Comments on: Acronym Smackdown: ACORE vs. CEI http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/28/acronym-smackdown-acore-vs-cei/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Lou Grinzo http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/28/acronym-smackdown-acore-vs-cei/#comment-4850 Lou Grinzo Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:09:02 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/28/acronym-smackdown-acore-vs-cei/#comment-4850 This is big news, and no, I'm not being sarcastic. Let us assume, for the sake of discussion, that Lewis did indeed make the confession about his tactics that Eckhart claims. Could there be anything more revolting in the behavior of people seeking to influence public opinion and policy? What kind of person would it take to make that trade off--I'll work overtime to derail efforts in what could be our last chance to stop a GW catastrophe, simply because I think the fix would include a side effect that I don't like. The mind reels at the very suggestion of such staggering, terminal myopia. I don't know anyone involved in this food fight, so I can't conclude who's telling the truth. But if I had to bet a buck on it, I'd side with Joe's opinion and what we've seen of deniers all along, and say that this really is Lewis' motivation. Why is this a big deal? Simple: I think it finally explains the behavior of at least some among the hard core deniers. I've never been able to figure out what drove them, but I suspect this tiff between Eckhart and Lewis has exposed the ugly truth. How utterly sad. This is big news, and no, I’m not being sarcastic.

Let us assume, for the sake of discussion, that Lewis did indeed make the confession about his tactics that Eckhart claims.

Could there be anything more revolting in the behavior of people seeking to influence public opinion and policy? What kind of person would it take to make that trade off–I’ll work overtime to derail efforts in what could be our last chance to stop a GW catastrophe, simply because I think the fix would include a side effect that I don’t like. The mind reels at the very suggestion of such staggering, terminal myopia.

I don’t know anyone involved in this food fight, so I can’t conclude who’s telling the truth. But if I had to bet a buck on it, I’d side with Joe’s opinion and what we’ve seen of deniers all along, and say that this really is Lewis’ motivation.

Why is this a big deal? Simple: I think it finally explains the behavior of at least some among the hard core deniers. I’ve never been able to figure out what drove them, but I suspect this tiff between Eckhart and Lewis has exposed the ugly truth.

How utterly sad.

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/28/acronym-smackdown-acore-vs-cei/#comment-4851 Joe Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:16:27 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/28/acronym-smackdown-acore-vs-cei/#comment-4851 This is a major point of my book -- the Denyers hate the solution, so they deny the problem. This is a major point of my book — the Denyers hate the solution, so they deny the problem.

]]> By: Dano http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/28/acronym-smackdown-acore-vs-cei/#comment-4863 Dano Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:09:49 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/28/acronym-smackdown-acore-vs-cei/#comment-4863 The denialists also hate the notion thatanything <a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1995.9020255.x" rel="nofollow">other than humanity</a> can be#1 priority. Best, D The denialists also hate the notion thatanything other than humanity can be#1 priority.

Best,

D

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/28/acronym-smackdown-acore-vs-cei/#comment-4864 Joe Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:10:19 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/28/acronym-smackdown-acore-vs-cei/#comment-4864 Yet ironically, while Denyers like to believe that only the environment will suffer, global warming will in fact have a devastating impact on humanity--indeed if the tragedy in Darfur has roots in climate change, it already is. Yet ironically, while Denyers like to believe that only the environment will suffer, global warming will in fact have a devastating impact on humanity–indeed if the tragedy in Darfur has roots in climate change, it already is.

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