Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Shit, Lies, Death
'Hoax'You know what the problem is with those scientific experts? They don't
US Senator James Inhofe, who chairs the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, says it is inconsistent with freedom, prosperity and environmental policy progress.
"I'm becoming more and more convinced... that global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people and the world," he told a conference briefing.
The BBC's David Bamford in Washington says Mr Inhofe's view fits neatly with the majority view in the US congress - that America should do nothing about the issue.
Our correspondent says members of the Republican-led congress know the US is at odds with scientific experts.
However, obliging industrial plants to reduce emissions would be a vote loser, because most Americans would assume it meant a reduction in production, job losses and a rise in household energy bills.
The last attempt in October to introduce such a bill failed in the Senate, even though it was co-sponsored across party lines by Democrat Joe Liebermann and Republican John McCain.
Over the past 2 hours, I have offered compelling evidence that catastrophic global warming is a hoax. That conclusion is supported by the painstaking work of the nation's top climate scientists.
With all of the hysteria, all of the fear, all of the phony science, could it be that man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? It sure sounds like it.
--"The Science of Climate Change"
Senate Floor Statement by
U.S. Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla)
Chairman, Committee on
Environment and Public Works
July 28, 2003
posted by Blicero : 12/10/2003 11:34:00 PM