Saturday, April 28, 2012

James Lovelock's climate climbdown

Four years ago:



With 'Strombo' three years ago:




This week: "I was 'alarmist' about climate change" [via]
“The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books – mine included – because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn’t happened,” Lovelock said.
Lawrence Solomon: "Censored science":
"... why, when Lovelock this week recanted his past views on global warming as being “alarmist,” did virtually every major news outlet on the planet ignore his change of heart?..."

5 comments:

  1. From one of the links you've provided: "The new book, due to be published next year, will be the third in a trilogy, following his earlier works, “Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth Is Fighting Back – and How We Can Still Save Humanity,” and “The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning: Enjoy It While You Can.”"

    It sounds like his previous book (second in the trilogy) was "The Empire Strikes Back" of his climate trilogy...

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  2. I love at about 9:30 when Strombo asks him if he could be wrong, and he responds, immediately: of course there is. I'm a scientist...

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  3. Lovelock is no doubt "enjoying" a ton of hate mail from the AGW fanatics.

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  4. Well, based on the Strombo interview from a few years ago, I suspect he enjoys that. In the interview, he seemed quite happy to be disliked by environmentalists (for his advocacy of nuclear power).

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  5. Well, based on the Strombo interview from a few years ago, I suspect he enjoys that. In the interview, he seemed quite happy to be disliked by environmentalists (for his advocacy of nuclear power).

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