Leading German magazine SPIEGEL Online has conducted a representative survey about climate change. The (not so surprising) result is that now only a minority (42%) are afraid of the climate change, compared to 62% in fall 2006.
The same article mentions that the respected German Leibniz research community demands the step-down of IPCC”s Rajendra Pachauri. Leibniz president Ernst Rietschel sees climate research “in a difficult situation” in the light of the recent errors and mistakes of the IPCC. Rietschel says:
Rajendra Pachauri should take the responsibility for this and step down.
Original article:
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,685946,00.html
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In one of the most conservative areas of the US, the people, almost to a baby, speak of the dearth of independently minded educated, wise, values rooted potential candidates for leadership positions in the political scene. This opinion includes the last presidential category of front runners on either ticket.
Find me such a person. Have that person be wisely distant in the way of private social and medical matters, have that person be miserly with my dollars, and encouraging in the way of boot strap behavior to those who find themselves without medical care or a job, have that person encourage the process of neighborhood law against polluters (as in toxic land dumps, foul discharges into the air we breath, and smelly fish-killing discharge into our rivers), have that person be progressive, even pit bullish, in energy independence from hamper heads, have that person believe in the sanctity of other people’s right to either stomach their own form of government, or rise against it, and save us from all backroom back scratching and willingness to pass garbage can bills (as in throw in everything from soup to nuts just to get it passed).
A couple of things to keep an eye out for…
Koryaksky volcano becomes active: Voice of Russia
http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/03/28/5727794.html
The Koryaksky volcano raising 3,456 m above sea level on the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, 30 km from the region’s main city Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, is showing signs of higher seismic activity. Thirteen 3-magnitude tremors have been registered in the past 24 hours. After staying dormant for 52 years, Koryaksky woke up in December 2008, sending plumes of ash and steam into the air. So far, it poses no threat to local residents, but trails of ash and smoke endanger air flights. Caught amid turbines, particles of magma can cause engine failure. The peak of Koryaksky’s volcanic activity occurred 7,000 and 3,500 years ago.
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Cap-and-trade_dead_in_US_Senate_lawmaker_999.html
Cap-and-trade ‘dead’ in US Senate: lawmaker
by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) March 25, 2010
A Republican US Senator said Thursday that he and Democrats working on climate change legislation would unveil a new bill in mid-April, but warned that a “cap and trade” proposal was “dead.”
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Couple years ago it was difficult to find German sceptic websites. But now they are sprouting.
http://www.science-skeptical.de/
http://www.readers-edition.de/category/klimawandel/
http://klimazwiebel.blogspot.com/
http://klimakatastrophe.wordpress.com/
http://www.eike-klima-energie.eu/
http://www.oekologismus.de/
http://www.klimanotizen.de/index.html
http://alles-schallundrauch.blogspot.com/
This tells me that 42% of Germans are still morons. Now I know why my grandparents left Germany. Too many stupid people.