"Global Warming is not a Crisis"
For: Michael Crichton, Richard Lindzen, Philip Stott
Against: Brenda Ekwurzel, Gavin Schmidt, Richard Somerville
Part 1: Intro
Part 2: Lindzen
Part 3: Somerville
Part 4: Crichton
Part 5: Schmidt
Part 6: Stott
Part 7: Ekwurzel
Part 8: Q&A pt1
Part 9: Q&A pt2
Part 10: Q&A pt3
Erkwurzel puts the environmentalist perspective in glaring light. The notion that western business is so affluent that they waste energy is a lie and a myth, true representation of energy use is shown in productivity.
As a business owner and consultant to other businesses I find this notion one of the big lies of environmentalism. She cites an example DuPont, what she does not mention is the jobs that went with the changes and that the company was in a huge cost cutting mode across the world.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8215/8215dupont.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/business/12dupont.html?ei=5088&en=905485386c8e921a&ex=1323579600&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1220198506-U2T1cCyOaNNj8GoJamgUxA
Remember this debate was in 2007 citing 2005/06 data.
Unemployment is the cure for climate change should be the banner on Environmentalist websites.