[ RadSafe ] British Scientist Criticises US Climate "Loonies" -Gulf "War" III??

[farbersa at optonline.net]

Hi all,
Are we losing the US Gulf War as-it-were?? A hyperlink below to a  
criticism by a top British scientist advising the British government on  
climate/pollution issues concerning the "lunacy" [his emphasis] of US  
climate policy. Payback time? You can't fool Mother Nature forever. You'd  
think Pres. Bush would remember and have taken to heart what his parties  
Pres. Reagan had said [in a different context] in one of his speeches  
while in office: "Facts are stubborn things".

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SOURCE:

http://www.planetark.com/avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=32638

Excerpt from above:
British Scientist Criticises US Climate "Loonies"

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        LONDON - "A leading British scientist said on Friday the growing
ferocity of hurricanes hitting the United States was very probably caused
by global warming and criticised what he termed US climate loonies over
the issue.
        Sir John Lawton, chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental
Pollution which advises the government, made what the Independent
newspaper said was a thinly disguised attack on the stance of US President
George W. Bush's administration.

        "The increased intensity of these kinds of extreme storms is very
likely to be due to global warming," Lawton told the newspaper in an
interview.

        "If this makes the climate loonies in the States realise we've got a
problem, some good will come out of a truly awful situation," said Lawton.

        Less than a month after Hurricane Katrina devastated large areas of
the US Gulf coast, a new hurricane called Rita was roaring through the
Gulf of Mexico towards the centre of the US oil  
industry..................."

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The Bush administration's failure to adopt greenhouse gas emissions caps,  
and dropping out of the Kyoto protocol has set the US on a disasterous  
course that will cost this country dearly due to long-term climate  
changes. Bush said we could not afford the costs of reducing carbon  
emissions. It seems more the case that this country can't afford the costs  
of adverse impacts on our nation due to global warming: 1000 deaths in LA  
and MI, and a $100 billion to start rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina,  
A Class 5 or 4 Hurricane Rita a few weeks later closing in on Texas with  
adverse impacts that will be revealed in the next few days. Yeah, these  
impacts from worsening hurricanes are a real bargain vs. dealing with the  
climatic issues facing our country from overreliance on coal, oil, and gas.

Meanwhile, the environmentalists and the EPA worry about the theoretical  
health effects of a mrem or less to some hypothetical person 10,000 years  
in the future from nuclear waste disposal, claiming the nuclear fuel cycle  
is "too dangerous" particularly waste disposal. If it all weren't so  
tragic, it would be funny.

What a farce and a tragedy. However, the truth and wisdom of Abraham  
Lincoln's oft quoted observation, in his comment below is as true today as  
140 years ago:

  “With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can  
succeed. Consequently, he who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he  
who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions.”

The failure of endeavors employing nuclear technologies in power  
generation, many medical applications, and other industries to tell their  
story and gain broad public support/sentiment is at the root of  
unnecessary adverse health impacts and has led to the mess we're in and  
the squandering of vast sums of societal resources [$ and human capital].  
The situation isn't going to change without a major change in approach by  
government, industry, academia, and private groups to respond to the  
realities of what we face and to begin to make decisions based on facts  
rather than wishful thinking and dogma.

Stewart Farber
Consulting Scientist
1285 Wood Ave.
Bridgeport, CT 06604
[203] 367-0791

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