“The proselytisers for man-made global warming have long exercised a tight stranglehold over the contents of Wikipedia.” Quote by Christopher Booker
“So confident am I that the number of deaths from violent storms will continue to decline that I challenge Mr. McKibben - or Al Gore, Paul Krugman, or any other climate-change doomsayer - to put his wealth where his words are. I'll bet $10,000 that the average annual number of Americans killed by tornadoes, floods and hurricanes will fall over the next 20 years. Specifically, I'll bet that the average annual number of Americans killed by these violent weather events from 2011 through 2030 will be lower than it was from 1991 through 2010.” YearsFallNextChallengesWealthNumbersEventsClimateClimate ChangeAverageStormViolentWeatherAlsDeclineFloodHurricanesGoreAnnualsTornadoes Author:Donald J. Boudreaux
“Voluntary actions by corporations should not go beyond innovative win - win 'no regrets' initiatives. Greenhouse gas control practices that are uneconomic penalize either consumers or stockholders while politicizing the issue of corporate responsibility. Few will be satisfied, and the ineffectual measures will eventually have to be abandoned.” ShouldActionWinningResponsibilityPracticeIssuesRegretSatisfiedConsumersCorporateCorporationsGasAbandonedInitiativeInnovativeNo RegretsGreenhousesWin WinGreenhouse GasesCorporate Responsibility Author:Robert L. Bradley, Jr.
“On the science of global climate change, I'm an agnostic. I've seen Al Gore's movie, and I've read reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I've also listened to the 'skeptics.' I don't know who's right.” KnowsClimateClimate ChangeReportsAlsAgnosticGoreSkeptic Author:Robert Bryce
“... the job [at the Manhattan Institute] gives me a platform where I can focus on the themes that I explored in both Gusher of Lies and Power Hungry: that the myths about "green" energy are largely just that, myths; that hydrocarbons are here to stay; and that if we are going to pursue the best "no regrets" policy with regard to energy, then we should be avidly promoting natural gas and nuclear energy.” IfsGivingShouldI CanJobsLyingEnergyNaturalFocusPolicyRegretGive MeRegardGreenMythNuclearHungryPursueThemeGasPlatformsPromotingManhattanNo RegretsInstituteNatural GasNuclear EnergyGreen EnergyPower HungryHydrocarbons Author:Robert Bryce
“You can go outside and spit and have the same effect as doubling carbon dioxide.” EffectsCarbonSpitCarbon Dioxide Author:Reid Bryson
“There are a number of causes of climatic change, and until all causes other than carbon dioxide increase are ruled out, we cannot attribute the change to carbon dioxide alone.” CausesNumbersIncreaseAttributesCarbonCarbon Dioxide Author:Reid Bryson
“I was at the table with three Europeans, and we were having lunch. And they were talking about their role as lead authors. And they were talking about how they were trying to make the report so dramatic that the United States would just have to sign that Kyoto Protocol.” TryingStatesThreeUnitedTalkingRolesUnited StatesTablesDramaticReportsLunchProtocolKyotoKyoto Protocol Author:John Christy
“...it is fairly well agreed that the surface temperature will rise about 1°C as a modest response to a doubling of atmospheric CO2 if the rest of the component processes of the climate system remain independent of this response.” IfsWellsProcessIndependentClimateResponseSurfaceModestComponentsTemperatureCo2 Author:John Christy
“We utilize energy from carbon, not because we are bad people, but because it is the affordable foundation on which the profound improvements in our standard of living have been achieved - our progress in health and welfare.” PeopleHas BeensEnergyProgressStandardsFoundationProfoundImprovementWelfareCarbonBad PeopleAffordableStandards Of Living Author:John Christy
“If you choose to make regulations about carbon dioxide, that's OK. You as a state can do that; you have a right to do it. But it's not going to do anything about the climate. And it's going to cost, there's no doubt about that."” IfsStatesCan DoDoubtCostClimateNo DoubtYou ChooseRegulationCarbonCarbon Dioxide Author:John Christy