Presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy reckons that climate change is not caused by man [alone] and that the world has far bigger problems on its hands than global warming.
Presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy reckons that climate change is not caused by man and that the world has far bigger problems on its hands than global warming. Nicolas Sarkozy, who is fighting to regain the presidency that he lost to François Hollande in 2012, has finally come out of the closet as a climate skeptic. Speaking in front of business leaders Sarkozy, a candidate for Les Republicains party primary in November, told them that man alone was not to blame for climate change. “Climate has been changing for four billion years,” the former president said according to AFP. “Sahara has become a desert, it isn’t because of industry. You need to be as arrogant as men are to believe we changed the climate.” —The Local, 15 September 2016
Nicolas Sarkozy, the centre-right candidate for the Presidential elections in 2017, said that “humans were not the only ones responsible” for climate change. “Much is said about climate change; it is very interesting, but the climate has been changing for 4.5 billion years. Mankind is not solely responsible for this change” said the former French President according to comments reported by AFP’s Gerald Darmanin. “I’d rather we talk about a more important issues.” —Le Figaro, 14 September 2016
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When the climate wars are over ( and it is very close) will the AGW generals face the war crimes tribunals. How many have died as funds have been diverted from genuine worthwhile humanitarian programs?
If Sarkozy can squeeze votes out of a Climate Denial ticket, the rest will follow.
Interesting projection. If!
http://notrickszone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/World-Unconcerned-About-AGW-highlight.jpg
Good point. It’s not a matter of whether Sarkozy is trustworthy or not, but that a major politician sees a path to the presidency in opposing climate alarmism. That’s an indicator of change in the public’s attitudes.
Bon les gars. Vue que ça cause français ce soir, je vais en profiter. Sarkozy a parlé à la télé ce soir. Il a même fait référence au petit âge glaciaire pour dire que l’homme n’était pas la seule cause du réchauffement climatique. Bon les journaux ne vont pas le louper demain !
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Bon les gars. Vue que ça cause français ce soir, je vais en profiter. Sarkozy a parlé à la télé ce soir. Il a même fait référence au petit âge glaciaire pour dire que l’homme n’était pas la seule cause du réchauffement climatique. Bon les journaux ne vont pas le louper demain !
And for those of us that would like a google translate:
Okay guys . View it French because tonight I ‘m going to enjoy it. Sarkozy spoke on TV tonight. He even refers to the Little Ice Age to say that man was not the only cause of global warming. Good newspapers are not going to miss it tomorrow!
Finally the truth from a politician
Sarkozy says that demographic change is more serious than climate change. Up to a point he’s right, but not for the right reasons. The demographic change in Europe is downwards, with both an ageing population & because the French, the Germans & the Spanish birth rates are well below the replacement rate of 2.1. In Poland & other eastern Europe countries it’s even worse. Russia is in deep trouble as well.
Around 12% of the world’s people live in Europe, but if demographic trends keep their pace, its share may fall to around 7% in 2050. Germany requires 30 million immigrants by 3030, which is why Merkel put out the welcome mat for 1.1 million Syrians
Elsewhere, Turkey has an average total fertility rate of 2.18, or just at replacement, but it’s the ethnic Kurds who are making the running, not the ethnic Turks and that fact will make Turkey’s present geographic configuration untenable. See these articles from Asia Times.
http://atimes.com/2016/05/turkeys-demographic-winter-and-erdogans-duplicity/
http://atimes.com/2016/07/the-sick-man-of-europe-once-again/
In recent years, Iran’s birth rate has dropped significantly, from 7 children per female in 1979 to fewer than 1.8 in 2016. Iran has the fastest-ageing population of any country in the world. See “Why Civilizations Die (and Why Islam is Dying, Too”, by David P. Goldman.
The problem is, during the 70’s when everyone was concerned about population control, they believed it.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/France-Sarkozy-climate-change-global-warming/2016/09/15/id/748561/
France’s Sarkozy Says Population Bigger Threat than Climate Change
“World population growth is a bigger problem than climate change, French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday, pouring more fuel on a fire he ignited this week when he appeared to downplay man-made climate change.
Sarkozy, acknowledging on a late night TV talk show that climate change was “a very serious challenge” said that: “the real challenge is that of demographic change.”
‘Former French President and presidential candidate Sarkozy states his position as a climate skeptic’
I bet he’s not at all skeptical of climate . . just as no even halfway intelligent person would be . . and I denounce such a defamatory labeling of him, Anthony.
JohnKnight (and, btw, Anthony as well) should read Le Monde, a french newspaper which as opposed to Le Figaro did not forget Sarkozy’s heavy “pro renewable” attitude a he was a president:
http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2016/09/15/les-volte-face-de-nicolas-sarkozy-sur-le-changement-climatique_4998385_4355770.html
This might help:
https://translate.google.com/
Frenchies love to say: « Dites-moi ce qu’ils veulent entendre, et je le leur dirai! »
I’m just bitching about the label . . which is nonsensical, and fails to convey what people like Anthony (or myself) are actually skeptical of, Bindidon.
Bravo, the French Lead and the US is headed in the wrong direction. Rarely in world history could America learn something from the French.