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- From: brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder)
- Subject: Re: Greenpeace press releases -- fact or fiction?
- Message-ID: <C1Ex2r.KxE@quake.sylmar.ca.us>
- Keywords: energy environment press
- Organization: Quake Public Access
- References: <1993Jan20.151948.20009@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <1993Jan21.191031.3316@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1993Jan23.181222@aifh.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:49:34 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.181222@aifh.ed.ac.uk>, jamesh@aifh.ed.ac.uk (James Hammerton) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan21.191031.3316@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, rcanders@nyx.cs.du.edu
- >(Rod Anderson) writes:
- ># I really don't know why anyone would consider Greenpeace press
- ># releases and research to be any less biased than R. J. Reynolds
- ># studies that show cigarettes are safe. Greenpeace is a political
- ># group that has made up its mind about the lifestyle all of us are to
- ># follow. It then commissions studies and research to prove its
- ># conclusions. I consider Greenpeace "research " to be on the same
- ># level as "research" conducted by General Motors to show cars don't
- ># cause pollution. I take "research" done by any political special
- ># interest group like Greenpeace with a big grain of salt.
-
- >Maybe. However the Global Warming Report was not actually researched by
- >Greenpeace. It was commissioned by Greenpeace, and several scientists were
- >asked to write sections in the report. The introduction, and the final
- >chapter are written by Jeremy Legget the UK Scientific Director of
- >Greenpeace.
-
- OK, one Greenpeace Director (with what credentials? Is he an atmospheric
- chemist?)...
-
- >The section in the science of global warming was written by
- >Stephen Schneider and draws mainly on the IPCC report on global warming,
- >in short this is based on work already done and widely accepted in the
- >field.
-
- ...Plus one self-admitted liar (I have seen his rationalizations justifying
- scientific dishonesty in order to achieve political ends in full context) whose
- honesty and positions are not ╥accepted╙ by any serious scientist I know...
-
- >Amory Lovins gave his expertise on energy matters
- >to the writing energy efficiency essay.
-
- ...Plus a butterfly scientist who is also seriously dishonest and non-objective
- in his scientific evaluations. This is the guy who railed against the possible
- use of cold fusion devices because they might produce cheap clean power...
-
- >I have seen his research in many
- >publications and have seen it confirmed independently by other people
- >in other publications.
-
- Lovins is one of the least honest scientists I have encountered (which is to
- say that he╒s not a scientist at all, but a politician using science as a
- bludgeon). Who were these ╥independent╙ confirmation people? Folks
- like Schneider, Ehrlich, Caldicott, Sagan, and the like?
-
- >I have no reason to doubt that the figures he gives are untrue.
-
- I have no reason to doubt their falsehood myself, ut is that what you
- meant to say?
-
- >Most of the research in this report, is stuff that
- >I've seen time and again in other reports from other organisations.
-
- You mean other organizations like Earth Watch, The Sea Shepherd Society,
- and the Sierra Club? These folks love to quote one another╒s studies.
-
- >The
- >sources given do not seem to be biased towards environmentalist groups,
- >and is very wide ranging and comprehensive.
-
- Really? Folks like Schneider and Lovins are rabid environmentalists who
- admittedly view this as a political rather than a scientific issue (I can post
- the appropriate quotes proving this if you like).
-
- >Each chapter gets around
- >70 odd references, many of which give multiple sources for their data.
-
- Creationists do the same thing, but you don;t believe them do you?
-
- >In short, this book at least provides credible sources
-
- The sources you mentioned are utterly laughable. They are among the
- most dishonest people in the scientific world I know of. I╒m not saying that
- everyone on the other side of this issue is necessarily dishonest. There
- are some serious scientists who are worried about ozone depletion, and
- perhaps for valid reasons, but the folks you mentioned are quite dishonest.
-
- >for the data, and draws and the expertise of many scientists
- >who are experts in their fields.
-
- Lovins is an expert in atmospheric chemistry?
-
- >The pinch of salt is not really needed.
-
- Don╒t use a pinch of salt...toss the whole report. If Lovins and Schneider
- are involved, it╒s all suspect.
-
- --Brian
-
-