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Global Warming Denialism ‘Just Foolishness,’ Scientist Peter Raven Says
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Posted on 04/01/2012 10:26:15 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Global Warming Denialism ‘Just Foolishness,’ Scientist Peter Raven Says

U.S. prestige falling as world has ‘pretty well given up’ on any American leadership facing climate change.

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Nature’s Edge Notebook #23

Observation, Analysis, Reflection, New Questions

One of the world’s most widely known and respected senior scientists tells ABC News that current denial about the basic daunting realities of manmade global warming is “just foolishness.”

He also reports that the rest of the world has now “pretty well given up” on its hope for U.S. leadership in dealing with global climate change.

His assessment reinforces our findings at the recent global climate summit in Durban, South Africa, that the vigorous anti-climate science movement in the United States has significantly damaged American prestige among European leaders who are struggling to deal with the daunting impacts of global warming.

Peter Raven, co-inventor in 1964, along with biologist Paul R. Ehrlich, of the bedrock concept of co-evolution (see footnote below), has long been a trusted adviser of American presidents, many other heads of state and government, religious leaders including popes, and countless congressional, academic and scientific leaders in the United States and around the world.

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To: Lazamataz

Oh, just damn! This guy was big buddies with Paul Ehrlich? That explains much. Ehrlich is an anti-human alarmist from way back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%E2%80%93Ehrlich_wager


41 posted on 04/01/2012 4:01:56 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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I wish the rest of the world would give up on trying to stop climate change. They don't need to be doing this crap to themselves and others.

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42 posted on 04/01/2012 4:53:37 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Occupy DC General Assembly: We are Marxist tools. WE ARE MARXIST TOOLS!)
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To: FreedomPoster

Nobody’s made more money off this than algore.

The Europeans have made it another tax.

If they were really worries about warming, they cuold just put an additive in jet fuel and we’d be freezing in no time.


43 posted on 04/01/2012 6:33:09 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Seaplaner
Peter Raven, co-inventor in 1964, along with biologist Paul R. Ehrlich, of the bedrock concept of co-evolution (see footnote below), has long been a trusted adviser of American presidents, many other heads of state and government, religious leaders including popes, and countless congressional, academic and scientific leaders in the United States and around the world.

Which American Presidents?

What other "heads of state and government"?

Which religious leaders?

Which Pope?

Countless congressional (oxymoron)?

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on the "academic...leaders" around the world. But standing in a crowd of 30K people to see the pope doesn't constitute advisement. Attending a fund raiser for Hillary Clinton doesn't make him a "presidential advisor."

I've never heard of him and he sounds dillusional.

44 posted on 04/02/2012 10:58:14 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (With regards to the GOP: I am prodisestablishmentarianistic!)
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To: fireman15
...but in most cases “climate scientist” is a misnomer these days.

Very true. I'm an engineer today. But if I were to get an interview on MSNBC and preach about how CO2 was killing mother earth, they would change my title to Climate Scientist, give me an honorary PHD from Stanford, have me sign an IPCC document and hand me a check for $5,000 and maybe even call me Reverand....."Reverand Tenacious1, PHD"... Hmmm.

Now that I think about it, I hope I didn't completely miss the boat on this one.

45 posted on 04/02/2012 11:07:23 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (With regards to the GOP: I am prodisestablishmentarianistic!)
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