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(1) A long-time supporter of nuclear power as a way to lower greenhouse gas emissions, which has made him unpopular with environmentalists, Lovelock has now come out in favour of natural gas fracking (which environmentalists also oppose), as a low-polluting alternative to coal.
2) Lovelock blasted greens for treating global warming like a religion. “It just so happens that the green religion is now taking over from the Christian religion,” Lovelock observed. “I don’t think people have noticed that, but it’s got all the sort of terms that religions use … The greens use guilt. That just shows how religious greens are. You can’t win people round by saying they are guilty for putting (carbon dioxide) in the air.”
(3) Lovelock mocks the idea modern economies can be powered by wind turbines.
(4) Finally, about claims “the science is settled” on global warming: “One thing that being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the truth. You can only approach it and hope to get a bit nearer to it each time. You iterate towards the truth. You don’t know it.
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by Covertblack
He was wrong once, he can be wrong again.
I am guessing some oil producer is paying him a hefty sum to lie like this.
Originally posted by InTheLight
I tend not to go with one scientist's theory, rather I read many theories then take each with a grain of salt.
Originally posted by InTheLight
reply to post by Covertblack
Are lobsters growing out of your ears though?
Originally posted by Covertblack
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by Covertblack
He was wrong once, he can be wrong again.
I am guessing some oil producer is paying him a hefty sum to lie like this.
I'm not convinced of that. The man is 92, he surely does not need economic stability, no?
He responds to attacks on his revised views by noting that, unlike many climate scientists who fear a loss of government funding if they admit error, as a freelance scientist, he’s never been afraid to revise his theories in the face of new evidence. Indeed, that’s how science advances.
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by Covertblack
Oh well then, he must be telling the truth.
My bad.
Originally posted by InTheLight
4) Finally, about claims “the science is settled” on global warming: “One thing that being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the truth. You can only approach it and hope to get a bit nearer to it each time. You iterate towards the truth. You don’t know it.
This is the truth.
Originally posted by Openeye
reply to post by Covertblack
Well I have always thought that global warming being a imminent doomsday scenario was grossly dishonest.
However this does not take away from the fact that global warming is occurring and is a growing threat to many different species, plant and animal.
The real damage will occur in our grandchildren's time if present trends continue.edit on 24-6-2012 by Openeye because: (no reason given)
The only problem with stories like these though is that people jump on them and use them against the environmental movement, without doing any real research.
Global warming is not a thing we can just throw on the back burner, it is a perfect example of the responsibility man has in protecting the bio sphere, and that our ways have to change as our understanding of our impact on the planet grows.