Fun and games on Twitter from the Grantham Institute’s Bob Ward:
That was at 12:41 AM – 24 Jul 13. Good thing that just over five hours later he recognized this is the wrong thing to do because it causes you to lose the intellectual argument:
Since “clueless” is apparently an insult, I’ll simply ask this: does Bob Ward have any self-cognizance of what he writes?
h/t to Tom Nelson
In case you missed it, here is what has Bob Ward in a tizzy. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100227804/97-per-cent-of-climate-activists-in-the-pay-of-big-oil-shock/
As a fellow Limey, I should note that Delingpole is a long established English character type, from a long tradition of vicious satirists. It is very hard, I know, for some Americans to “get” him, witness Michael Mann, who was utterly taken in by a column of JD’s which was in effect an extended metaphor. The concept of “metaphorical” was way beyond our very own self-appointed Nobel Laureate.
I just love that ‘bat shit crazy’ blogger James Delingpole. He introduced me to WUWT.
I continue to be amazed that Bob ‘fast fingers’ Ward gets paid to be an snake oil salesmen and BS spinner, given he is so very bad at it . Still it’s the very rich Grahams money and his free to waste it how he likes , well it does provide some mild entertainment ., so carry on Bob.
Grantham is definitely a smart guy : he makes good money investing in Exxon and Chevron and pays Bob Ward for ridiculous PR to make warmists and big oil critics appear like perfect a..holes. He scuttles the anti-carbon movements to preserve his big oil revenue streams while appealing to warmist suckers with green façades like Bob Ward. Really smart.
Rabe says:
July 25, 2013 at 12:17 am
“Big Oil funds their own enemies? It’s a conspiracy, I tell you.”
You haven’t paid attention. An energy sector hires the Green shocktroops to fight ANOTHER energy sector. Gas fights coal, Oil fights coal, Gas fights Oil; according to the relative carbon content of their product.
Add in the solar, wind and nuclear sectors and there’s plenty of dough for the Green shocktroops to earn.
I nominate Bob Ward for two major Annual Climate Clown awards .
Firstly the, ‘Carbon Face Palm.’
Secondly the, ‘Methane Own Goal.’
Speaking of which, did anybody notice that TOD (The Oil Drum) ‘passed’, and not with a bang but with a whimper?
Yup. The site TOD decided to close …
“As Fracking Rises, Peak Oil Theory Slowly Dies”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2013/07/16/as-fracking-rises-peak-oil-theory-slowly-dies/
On July 3, the administrators of The Oil Drum, a blog/discussion forum site dedicated to and frequented by those who advocate for “Peak Oil” theory, announced the site would close at the end of July, marking an end to an eight-year existence.
During that period of time, “Peak Oil” theory has basically gone the way of the California Condor, from widespread existence and acceptance in the oil and gas environment to near extinction as its environment has dramatically shifted thanks to the discovery of and ability to access massive oil shale reservoirs not just in the United States, but all over the world.
Probably not news to the astute on these matters …
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“loose the intellectual argument” Not the scientific argument then????????
You’re really better off not. Just ignore it, and
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