Comments on: BP Fools the “Socially Responsible” Investors (‘Green’ Enron did too) http://www.masterresource.org/2010/07/bp-fools-socially-responsible/ A free-market energy blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kate http://www.masterresource.org/2010/07/bp-fools-socially-responsible/comment-page-1/#comment-12089 Kate Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:54:48 +0000 http://www.masterresource.org/?p=11151#comment-12089 Is anyone aware of the debate held last week by the UK Guardian? It revealed that the commissions charged with examining climate scientists' behavior (following the release of emails of their work) were less than virtuous in their examinations. It turns out that one of the commissions examined only the material pre-approved by the "scientist" named in the charges. My point? There are trillions of dollars invested incatastrophic anthropogenic global warming. It is easy money. The scheme was perfect. To prey on peoples' consciences with fearful sci-fi mind pictures. Then to offer Utopian fixes served up by UN control. UK academics have invested 33 billion dollars in pension funds directly connected to climate change science. Berkeley makes as much money from climate change research as it does from tuition. NOAA (James Hansen) recieves billions of federal dollars to solve the problem. CRU (Phil Jones) took in 22 million dollars to work on the problem. His spreadsheet is part of the email package that was exposed. There is so much money in this idea that it cannot be tabulated. But that is not the worst cost. Our loss of national sovereinty to a woefully ineffective UN is the chief cost. An yet, today, Obama ordered government employess to use less transportation to save on CO2 emissions. Is anyone aware of the debate held last week by the UK Guardian? It revealed that the commissions charged with examining climate scientists’ behavior (following the release of emails of their work) were less than virtuous in their examinations.

It turns out that one of the commissions examined only the material pre-approved by the “scientist” named in the charges.

My point? There are trillions of dollars invested incatastrophic anthropogenic global warming. It is easy money. The scheme was perfect. To prey on peoples’ consciences with fearful sci-fi mind pictures. Then to offer Utopian fixes served up by UN control.

UK academics have invested 33 billion dollars in pension funds directly connected to climate change science.

Berkeley makes as much money from climate change research as it does from tuition.

NOAA (James Hansen) recieves billions of federal dollars to solve the problem.

CRU (Phil Jones) took in 22 million dollars to work on the problem. His spreadsheet is part of the email package that was exposed.

There is so much money in this idea that it cannot be tabulated.

But that is not the worst cost. Our loss of national sovereinty to a woefully ineffective UN is the chief cost.

An yet, today, Obama ordered government employess to use less transportation to save on CO2 emissions.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.masterresource.org/2010/07/bp-fools-socially-responsible/comment-page-1/#comment-12077 Ryan Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:12:07 +0000 http://www.masterresource.org/?p=11151#comment-12077 Is the CEO of BP headed for Jail? If you think about it, the CEO of Enron and Worldcom were nabbed but in their minds, they were doing what always made the company money. I think the comments from this blog have an interesting twist on this. http://bit.ly/bQFHV8 Is the CEO of BP headed for Jail? If you think about it, the CEO of Enron and Worldcom were nabbed but in their minds, they were doing what always made the company money. I think the comments from this blog have an interesting twist on this.

http://bit.ly/bQFHV8

]]> By: Jon Boone http://www.masterresource.org/2010/07/bp-fools-socially-responsible/comment-page-1/#comment-12072 Jon Boone Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:44:00 +0000 http://www.masterresource.org/?p=11151#comment-12072 Thanks, Rob. Beautifully stated, particularly the section on "Green Renewables." I'll add just a bit of elaboration. When one parses the various state RPS mandates for renewables, one is struck by the fact that none require anything other than renewables deployment. There are no provisions requiring standards of performance. There is no indexing of public subsidies to actual reductions in the use of fossil fuels or carbon emissions. Such laws give new meaning to the phrase empty ritual and substance to the charge that our legislators are busy doing nothing, except for their cronies. Talk about no there, there.... Thanks, Rob. Beautifully stated, particularly the section on “Green Renewables.” I’ll add just a bit of elaboration. When one parses the various state RPS mandates for renewables, one is struck by the fact that none require anything other than renewables deployment. There are no provisions requiring standards of performance. There is no indexing of public subsidies to actual reductions in the use of fossil fuels or carbon emissions.

Such laws give new meaning to the phrase empty ritual and substance to the charge that our legislators are busy doing nothing, except for their cronies. Talk about no there, there….

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