[lbo-talk] climate change denial

[ken hanly]

I too was struck by the groups and people on the side
of "justice". The argument as presented in Newsweek
seems to concentrate on ad hominem appeals pointing
out that the doubters are linked to important
interests and thus biased. It also points to the
number of important scientists who claim there is
global warming. But scientific truth is not
necessarily on the number of scientists who hold a
viewpoint and their authority cannot determine truth
either. As Heartfield's list shows the other side is
well funded and includes people who are hardly leftist
and certainly part of the ruling elites.
If you doubt the deniers because of their connections
you should also doubt the yeasayers for the same
reason.

  But there seems to be no reason to side with the
evil guys, just to keep an open mind instead of
rushing to convert to green theology that seems to be
the fashion now. 

Cheers, Ken Hanly
--- James Heartfield <Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:


> On the side of justice:
> 
> "Al Gore"
> "Sen. Barbara Boxer"
> "Arnold Schwarzenegger"
> "titans of corporate America"
> "nine leading corporations-including Alcoa,
> Caterpillar, Duke Energy, Du 
> Pont and General Electric"
> "mainstream scientists"
> "NASA"
> "Newsweek"
> "Hollywood, Manhattan "
> "the chattering classes"
> 
> On the side of evil:
> 
> "ExxonMobil"
> "contrarian scientists"
> "free-market think tanks"
> "industry"
> "Alexander Cockburn"
> "the American public yawned [who] and bought bigger
> cars"
> 
> I choose evil
> 
> 
> 
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