On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote: > Found a letter to the editor of the (Portland) Oregonian > newspaper today (11/28/09) which states: > > Interesting that the book is published by the Heartland Institute which is heavily subsidized by the ExxonMobil Corporation. Mr. Walter F. Bucholtz, an ExxonMobil Executive,, served as the Institute's Government Relations Director in 2005 according to an IRS filing. Probably a coincidence. Certainly the funding of an organization devoted to publishing skeptical reports on Global Warming by the world's largest petro-chemical corporation couldn't be considered biased, could it? I mean, what would ExxonMobil have to gain from trying to confuse people about global warming? At any rate the "book" appears to take research results and pick and choose bits and pieces that support an opposing view to man-caused global warming. I dunno about the signatories. But simply having an opinion, one way or the other, seems to me to not be much evidence, one way or the other. In my own personal opinion, there is no proof that the current understanding of electricity is correct. (In this case I aver that my opinion is absolute fact.) Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net PS: Neither Bradford Crain nor Dave Kruger could be found amongst the signatories of the petition. I looked. crj *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Nov 28 2009 - 20:54:28 PST
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