Intolerance of science by Australia’s Climate Change Denialists
Professor Schellnhuber said the intolerance of science was much worse in the US, but he was surprised by the intensity of the debate in Australia….Australia was likely to be among the nations hardest hit by global warming, Professor Schellnhuber said, but no country was better placed to harness solar energy……
Climate anger dangerous, says German physicist, The 
Australian, Brendan Nicholson and Lauren Wilson , July 16, 2011 ANGER against scientists involved in the climate debate is reaching dangerous levels and it’s only a matter of time before one is murdered, says leading German physicist Hans Schellnhuber.
Professor Schellnhuber, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change member, said he was amazed by the intensity of the political uproar in Australia over a relatively soft carbon-pricing policy.
While he was opening a recent climate conference in Melbourne, a man in the front row waved a noose at him. “I was confronted with a death threat when I gave my public lecture,” Professor Schellnhuber said.
“Somebody got to his feet and showed me a rope with a noose.
“He showed me this hangman’s rope and he said: ‘Mr Schellnhuber, welcome to Australia’.”
The man and three friends went on to interject during the lecture…..
Professor Schellnhuber said the intolerance of science was much worse in the US, but he was surprised by the intensity of the debate in Australia.
He felt the Gillard government’s carbon pricing policy would encourage innovation and investment in research to find effective sources of renewable energy.
Australia was likely to be among the nations hardest hit by global warming, Professor Schellnhuber said, but no country was better placed to harness solar energy……
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