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Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This indicates to any serious observer that they > need > to be skeptical of the kinds of angry, insulting and > questionable assertions we see from evangelical > environmental fundamentalists like Santosh, who seem > to get very upset when their orthodoxy is challenged > by a growing number of scientists and observers with > common sense. Mario, You have reached the point, my friend, where you are unable to debate ANY subject. Its really sad to see you, once of highly debatable skills, return to labelling and personal insults when unable to convey your understanding of any subject. Here is a quote from Al Gore's, An Inconvenient Truth. ""Isnt there a disagreement among scientists about whether the problem is real or not? Actually, not really. There was a massive study of every scientific article in a peer reviewed article written on global warming in the last ten years. They took a big sample of 10 percent, 928 articles. And you know the number of those that disagreed with the scientific consensus that were causing global warming and that is a serious problem out of the 928: Zero. The misconception that there is disagreement about the science has been deliberately created by a relatively small number of people. One of their internal memos leaked and here is what it said according to the press. Their objective is to reposition global warming as a theory rather than fact. This has happened before. after the Surgeon Generals report. One of their memos leaked 4 years ago. They said, Doubt is our product, since it is the best means of creating a controversy in the publics mind. But have they succeeded? Youll remember that there were 928 peer reviewed articles. Zero percent disagreed with the consensus. There was another study of all the articles in the popular press. Over the last fourteen years they listed a sample of 636. More than half of them said, Well, we are not sure. It could be a problem, may not be a problem. So no wonder people are confused.Hey! What did you find out? Working for who? .Scientists have an independent obligation to respect and present the truth as they see it.Why do you directly contradict yourself in the testimony youre giving about this scientific question?"That last paragraph in that section was not a paragraph which I wrote. That was added to my testimony."If they force you to change a scientific conclusion it is a form of scientific fraud by them."Ive seen scientists who were persecuted, ridiculed, deprived of jobs, income simply because the facts they discovered led them to an inconvenient truth that they insisted on telling."He worked for the American Petroleum Institute and in January of 2001 he was put by the president in charge of environmental policy. He received a memo from the EPA that warned about global warming. He had no scientific training whatsoever, but he took it upon himself to overrule the scientists. I want to know what this guys handwriting looks like. This is the memo from the EPA. These are his actual pen strokes. He said, No, you cant say this. This is just speculation. This was embarrassing to the Whitehouse. So this fellow resigned a few days later. The day after he resigned he went to work for Exxon-Mobil.You know more than a hundred years ago, Upton Sinclair wrote this: You cant make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it." For Goanetters who were not able to see the Oscar winning documentary, here is the link to the web page. It is a real eye opener and only takes a few minutes to read. It does, however, give the reader comprehensive knowledge of the topic. http://forumpolitics.com/blogs/2007/03/17/an-inconvient-truth-transcript/ Mervyn3.0 Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------------------------------------------
