Re: Fluorescent Bulbs Are Known to Zap Domestic Tranquillity; Energy-Savers a Turnoff for Wives

["Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms>]

> A little more followup.  The discussion after the article (about whose
> statistics can be trusted) mirrors the discussion we've had here.

I would be very cautions about citing anything that
comes out of the Competitive Enterprise Institute
(CEI) in the same sentence with the phrase, "whose
statistics can be trusted."

The CEI is a notorious source of disinformation.
Here's a quote from Wikipedia on CEI:

"Environmental Policy"

"According to CEI, the Wall Street Journal has called
it "the best environmental think tank in the country."
CEI says it promotes 'free market environmentalism'
and says market institutions are more effective in
protecting the environment than is government."

"Among other things, CEI has been an outspoken
opponent of government action on global warming
that would require limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
In March 1992, CEI?s founder Fred Smith said of
global warming: 'Most of the indications right now are
it looks pretty good. Warmer winters, warmer nights,
no effects during the day because of clouding, sounds
to me like we?re moving to a more benign planet, more
rain, richer, easier productivity to agriculture'.  One of
CEI's projects was the now defunct Cooler Heads
Coalition, which operated the website globalwarming.org.
Myron Ebell was the chairman of CHC, and is the
Director of Global Warming and International Environmental
Policy at the CEI."

"In December of 2005 CEI participated in the UNFCCC
negotiations in Montreal as an NGO, sending back several
dispatches summarizing events of the conference."

"In a 2006 letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury (after
the Archbishop urged Christians to take action to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions), the CEI said that reducing
these levels, even in 'baby steps,' would 'result in the
deaths of more people in the U.S. than global warming
would worldwide.'"

These are clearly not the kind of people "whose
statistics can be trusted."

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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