As many WUWT readers know, my dog, Kenji Watts, is an actual member of the Union of Concerned Scientists. He’s got papers to prove it.
This of course is proof that all you need is a valid credit card to join this “front group” (as they describe others) in this science free money quest. Below is the email Kenji received today. – Anthony
Dear friend,
A generous supporter has pledged to match all donations dollar-for-dollar—up to $250,000—but only if you act by the end of the week!
Your support of UCS makes a vital difference in building a healthier environment and a safer world. If you’re still looking for a reason to support UCS, how about this one:
Picture a four-lane highway packed bumper to bumper with idling cars stretching all the way around the earth at the equator. Now picture the tailpipe emissions from all those cars and think about how much that would speed up global warming.
UCS supporters like you helped push through tough emissions standards for new cars and trucks that will require automakers to produce vehicles that emit roughly half of the global warming emissions of a new automobile today. By the year 2030, this effort alone will keep more than 300 million tons of carbon dioxide from being released into our atmosphere. That’s like taking 41 million cars off the road.
Time is running out to take advantage of this special opportunity. Please act now. Join more than 85,000 other members of UCS—become a member of UCS today.
With your help, we will:
- expose corporations, front groups, and policy makers who mislead the public and undermine understanding of climate science;
- fight to shut down old and dirty coal plants and increase investment in wind, solar, and other clean, renewable sources of energy; and
- actively protect scientists in the government and academia from politically motivated personal attacks.
You are a key partner in all this work. Please act now and take advantage of this special, short-term opportunity.
With your help, I’m confident we can win more important victories in the year ahead and the years to come.
Sincerely,
Kevin Knobloch
President
P.S. Remember: this special opportunity only lasts through the end of the week. Your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar—but only if you act now!
The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world.
Union of Concerned Scientists, 2 Brattle Square Cambridge, MA 02138-3780
phone: 800-666-8276 | Fax: 617-864-9405 | ucsaction@ucsusa.org | www.ucsusa.org
Reading it Shamwow came to mind. If you give to the Union of Concerned Scientists do you get a union suit?
@ur momisugly Andy Smith “Which of course makes Kenji the most influential dog in the world. I wonder what he would do to Briffa’s World’s most influential Yamal larch?”
Lift a leg?
I am seriously thinking of changing my name by deed poll to : Mr Big Oil
That will look good when I send my donation!
SadButMadLad says “There are about 1 billion cars in the world today (only a guesstimate …)”.
I think that must be a US billion (one thousand million) rather than UK billion (one million million). If it is a US billion, 41 million cars would be 4.1% – an appreciable proportion. If it were a UK billion and if, say, average cars are 2 metres x 3 metres, a UK billion of those would be 6 * 1E+12 square metres. If they were all parked tight against one another this would cover 6 million sq Km. The Earth’s mean radius is about 6,370 Km so its surface area is around 510 million sq Km with its land area (say about 25%) around 127 million sq Km. So if there were 1 UK billion cars, about 5% of the earth’s land areas would be covered in cars – I somehow don’t think so (not yet, anyway)!
Having said that, I don’t quite trust the figures in the article where it says “By the year 2030, this effort alone will keep more than 300 million tons of carbon dioxide from being released into our atmosphere”. Is that the expected annual figure for 2030, or is it the cumulative figure over the 18 years from 2012 to 2030 – and is the “41 million fewer cars” claim formulated on the same (annual or cumulative) basis?
Hmm…Kenji is a member of UCS. Hmm….UCS promotes CAGW. Hmmm…Kenji is a small dog and they tend to live a long time. Hmmmmm……..Maybe Kenji is responsible for Yamal06 growing so well?
Anthony, it’s 2012. Do you know where your dog’s been?
Tell me, Kenji, why is it snowing in Reno today?
164 million fewer windows through which to stick our heads out to sniff. No way Kenji, No way.
” * actively protect scientists in the government and academia from politically motivated personal attacks.”
