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Money | 02/02/2009 11:30 am

Gore's Global Warming a Farce, Says Czech Prez Václav Klaus (Video)

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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Czech President Václav Klaus isn’t warming up to the science of rising climates. 

"I don’t think that there is any global warming," said the 67-year-old liberal president, Associated Foreign Press reports. Tell that to the polar bears that are drowning … Poor things. Challenging the global warming activist Al Gore, Klaus added: "I’m very sorry that some people like Al Gore are not ready to listen to the competing theories. I do listen to them."

Klaus made the comments on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which Gore also attended. Klaus has taken aim at global warming for years and previously criticized the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as a group of one-sided, politicized scientists. In 2007, Klaus concluded in his book, Blue Planet in Green Shackles, that global warming was a "valueless theory."

Should environmentalists be alarmed at Klaus’s remarks? Perhaps. Western European states want to do everything in their power to limit man-made global warming, but Eastern European states — especially the Czech Republic — consider man-made global warming to be a myth. And those views could hold sway in the European Union now that Klaus holds the group’s rotating presidency. The Czechs fear that the anti-global-warming attitude of France, Britain and Germany may hurt the European and thus the Czech Republic’s economy, which relied heavily on coal as an energy source and hence has vested interests.

He said Saturday that he had not been given any "statistical data" to prove Gore’s theories on global warming and questioned the former vice president’s intentions: "Environmentalism and the global warming alarmism is challenging our freedom. Al Gore is an important person in this movement."

Meanwhile, Gore, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his climate change research, continues to urge congress to pass global warming reforms.

Click here to read the full AFP article.

Watch Klaus take aim at Al Gore and climate change:

 

