Big money in denying climate change
Dr Karl: ‘Something fishy about climate sceptics’ Adelaide Now CLARE PEDDIE December 17, 2009 CLIMATE change is a fact, sceptics are fishy, says Australia’s favourite scientist, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.
Dr Karl is in town to promote his first game, Fact or Fishy?, and 28th book, Never Mind the Bullocks, Here’s the Science.
The game, like his books, is part of a lifelong search for truth: spruiking science, busting myths and separating fact from fiction.
“That’s why I think I was put here on the planet,” Dr Karl said. “To try to fight the forces of darkness and misinformation. Big companies making big money from buying or burning fossil fuelssuch as coal, oil and gas have a lot to lose at the moment.
Dr Karl said the campaign against the climate change science was like earlier campaigns against the idea smoking causes cancer.
“Tobacco companies cast doubt and confused the issues by highlighting minor discrepancies. That is exactly the line that is being used by the energy companies that get their energy from burning carbon,” Dr Karl said.
“They’ve been making glorious profits for the last century and they want to keep doing it, business as usual… “If you stick to the facts, it’s really quite straightforward. There is global warming, it is caused by humans and it’s going to be bad.”
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Nuclear Winter: The Environmental Consequences of a Nuclear Exchange”
Join us for an informative webinar with renowned atmospheric scientist, Professor Brian Toon, as he discusses the environmental risks and global impacts of a nuclear war. Despite the potential damage caused by the blast from even small nuclear weapons, many countries continue to invest in and expand nuclear arsenals. Professor Toon will provide a scientific assessment of civilian fatalities, agricultural failures, climate concerns, and complications with food supply that would follow any international nuclear conflict. We need to plan how to prevent nuclear conflict and avoid catastrophe. Politicians and military planners must be made aware of global climate and agricultural complications that would ensue. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from, and engage in, this vital conversation
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