Some of us believe that Greenpeace is a hyper-commercial opinion factory concentrating on things that sound good but affects as few people in it´s main market, the US, as possible. That´why they can´t agree on global warming but make large campaigns about whaling or rare animals in far away countries.
It is a lot easier to demand that people on the other side of the world should stop killing some animal than making everybody drive their cars a little bit less or use a little bit more insulation in their houses. That does not mean that the latter is less important. DagT Den 25. des. 2006 kl. 18.53 skrev Daniel J. Matyola: > Just because some of Greenpeace's supporters feel that the organiztion > has become a bit too radical and anti-technology doesn't mean that > they don't recognize that global warming is taking place and agree > that certain measures should be taken. I believe they just take issue > with some of the more radical remedies now being advocated by the > organization. > > Dan M > > On 12/25/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> John Sessoms wrote: >>>> From: >>>> Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> In this case, I am a bit suspicious. The climatologists have >>>> way too >>>> much incentive to find that 'The Sky Is Falling!' If it is, >>>> they are >>>> terribly important people and we must pay absolute attention to >>>> everything they say. If it isn't, then their work is just another >>>> 'ho-hum' fact in the ebb and flow of our planet. >>> The problem I have is it looks to me like the most vocal critics of >>> global warming are themselves politically and financially >>> motivated by >>> who is paying for their research. I don't know of any scientist >>> global >>> warming critic who doesn't have some kind of ties to major >>> industries >>> who stand to have to spend some money if action is taken to >>> reduce our >>> effect on the environment. >>> >>> As far as I can tell, all of the independents either see global >>> warming >>> as a problem or a potential problem. It's not a question of whether >>> we're damaging our environment, but how soon that damage will >>> become so >>> severe it will affect our chances of survival. And what sacrifice is >>> required, and who will make that sacrifice to prevent that day from >>> coming. Finally whether it is already too late or not. >>> >> >> Actually, there's at least one. One of the founders of Greenpeace >> publicly split with Greenpeace a few years ago over the issue of >> Global >> Warming along with Greenpeace's increasing Luddite tendencies. >> >> -Adam >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
