UWA backs away from climate change debate
AGRICULTURAL consultants have expressed disappointment at the University of Western Australia's (UWA) attitude towards a planned debate on global warming.
After hearing predictions of the impact that global warming could have on WA farming, Bill Crabtree and David Falconer approached UWA to hold a debate representing both sides of the global warming argument.
They said after getting the initial go-ahead from UWA's vice-chancellor Alan Robson they were told that no speakers could be found for the pro-global warming side and that the speakers the pair had organised to speak against global warming were not credible enough to speak at a debate on UWA grounds.
Mr Crabtree said the speakers that had been approached to question the degree of climate change were credible and included mathematician and engineer David Evans, who between 1999 to 2005 worked full-time for the Australian Greenhouse Office (now the Department of Climate Change) modelling Australia's carbon in plants, debris, mulch, soils, and forestry and agricultural products.
William Kinnimoth, among other things, worked with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology for 38 years in weather forecasting, research and applied studies.
For 12 years until 1998 he was head of its National Climate Centre.
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I'm sorry, the sensible candidate is not allowed to speak, he is far too senible. We need silly people to speak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FFTx6AKmU
If we presume that the real reason is that the politicized nature of the debate would cause criticism and financial repercussions from grant-empowering individuals or corporations, the question to ask is who these are?
Without power, there is no danger. Who has the power to turn an annoyance into a danger?
The Naming of Names: Gore claimed he was going to "out" the "deniers". I'd sure like to have the blackmailing Greens outed.
"..the Australian Greenhouse Office..."
Must be really, really HOT to work in there!
haha!
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