I’ll bet he’s pretty good at that. Hard to tell from a photo, but he looks like a fairly small dog. From the expression on his face, I don’t think he knows he’s a small dog. I’ll take Kenji at my back in preference to any other UCS member. Go get ’em, Kenji!
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Kim Moore says:
May 24, 2012 at 11:15 pm
Hmm…I see I misspelled “photosynthesize”.
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At least you don’t think it’s a technique used in Photoshop(r) to create an alarming picture out of nothing!
:Phobosynthesize: Create fear?
Is there anybody hereabouts who would like to put their hand up and admit to being a member of this esteemed society? (other than for amusement perposes – Kenji is so excused!) If so, please explain exactly how much science this organisation performs, analyses and publishes in our wonderful peer reviewed literature….
SadButMadLad says:
May 25, 2012 at 7:34 am
There are about 1 billion cars in the world today (only a guesstimate from http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/08/23/car-population_n_934291.html).
So 41 millon is 0.041% fewer cars. So that 41 million can change the whole climate. Seriously?
A standard tactic. Use big numbers which are too big for the ordinary person to comprehend and then make it sound scary.
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That’s called “Sciecobabble”.
Gail Combs says:
May 25, 2012 at 8:26 am
Hey John what do you think Kenji has a Phd in? Woofology or may be he is like Briffa, a tree guy who specializes in Bark.
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😎 I say Gail gets a treat!
Gunga Din, Yea, just like that 100 A-bombs per week or whatever that Hansen hogwash was a couple of days ago. Use BIG numbers to hide the true smallness, insignificance of there subject.
Unlike .00038. This is a small number that people try to make BIG.
Kenji looks like a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. In my experience they like to chase cars away so Kenji might assist.
Any overlap between “scientists” and the UCS is purely cosmetic.
Kevin Knobloch (German: Knoblauch = Garlic) Something smells here!
“Picture a four-lane highway packed bumper to bumper with idling cars stretching all the way around the earth at the equator. Now picture the tailpipe emissions from all those cars and think about how much that would speed up global warming.”
And or course we can just ignore the sensible heat convected to the atmosphere by all the radiators of the cars? Lost sensible heat is more of an issue, but routinely ignored. Watch a power station’s cooling tower on a cold clear morning, that plume of convection heat carries huge amounts of energy directly into the atmosphere yet we are told to forget that and concentrate on the trace gases. Baloney!
Kenji, I used to do that as a kid… curl my top lip when things didn’t suit me.
I would like to see a list of what type and how many cars each of the members of the Union of Concerned Scientists owns.
They are the first to lose their cars.. IF they are genuinely concerned… Like Big Al is 😉
I suggest that Kenji take a good close look at the google street view of the world headquarters for the UCS before sending his good money there. It looks highly unlikely to be a place to house such an august body but it does have a nice tree in front for a more dogly deposit.
Kenji looks like a pushover, but then there’s that lip curl.
It wasn’t too long ago your dog could have bought a house too. no joke.
Sorry kenji,but those teeth remind me of kari norgaard.Get anthony to fit you with braces.
Kenji, when tonight’s the twilight bark begins, bark out CAGW is a SCAM. CAGW is a SCAM. That’s right! It’s a scam. Good dog.
Years ago, a colleague of mine who worked for government decided to create his own job by forming an organization to do research on the environmental aspects of a particular industry, enroll industry members at a good annual fee, have some research done at a few Universities, publish a monthly journal and specialty publications on the subject, etc. etc. He managed to enroll a few big companies and used this to parley it into an organization that most of the largest companies joined – it even became an organization that smaller ones joined so that they “came of age”. He wound up having to hire a bunch of staff, and eventually he moved the organization to a prestigious address in a big city. Eventually, he retired with a kingly pension and the organization had become so large and international that it was moved to a major world capital (it still exists). Generally, many NGOs are of a similar nature. They are well paid to go on safari in exotic places. The concerned scientists are mainly those who formed the organization and their concerns are likely more personal than altruistic.