Just because some of Greenpeace's supporters feel that the organiztion has become a bit too radical and anti-technology doesn't mean that they don't recognize that global warming is taking place and agree that certain measures should be taken. I believe they just take issue with some of the more radical remedies now being advocated by the organization.
Dan M On 12/25/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Sessoms wrote: > >> From: > >> Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> In this case, I am a bit suspicious. The climatologists have way too > >> much incentive to find that 'The Sky Is Falling!' If it is, they are > >> terribly important people and we must pay absolute attention to > >> everything they say. If it isn't, then their work is just another > >> 'ho-hum' fact in the ebb and flow of our planet. > > The problem I have is it looks to me like the most vocal critics of > > global warming are themselves politically and financially motivated by > > who is paying for their research. I don't know of any scientist global > > warming critic who doesn't have some kind of ties to major industries > > who stand to have to spend some money if action is taken to reduce our > > effect on the environment. > > > > As far as I can tell, all of the independents either see global warming > > as a problem or a potential problem. It's not a question of whether > > we're damaging our environment, but how soon that damage will become so > > severe it will affect our chances of survival. And what sacrifice is > > required, and who will make that sacrifice to prevent that day from > > coming. Finally whether it is already too late or not. > > > > Actually, there's at least one. One of the founders of Greenpeace > publicly split with Greenpeace a few years ago over the issue of Global > Warming along with Greenpeace's increasing Luddite tendencies. > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