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DeBúrca obj
This is about a country putting their economy before science… that’s fine, just be honest about it, say, “yeah, there’s that global warming thing, but we want to put our economic needs before the needs of civilization, besides, I’m 67 and won’t be here when the sh*t hits the fan”
By DeBúrca obj on 02/02/2009 11:45 am
f p
lolololol
By f p on 02/02/2009 11:47 am
DeBúrca obj
Frank check out the posts being written by that guy ” Antonio Sosa” on pg 2 or 3 of this thread. He’s written about 8 and they are so creepy, like someone is paying him to spread propaganda and fear.
By DeBúrca obj on 02/02/2009 8:44 pm
DeBúrca obj
LOL… maybe I’m just getting paranoid.
By DeBúrca obj on 02/02/2009 8:46 pm
T P
Hmm…..rather interesting.
By T P on 02/02/2009 11:46 am
f p
That there are idiots in government other than here is obvious. Some people can’t see the handwriting on the wall and never will.
By f p on 02/02/2009 11:46 am
R.J.B. Reed
It aggravates me to no end that people seem to feel that anthropic global climate change is some sort of scientific conspiracy. My suspicion is that many of the deniers are doing so because deep down inside they know if it’s true they’d be morally obligated to moderate their lifestyle, and that is not appealing to anyone. There really isn’t any debate between atmospheric chemists and the like that this is happening. They may disagree on the magnitude on the resulting change, but not the direction that this change is moving in. As for statistics, there are plenty. Scientists have gone very far since the “hockey stick” paper was first published. In any case, a basic risk analysis should indicate that ignoring this isn’t good. After all, if we ignore the information and they are right, we’ve made this planet uninhabitable for civilized humans. That’s going to be mighty uncomfortable for us or our children and grandchildren.
By R.J.B. Reed on 02/02/2009 11:51 am
Belinda Joy
President Václav Klaus, how much crack have you been smoking? Or is it Meth?
By Belinda Joy on 02/02/2009 12:04 pm
Antonio Sosa
At last there are courageous leaders like Václav Klaus, president of the European Union, who dare contradict the millions of brainwashed lemmings. Desperate to support any communist hoax, the lemmings have embraced even the ridiculous Global Warming hoax. Man-made global warming is a hoax that threatens our future and the future of our children. Václav Klaus, is right when he states that “environmentalism is the new communism and climate change is a myth.” In agreement with Klaus, more than 650 international scientists dissent over the man-made global warming claims. They are more than 12 times the number of UN scientists (52) who authored the media-hyped IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers. http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&Content…
By Antonio Sosa on 02/02/2009 12:53 pm
Antonio Sosa
Additionally, more than 31,000 American scientists have signed onto a petition that states, “There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate…” http://www.petitionproject.org/index.html
By Antonio Sosa on 02/02/2009 12:54 pm
Antonio Sosa
“Progressive” (communist) politicians like Obama seem determined to force us to swallow the man-made global warming scam. We need to defend ourselves from the UN and these politicians, who threaten our future and the future of our children. Based on a lie, they have already wasted millions and plan to increase taxes, limit development, and enslave us. If not stopped, the global warming scam will enrich the scammers (Gore and Obama’ Wall Street friends), increase the power of the U.N. and communists like Obama, and multiply poverty and servitude for the rest of us.
By Antonio Sosa on 02/02/2009 12:54 pm
f p
And there will always be people who claim that 2 + 2 = 5. Progressive = communist in those same people’s minds. Mr. Sosa I recommend therapy as soon as possible for you.
By f p on 02/02/2009 2:39 pm
eleanor roche
This is definintely a case of putting a political agenda before science. There is no actual scientific evidence to show man-made global warming—the evidence to support that there is even global warming at all is also under question. The temperature of the earth supposedly increased by a degree or half a degree—first of all, this is within the margin of error and the readings supporting this are suspect—now it is believed that a cooling cycle is underway. The cooling and warming cycles that have occurred throughout time on this planet have correlated to sun surface activity and there have been concomittant observable changes on the earth’s surface—-ie evidence for grape growing on greenland that coincides with a particular warming period in history. As to man made global warming, there are actually no scientific experiments or data proving that CO2 increases cause global warming. The entire theory (or lie), is based on computer modelling studies— computer models—no real scientific data—no actual science has been done. The only “data” ever presented to uphold this “theory” is computer modelling of CO2 changes over time. This data is theoretical and only looks at increase in CO2. The entire global warming lie is based on these computer models. The theory holds that with increases in CO2, you get increased greenhouse effect, and therefore trap heat in the atomosphere. Unfortunately, CO2 accounts for a tiny percentage of this effect, there are several other factors involved, most importantly water vapor and these are not accounted for in these models. You cannot look at one variable in such a complex system and extrapolate any scientific conclusions—especially when the conclusions are not based on actual data, but modelling. Furthermore, all kinds of anecdotal observations have been made linking some environmental change to man-made global warming without one bit of science applied to them. The people who want to further this lie claim the “debate” is over because “global warming” is a fact. These type of proclamations by supposed experts—ie algore are very reckless. He is not a scientist and he and the left have used this issue politically, trying to convince people of something that just is not true. The media is complicit and therefore, the lie is not uncovered. There is no scientific evidence to prove global warming and there is certainly no scientific evidence to show so-called “man-made climate change”. This is the gimick of the left, to make the pronouncement “the debate is over, global warming is a fact, so just accept it”. They are politicizing this issue to further their own agenda and the public is not educated enough in the actual science to understand this. This is irresponsible, but the left does not care, as long as everyone goes along with this ridiculous idea of “global warming” or “climate change” so they can implement absurd restrictions on our freedoms in the name of “saving the planet”. There are many scientists out there who know this is an agenda driven canard. Just a cursory understanding of the carbon cycle makes these claims laughable. But unfortunately, most of the public is not scientifically educated, so they believe this lie.
By eleanor roche on 02/02/2009 7:11 pm
Susan B
You speak almost entirely in rhetoric, which does nothing to support your point and paints you as a parrot. How exactly would you propose we “defend ourselves from the UN and these politicians?” Overthrow the government? Vote in the next election? Refuse to pay our taxes? Drive on Spare the Air days? Build a giant bonfire with Gore’s books? What? Use your own thoughts and words, if you have any.
By Susan B on 02/03/2009 11:25 am
eleanor roche
Susan B—Those are my words, save your insults for someone in your league. I have written extensively here what I think about global warming, if you can’t understand, I can’t help you. I don’t recall proposing that “we defend ourselves from the UN and these politicians”. If you want to mortgage your children’s and grandchildren’s future on a lie, by all means, continue to be ignorant. Apparently, you can’t distinguish rhetoric from fact.
By eleanor roche on 02/03/2009 2:28 pm