Comments on YayaCanada: Global Scamming and Climate Plug Nickels?

To Cameron W.You are referring to the Green party,...

2007-04-11T22:34:00.000-04:00

To Cameron W.

You are referring to the Green party, of course. Your ideas are straight out of their platform. It's well known that the Green party is riding on the climate change theory in order to get a few of its other concerns heard as well.

That's okay. All the talk about CO2 may be just hype, but cutting back on fossil fuels would be better for our health all round. So I'm all for it.

Except that it won't happen significantly until the supply runs out, and even if the reduction campaign were successful we still wouldn't halt global warming, so that's why we need to do a heck of a lot more than just focus on fossil fuel consumption.

We need to plan for coping with the effects of global warming, and we need to deal with all the other corporate excesses that may have little or nothing to do with climate change but are nevertheless destroying the eco-system.

Nuclear power will be (is already) the government approved alternative because we've all forgotten about Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. Factory farming, chemical manufacturing, and mining continue to pollute the air,kill and deform birds and aquatic creatures, and foul the water supply. There are lots of Walkertons going on in Canada that never make it to the TV news. The Kashechewans, for instance, are still boiling their water.

"Sustainability" is just one more well-worn political catch word. Mostly it's been used to cover the funneling of aid money to the pockets of western consultants and contractors who do little to earn it, and who have a superior attitude that looks down on, instead of building on, existing traditional local knowledge, experience and culture. So things just get worse and worse for "third world" countries, and for our own native peoples.

Well, that was... an interesting read.This fellow ...

2007-04-11T21:15:00.000-04:00

Well, that was... an interesting read.

This fellow is a different face of climate change denial from what I normally encounter.

The 'fight the system' and 'don't buy into the hype' angle is misapplied to climate change. It's an important message in general, but when it comes to climate change, the debate is over.

Many people have been misled by disinformation groups, and the author of this article seems to be one of those people. I'd like to share some links in the hopes that the 'flat Earth society' doesn't win even more people over.

Scientists offered cash to dispute climate study

climate change & economics

climate change skeptics corrected

DeSmogBlog

climate scientist duped

Also, let's imagine for a moment that we chose to act on the climate crisis, reducing fossil fuel consumption and consequently pollutants in the air, and let's say we choose to invest more in energy efficiency. If for some reason one is not sold on global warming or climate change, and one further thinks that somehow humans are having little or no impact on Earth's climate, I'd like to hear why they think acting on climate change would not be a good thing? If done correctly, our economy will get stronger when we invest in renewable technologies. Acting on climate change is good for people and good for the planet.

Regarding social justice, the old-line political parties have missed the boat entirely when it comes to both social justice and the environment. There is only one national political party that understands that it's the environment that sustains us, and the plan to address sustainability must include socially just strategies, not only for our country but for the entire world.

For those readers who might not ever have an oppor...

2007-03-10T12:27:00.000-05:00

For those readers who might not ever have an opportunity to talk personally with Denis Rancourt, some perpective on his views might be gained by listening to his radio program, "The Train" at 5 PM on Thursdays. http://www.chuo.fm/

Hey, I'm just getting to know him myself, and I don't know for a fact that he doesn't get his research money from big oil, but if he does, then he isn't properly earning it.

DGR? Saying the same things as petroleum industry?...

2007-03-10T02:45:00.000-05:00

DGR? Saying the same things as petroleum industry? LOL!

Have you read what he wrote, or have you ever talked with him? One of the main themes that goes through nearly everything he says is that the problem is with the focus of power structures. The military/industrial/congressional complex is central among them.

I highly doubt you'd get Big Oil to pay anyone to say that Big Industry is the cause of our problems!

To Jay: The whole point is to stop listening to people who tell you they are right. Don't take it for granted that a "scientist" (keep in mind that DGR is one too!) is always right because. Instead, listen to what they are arguing, and weigh that against the evidence. If you're not thinking for yourself, you're not thinking at all. You never know who will be the next Galileo!

- RG>

I think we have to be careful with this as Rancour...

2007-03-03T03:19:00.000-05:00

I think we have to be careful with this as Rancourt seems to be repeating a lot of the same stuff that the petroleum-industry paid "scientists" are saying. Although, of course he is right about the problem being much bigger than just CO2

Prof. Rancourt's paper is now available on his own...

2007-02-27T23:18:00.000-05:00

Prof. Rancourt's paper is now available on his own blog at:
http://activistteacher.blogspot.com/2007/02/
global-warming-truth-or-dare.html

Until Dr. Rancourt's research is published, it sho...

2007-02-27T19:21:00.000-05:00

Until Dr. Rancourt's research is published, it should be taken as seriously (or lightly) as the rantings of a lunatic. Until it is published it is not scientific, and we should be sceptical. Shame on him for going to the press before his science is considered acceptable.

So, there is no chance of Canada becoming tropical...

2007-02-21T22:20:00.000-05:00

So, there is no chance of Canada becoming tropical? I don't know whether to say thanks or to #@4# (something I never do) for destroying THE dream.... Too bad! I was already thinking of swimsuits and all :-)

Thanks Yaya for flagging one more issue that is shoved down everyone's throat without much explanation. Another reason we must critically think for ourselves, and never believe what is offered on a silver platter - and this includes Prof. Rancourt's stand as explained here. I'll look forward to "hearing" the whole explanation from the horse's own mouth.