“Let it be noted that a Koch organization co-sponsored a pro-carbon-tax event, and may the three other campus organizations reciprocate by bringing in a strong voice against pricing carbon dioxide–even that of the world’s leading energy philosopher, Alex Epstein, who would lambaste Inglis’s talk title as fatally imprecise.”
On August 27, The College of Charleston is hosting a Forum on a Free Enterprise Solution to Climate Change. The speaker is Bob Inglis, a former Congressman (R-SC) who lost a reelection bid in 2010 with 29 percent in the Republican primary, partly due to his alarmist/activist position on climate change, including his advocacy of a carbon tax.
Since his defeat, Inglis founded RepublicEN, a nationwide group “educating the country about free-enterprise solutions to climate change.” Inglis, holding an undergraduate degree in political science from Duke University and a J.D.…
Continue Reading“Very few scientists dispute a link between man-made CO2 and global warming. Where it gets fuzzy is the extent and time frame of the effect. One crucial point of contention is climate ‘sensitivity’—the mathematical formula that translates changes in CO2 production to changes in temperature. In addition, scientists are not sure how to explain a slowdown in the rise of global temperatures that began about a decade ago.”
– Stefan Theil, “The Backlash Against Climate Scientists,” Newsweek, May 27, 2010.
An article in Newsweek eight years ago, “The Backlash Against Climate Scientists,” rings true today–if not more so.
When seen from today’s perspective, Theil’s 450-word piece underscores how slowly climate science is really moving, where the more you know, the more you find out you don’t know.…
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Some of the more important articles in this issue are:
A Trove Of New Research Spells Out The Folly Of Renewable Energy
The $2.5 trillion reason we can’t rely on batteries to clean up the grid
What Is The Cost Of Getting To A 100% “Renewable” Electric Grid?…
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