[Dialogue] NYTimes.com: Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate

Wed Apr 29 09:31:01 EDT 2009

Frankly, Don,

I trust the more than 3,000 scientists across the world who have 
studied and tracked the global warming phenomen for the last 25 years.

Cynthia

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Elliott <dpelliott at aol.com>
To: dialogue at wedgeblade.net
Sent: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:57 am
Subject: Re: [Dialogue] NYTimes.com: Industry Ignored Its Scientists on 
Climate

Is it not true that water vapor is, by a factor of ten or so, the most 
abundant heat trapping gas in the atmosphere?
How do we reduce evaporation, when the planet is warming up?  Clouds 
also reflect heat, so maybe the planet is
self regulating and our puny efforts to reduce CO2 are likely to have 
little, or no, effect on the climate.

Beware the unintended consequences of buying into a popular, as 
yet, unproven theory.  Tens of million of malaria
deaths can be attributed to the virtual elimination of DDT from the 
planet based on the overblown concerns of DDT's
ill ecologic effects popularized by Rachel Carson.  See this article.

http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/Fall02/DDT.html

Don Elliott
9400 E Iliff Ave #361
Denver, CO 80231
303 695 4688 (H), 303 378 9175 (C)

-----Original Message-----
From: opossum2 at att.net
To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 2:25 pm
Subject: Re: [Dialogue] NYTimes.com: Industry Ignored Its Scientists on 
Climate

Harry,

Absolutely true!  Over the past several years I have been amazed to see 
letters published and signed by long lists of energy industry 
professionals "refuting" global warming/climate change.  I knew many of 
these people and20know them to be very bright and well-educated.  
Unfortunately, their primary interest was the self-interest of trying 
to secure their employment and curry favor with their 
employers. Personally, I think that saving the planet and what is left 
of our civilization qualifies as enlightened self-interest too.

Last year I attended a metting of an advisory board I sit on, which is 
an advocacy group for the Geology Dept. at the university I graduated 
 from.  The President of the Board was handing out DVDs purporting to be 
educational, but which were nothing but diatribes against anything 
supporting mitigation of global warming/climate change.  The article 
you forwarded makes it sound as if this sort of effort is over, but it 
is very much active and alive!

Regards,

Steve Rhea

Senior Applications Geoscientist

Houston, Tx.

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SCIENCE / ENVIRONMENT   | April 24, 2009
Industry Ignored Its=2
0Scientists on Climate
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
A fossil fuels industry group campaigned against an idea its own 
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