Answering Climate Change Skeptics, Naomi Oreskes

A presentation based off of her recent book, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscure the Truth about Climate Change. Naomi Oreskes, author and professor of history and science studies, University of California, San Diego.

From the University of Rhode Island's Spring 2010 Vetlesen Lecture Series, People and Planet Global Environmental Change. March 2, 2010.

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Education

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• naomi oreskes
• merchants of doubt
• climate change
• vetlesen

[BlackBeltMonkeySong]

@TheRealArchAngel Well I am glad that the Tobacco companies have been put in their place, and I don't have to passive smoke just to go to work or a club or bar. That is my freedom.

As for your freedom to kill me? Well, passive smoke is a proven killer.

Who woulda thought that religion was more complex then guns and religion.

[TheRealArchAngel]

And what if Poitical activists find surfing the internet on a Ipad "mentally unsafe"

Should they tax the ipad tobacco's 2700% (IPad be $20,000) to encourage people to not surf the net on a Ipad and risk mental damage via laws,taxes and fines like they do with Cigarettes for "the publics own good"?

Away from mass media hysteria "Big Tobacco" flautnted the 6th,9th,and 11th addmentments to overturned the Case against them

"Big Beer" thumps on the constitution upfront

[TheRealArchAngel]

The Democrats finally passed Cigarettes as something that the FDA regulates when Obama got into office

They really thing covering 1/3 of \the pack with black lungs and such andbold warnings will stop people from smoking that want to smoke...all it's going to do is start a new morbid collection trend somewhere andthose that want to buy cigareettes despites the unconstitutional 2700% tax rate (cost 3 cents to make a pack,10 cents wholesale,40 cents retail otherwise)

[BlackBeltMonkeySong]

@TheRealArchAngel Wow, you really are a very interesting character. You seem quite certain of what you say. Is there any chance you are wrong?

[TheRealArchAngel]

"Someone said that scientists cooked the books on smoking causing lung cancer -- they must right!!!"

If the Activists against Smoking had focused on the dangers of the Asbestos filters in cigaretts up to the lat 70's or the current dangers of the silacate filters on cigarettes causing cancer thry might nt have been overturned on no evidence on tobacco itself being a cancer causing substance

Even in chewing tobacco its the fiberglass,not tobacco thats likey cancer causing

[BlackBeltMonkeySong]

@TheRealArchAngel I see, you made your own choices. Now, did you do that in the absence of information? Or did you just feel the force, so-to-speak?

[TheRealArchAngel]

"Obviously you have been effected by all public education campaigns and warnings that are based on sound science."

Nope, was raised by my mother and father to make my own choices..they never discussed smoking,drinking,sex,etc with me..just being responsible for your own actions and choices

Thus My attitude from 8 till today when someone tries to tell me what I should or shouldn't be doing,what I should or shouldn't be buying and should or shouldn't be thinking is "Fuck you"

[TheRealArchAngel]

"Government backed Solindra? failed caused China can make solar cheap"

The Enviromental politcal activists thing that taxing and policying Gasoline prices to $9-$14 a gallon in the US will nake new breakthroughs in Solar,wind,Geothermal.hydrocel­ls, and battery/electric(cars) majgically pop out the ass

Truth is without another Mad Genius that can help us get beyong all this oil/coal reliant "Telsa Tech" (Solar,Wind,Geothemal,nuclear still need oil) we wont make "the leap"

[BlackBeltMonkeySong]

@TheRealArchAngel Well I am glad you didn't smoke. Obviously you have been effected by all public education campaigns and warnings that are based on sound science.

Or did you choose not to smoke because you are, like, the /smartest/ guy in the world!!!

Perhaps you are the smartest guy in your world, which is probably good enough ;-)

PS: Someone said that scientists cooked the books on smoking causing lung cancer -- they must right!!!

[TheRealArchAngel]

"the pinko reach of big government"

They listened to the AGW Wackos and they aren't so "Big" and on the verge of Bankruptcy with their Economies on the verge of utter collapse in this the "Oik Age" where even alternative power needs oil and coal; to be built then maintained at 5x-20x the cost in material and labor cause of it's potentail power to actual power ratio..didn't it?

Policy and oil/coal taxes thus made a 2 million dollar windmill cost 7 million dollars