"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
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Arfa Daily wrote:
There are also some skeptics with "more than a grade school education in
science" in your country, Trevor. A very interesting article entitled
"Global Warming - Don't Wait up" appeared in a newspaper here in the UK
last
week. Written by a chap called Ian Plimer, a professor of geology at the
University of Adelaide.
Arfa, you miss the point. Ever since it started, you have not needed more
than a grade school education in business to understand that if you
support
global warming, people will give you money.
Al Gore's movie started out as "the pitch*", a powerpoint presentation for
his
new business selling carbon credits. He was in it for the money and
nothing
else.
Geoff.
* All startups have a "pitch". It's what you show potential investors,
hoping that they will buy in without asking too many questions.
--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM
New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or
understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the
situation.
i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the
Wikipedia.
I don't think I am missing any point, Geoff. You state the obvious, and I
find no fault with that. I was replying specifically to a rather different
point raised by Trevor, where he was implying that anyone with better than a
grade school education, had to be a MMGW believer, and that only
sub-educated people could possibly form any other opinion based on the data
that is put up as a given by the CC evangelists. I was merely pointing out
that one of his own countrymen, who is clearly a well educated and well
balanced scientist, was an advocate of taking a more rational view of the
'facts' with which we are being constantly bombarded ...
Arfa