RE: Five years ago, on this list, a prophecy was made.....

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

*cough*

/me whispers "The Great Global Warming Swindle"...

Not saying it isn't as biased one way as the Global Warming nutters are the
other but it does make for an interesting way to wind up the tree huggers.
Still have it on my MCE machine. :-D

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Kenneth Watt
> Sent: 25 May 2007 12:00
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Five years ago, on this list, a prophecy was
> made.....
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> In some ways it's sad to be proved correct and, in others, it was
> pretty
> much an inevitability in this case.
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> Like many other areas of science, climatology being one hotbed at the
> moment, you don't get grants if you don't produce results and those
> results
> have to have meaning and give bangs per buck. To me many of these
> scientists
> are merely upgrades on the "End of the world is nigh"
sandwich board
> bearers
> of yesteryear, it has almost become a new religion.
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> You have to ask yourself why anyone would pay tens of thousands, if
not
> millions, to investigate something that might or might not ever
happen.
> What's the agenda, why invest into that given that at best you will
get
> a
> "well, maybe, if".
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> On climate change the scientific community has had a field day
recently
> with
> governments and corporations trying to prove or disprove climate
> change.
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> I could go on about many of these things for hours but, basically, a
> lot of
> it is absolute hokum designed to prey on what I consider to be
> unfounded
> fears.
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> K.
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> mark_harrison_uk2
> Sent: 25 May 2007 10:00
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Five years ago, on this list, a prophecy was
> made.....
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, 26th March, 2002, Ian Lowe wrote:
>
> "With one last word: Watch this space. I guarantee a Wireless
> Networking
> related health scare, complete with thousands of victims, within ten
> years."
>
> Later that day, Kenneth Watt replied:
>
> "Nothing more certain I would say given the givens so
far..."
>
> I don't know whether anyone saw Panorama on Monday, but here's a quote
> from the web piece about the programme:
>
> "Britain is in the grip of a Wi-Fi revolution with offices, homes
and
> classrooms going wireless - but there is concern the technology could
> carry health risks."
>
> More at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/6674675.stm
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> Well done Ian / Ken...
>
> Mark, on UKHA since 1997
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