It seems there was darned little interest in the Waxman-Markey circus aka “An End of Climate Change Skepticism”. Even one of the scientists speaking, William Chameides aka “The Green Grok” lamented the fact that nobody came. He writes at HuffPo
I’m skeptical that the briefing lived up to its name — “An End of Climate Change Skepticism” — but I’d have to say in the end the event was rather anticlimactic.
He adds:
Perhaps the writing was on the wall from the outset. As we filed into the Longworth House Office Building, we entered a meeting room that looks like what you’ve seen on TV — seats for members of Congress arranged in a U-shape around the elevated dais, the lowly speakers’ table facing our representatives, and behind us ample seating for the 40 or so attendees who watched, including legislative aides, people from non-governmental organizations, and members of the media with cameras a-flashing.
Yes, all the trappings of a high-powered Congressional event with one glaring exception: Seated in the 25 or so chairs along the dais dedicated for our esteemed leaders in Congress were just two representatives, Waxman and Markey. I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for a Congressional resolution marking the end of climate skepticism — or the beginning of major climate legislation — any time soon.
Ouch. Read the whole post at “The Green Grok“.
If it weren’t for WUWT and Climate Depot covering this ahead of time, would it have made a sound in the web forest?
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The Carbon Default Swap has gong the way of the Edsel.
Someone tried to outsource Climate Change, but there were no takers.
I am also very skeptical of politicians.
Reminds me of Pelosi’s observation that natural gas is not a fossil fuel.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/24/pelosi-on-natural-gas-fossil-fuel-or-not/
Or Al Gore’s comment on a late night show about the temperature of the interior of earth running into millions of degrees.
Or Obama telling the founder of Continental Oil that we will have car batteries supplying the equivalent of 130 miles per gallon within five years.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-u-s-can-become-the-saudi-arabia-of-oil-by-2020-entrepreneur-says-but-is-obama-listening/
At least Obama has the excuse of relying on a Nobel prize winning ‘scientist’.
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Robert says:
November 16, 2011 at 4:48 pm
“I went to the Green
GrokCrock site”Fixed that for ya!
I went to TheGreenGrok website and have just one question for Bill Chameides: Why the long face?
Dave Springer says:
November 17, 2011 at 7:21 am
[snip]
Whoever you are, I gots just one word to say: PRUDE!
Maybe they need to wax on the malarkey ? (ok sorry, the pun was just too good to resist!)
Thank goodness for global warming, it has been the warmist November for 350 years (according to Met Office tree ring records!
“If it weren’t for WUWT and Climate Depot covering this ahead of time, would it have made a sound in the web forest?”
If a Mann speaks In the forest and there is nobody to hear him, Is he still wrong?
If a Mann speaks in the forest and there is nobody to hear him, is he still wrong?
Obviously, the warmistas don’t grok climate change.