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Democracy is utterly dependant upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
Although all public relations professionals are bound by a duty to not knowingly mislead the public, some have executed comprehensive campaigns of misinformation on behalf of industry clients on issues ranging from tobacco and asbestos to seat belts.
Lately, these fringe players have turned their efforts to creating confusion about climate change. This PR campaign could not be accomplished without the compliance of media as well as the assent and participation of leaders in government and business.
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He mentioned even if we stop driving & turn out the lights it won't solve our problem. Where did he get that info?
Really great interview. I
Really great interview. I used to watch that show when I lived in Australia. In fact, I used to live in the city they mentioned, Cairns. Not too many people mention Australia when it comes to politics, but they are just as bad as the US. They join illegal wars, have horrific enviromental policies, an american style health care system, very tight immigration policies including "detainanee camps", which I prefer to call "concentration camps", for landed immigrants and refugees, and disgusting treatment of their indigineous people. Heck, they even kill and eat their national emblem. I became very anti-australian while living there but unfortunately, much of the blame is on government. THe people as a whole are nature loving, kind and generous but oblivious to politics and government. Them having mandatory voting doesn't help matters either.
Anyway, as far as the interview goes, awesome job by Mr. Gelbspan. He really spoke his mind and I like how he said he got into all this as an investigative reporter instead of an environmentalist because, although it saddens me to say this, he will be taken more seriously. His rebuttals against the potential economic implications were both clever and realistic. Although, I've been saying it for awhile, that to stop this thing, we are all gonna have to take a bit of a hit both financially and in our lifestyles. I'm certainly willing to take that hit and I don't think it will be too much longer before the majority of people say the same thing.
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Do you talk to Ross Gelbspan directly? You need to get him to stop talking about hydrogen.
Ulf Bossel of the EFCF says "The hydrogen economy is a structure of mind, which has no backing by physics." Many people think hydrogen is just to keep the status quo. I tend to agree with them. Solid state batteries and super caps are the best technology. Better than gasoline even. Check out my technology website.
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I disagree with him on several other points but I'll save that conversation until after I finish my next article: Oil, Capitalism, and the White Knight.
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Thanks for the feedback i will pass it to Ross.
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btw, I just want to say that he is 1,000 times better than the average reporter. He really is doing a great job. It's only a few of his solutions that I disagree with.
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