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Originally Posted by Dominik
http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4908350
March 27, 2009
By Andrew Kenny
Man-made global warming, the notion that mankind is changing the world's climate in a dangerous way, never had much grounding in science. It has now departed from proper science altogether and become a millennial religion of rich people in rich countries.
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Then fill up your car and take it for a spin.
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Here's a couple of rebuttal inks from the same South African news outfit. Although they probably aren't worth reading to those secure in their knowledge:
Climate change sceptics quieter but still out there - another view
Clean energy is desirable even if climate change is natural
It's easy to see how Kenny chooses his position since he works, or has worked¹, for coal and nuclear interests. One might expect a worried woodcutter to promote burning wood to the villagers. It's harder to see the vague causal financial motivation behind, "
rich people in rich countries".
Nothing will change too quickly. I think early adaption to alternate sources will, at most, cut into windfall carbon profits at the end. Sometimes it's hard for a woodcutter to face that the last few logs will sell at the same price or less, as the first few. Kind of ugly from an investor standpoint.
Wes
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"Andrew Kenny is a consulting engineer with degrees in physics and mechanical engineering. His career, which has lately focused on thermodynamics, has spanned working in Eskom power stations, research at the University of Cape Town and the nuclear power industry"
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