did not accept its findings, in particular its gloomy, Malthusian tone. King happily agrees that “criticism concerning lack of appreciation of technological change, the power of the market and the degree of aggregation were, of course, valid” (p.339).

But don’t expect to hear the truth about Limits to Growth anytime soon. The fictional version of it is so much simpler and more useful than the reality behind it.

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