T.J. Rodgers: Just Say No to Subsidies and Global Warming : Greentech Media

He warns investors, “Run like hell when you hear ‘green jobs, green economy, double bottom line or carbon tax.’ “
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Palm Springs, California -- T.J. Rogers is the Founder and CEO of Cypress Semiconductors, a force in Silicon Valley, an early equity investor in SunPower and a vintner. He spoke on Thursday morning at the CleanEdge/IBF cleantech investor forum and was introduced as "an unabashed free-market capitalist."

Rodgers is a wry, in-your-face speaker. He walked into the lions' den of green investors and environmentalists at this event to debunk the "religion of climate change" and warn the crowd to not get too reliant on government subsidy programs.

He does not accept the widely accepted dogma of human-induced global warming nor the data of global warming adherents.
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Rodger's cited surveys that indicate that the average consumer does not care about global warming. He railed against environmentalists converging on the climate talks in private jets and limousines, calling environmentalism "a secular religion, a non-god-based religion." He also chastised the press, saying, "The press is uncritically on their side."
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Mr. Rodgers' incendiary talk was ill-received by many in the large, green-leaning crowd -- there was some less than complimentary post-speech chatter.