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EPA Quashed Report Skeptical of Global Warming
theodp writes "CNET reports that less than two weeks before the EPA formally submitted its pro-carbon dioxide regulation recommendation to the White House, an EPA center director quashed a 98-page report that warned against making hasty 'decisions based on a scientific hypothesis that does not appear to explain most of the available data.' In an e-mail message (pdf) to a staff researcher on March 17, the EPA official wrote: 'The administrator and the administration has decided to move forward...and your comments do not help the legal or policy case for this decision.' The employee was also ordered not to 'have any direct communication' with anyone outside his small group at EPA on the topic of climate change, and was informed his report would not be shared with the agency group working on the topic. In a statement, the EPA took aim at the credentials of the report's author, Alan Carlin (BS Physics-Caltech, PhD Econ-MIT), describing him as 'not a scientist.' BTW, the official who chastised Carlin also found himself caught up in a 2005 brouhaha over mercury emissions after top EPA officials ordered the findings of a Harvard University study stripped from public records."
"There is no reason to regulate CO2".
- Carlin
They told me if I voted for McCain that science would be subservient to policy goals. And they were right!
Thx Instapundit.
I believed it all up until the beginning of this year when I decided to actually look at the data. The evidence just does not exist.
Well color me convinced.
Physics degree qualifies you to report on whatever the hell you like as far as I'm concerned.
Be fair. No real scientist would be seen dead with a degree in economics. It makes it impossible to write grant proposals with a straight face.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
But Al Gore's movie made money, so therefore global warming is real. The market has spoken.
(Courtesy Stephen Colbert)
On target, gandhi. Global warming is nothing more than the religion of the 21st century. Either you are a believer, or you are a blasphemer. By definition, a blasphemer is NOT qualified to have an opinion. To make things clear, I am a blasphemer, and I think that Al Gore goes down on little children and baby goats.
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
He is spruking the for CEI lobbyists, I dare say it's been a profitable 40yrs.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
To summarize your post:
1. I'm a reasonable person. I think massive increases in the earth's Methane/CO2 levels are probably-to-possibly going to induce massive changes in the biosphere, thus placing large numbers of human beings (including myself and my offspring) in harm's way.
2. But here's a personal anecdote about some crunchy tree-huggers I hung out with.
Ergo,
3. On balance, I think it would be valuable to take an unsubstantiated swipe at the scientists who are qualified to researching this incredibly complicated subject. And even though I haven't read his report, I place more faith in this guy's undergrad BS degree than in real scientists in the area.
If you really want to stand by this guy's BS in physics, I urge you to read this comment --- from someone who actually read his report (or better, read the report). Post back to me if you still think the guy is making a strong, scientific argument.
...but we can be certain that humans are driving CO2...
Not all of us. I drive a golf cart powered by my own sense of self-satisfaction.
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.