Klaus wrote that it was futile to fight against phenomena like higher solar activity or the change of ocean currents, and called for avoiding wasting taxpayers money on what he called doubtful projects.
So he's a CO2 denier - it's all down to solar activity etc.
I don't get why he was questioned by the House Committee. Perhaps the committee just sends questionnaires out all over the place, in which case I want to know why I didn't get one. But no doubt Klaus is a world-renowned expert. Or just the president of a submissive US vassal?
Naive question of the day: I wonder, if leaders and industry heads were presented with a model of what would happen to their industries within 10 years if global warming is not checked, would that change their minds? Has anyone pointed out to them that more natural disasters=wrecked economies and/or crops=higher food prices=less money to spend on the power bill or airplane tickets....
Don't tell me, it's already been tried, and they just laughed.
...if leaders and industry heads were presented with a model of what would happen to their industries within 10 years if global warming is not checked...
I just got this response from the Coalition of Industry Leaders (COIL):
"I am sure you mean well by thinking 10 years out, but there are too many unknowns, including the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns. Meanwhile, we have a responsibility to the stockholders who may want to sell next quarter while the capital gains taxes are low." Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.
Frank Delaney ~ Ireland
And then I have really darker moods...
On a bright side, MF Dnes (highest circulation local newspaper) wrote that his responses were late and weren't included into the official materials of the hearings. His name didn't sound even once, according to the newspaper.
