Matt Sludge has link to Timothy Ball's screed saying "Global Warming" is bunk

[zulchzulu]

http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/events/files/Ball,%20Tim.jpg

Timothy Ball's article is linked from Sludge's "Climatologist Calls Global Warming Fears 'Greatest Deception in the History of Science'..."

The article starts off with:

What would happen if tomorrow we were told that, after all, the Earth is flat? It would probably be the most important piece of news in the media and would generate a lot of debate. So why is it that when scientists who have studied the Global Warming phenomenon for years say that humans are not the cause nobody listens? Why does no one acknowledge that the Emperor has no clothes on?

Believe it or not, Global Warming is not due to human contribution of Carbon Dioxide (CO2). This in fact is the greatest deception in the history of science. We are wasting time, energy and trillions of dollars while creating unnecessary fear and consternation over an issue with no scientific justification. For example, Environment Canada brags about spending $3.7 billion in the last five years dealing with climate change almost all on propaganda trying to defend an indefensible scientific position while at the same time closing weather stations and failing to meet legislated pollution targets.

The full (or fool) article:
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/global-warming020507.htm

After a little searching, his name pops up with an alliance to the aptly named "Friends Of Science", who surprisingly get a lot of money from...you guessed it... oil and petroleum companies!

From Sourcewatch (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Friends_of_Science):

At the 40th Annual Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) congress held in early June 2006 in Toronto, Canada, "Canada's leading scientific society on climate called for urgent government action on climate change," Stephen Leahy wrote for Inter Press Service.

... "No member from Friends of Science presented any papers, viewpoints or even attended the CMOS meeting," Leahy wrote. "They never present their arguments in front of scientists and should not be listened to."

Morten Paulsen, who "has close Conservative ties", is not only registered as a lobbyist for Friends of Science, but also for "several petroleum companies including Conoco-Phillips Canada, and Kinder Morgan Canada Inc. Paulsen has long been active in the federal Conservative Party and its Reform/Alliance predecessors, serving as Preston Manning's communication director, managing MP Art Hanger's 2004 election campaign, and also holding high-ranking positions with the Alberta Conservatives," according to the Liberal Party of Canada in Alberta in August 2006.

There's much more in the links, but as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has said, these people are "biostitutes".

What particularly amusing is that Timothy Ball had this to say:
"A warmer Canada would improve our lives in these and other ways too numerous to list. Global warming? Let's hope so."

Link: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tim_Ball

[Gman]

1. My wife brought home "An Inconvenient Truth" over the weekend

watched it yesterday and this is NOT something I have ANY tolerance for right now!

Wonder if this guy got his $10,000 or he got more because of his connections. "Biostitute" is a good word for this guy. Somebody stick "biostitute" in the urban dictionary. We'll probably be using it more and more in the future.

[Lint Head]

2. Please DU this poll on Global Warming

http://www.indexjournal.com/index.php

Please DU the poll in this South Carolina right wing rag. It's Greenwood S.C. where rich white Southerners are a dime a dozen and spend their summers at Hilton Head.

My vote was for 'Al Gore was right'.

[intaglio]

3. Wiki'ed this man

and followed various links, he is part of an "astroturf" campaign (love that descriptive!)

[gasperc]

4. yes, the glaciers are melting just because

what a buffoon...as if Gore and the rest of us have nothing better to do. 928 scientists peer reviewed the work and came to the same fucking conclusion yet this baffoon says it's all just bunk. I don't want to wait till Florida is half under water to prove this fuck turd right, hit him with a brick bat and move on.

[zulchzulu]

6. Timmy was scared to show up at 40th Annual Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society show

I wonder why? Maybe Conoco wasn't going to pay for his lodging, eh...

:eyes:

[tanyev]

5. Uh, 'scuse me, Timmy. There's a reason no scientist is saying that the Earth is flat.

Same reason no reputable scientists are listening to you. Here's a clue: it starts with "hog" and ends with "wash".