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Noted anti-global-warming scientist reverses course

Yahoo -- With scientific data piling up showing that the world has reached its hottest-ever point in recorded history, global-warming skeptics are facing a high-profile defection from their ranks. Bjorn Lomborg, author of the influential tract "The Skeptical Environmentalist," has reversed course on the urgency of global warming, and is now calling for action on "a challenge humanity must confront."

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Submitted Sep 01, 2010 By: Manolo1

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vandamme Champion Author New York Posts:1,021 Points:118,085 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 8:46:12 AM Ignore vandamme Report Abuse Lomberg has always argued that global warming is real, and human activity was its main cause. He did NOT "reverse course" on that.
DellDude2 Champion Author Nashville Posts:6,788 Points:1,657,060 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 1:26:46 AM Ignore DellDude2 Report Abuse When one succumbs to the Green Religion Cult, one does crazy things. Take this guy. You may have seen him on the news today, oh boy. Especially of note, Points #1 and #4. James Lee [Edited by: DellDude2 at 9/2/2010 1:27:32 AM EST]
POLELANE Champion Author Ohio Posts:7,148 Points:828,370 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 9:09:25 PM Ignore POLELANE Report Abuse yahoo; when news is manufactured and can be distributed for profit; they're there.
playtimeCLE Champion Author Cleveland Posts:5,915 Points:1,093,450 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 6:39:05 PM Ignore playtimeCLE Report Abuse Last summer was the coolest summer Ive seen in 12 years in Cleveland. Now the west is having a cool summer. How much of what these people have to say can we really believe?
jcurley Champion Author California Posts:5,650 Points:1,324,595 Joined:Dec 2007	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 3:50:47 PM Ignore jcurley Report Abuse Good point MAC48. The problem is, everyone (that wanted to) believed this guy the first time around. (He must have been invited to many events to talk, about the global warming hoax.) Now that he is doing a 180 in the other direction, we stopped believing him. So the damage is done. I HOPE THAT NO ONE BUYS HIS NEW BOOK!!
MAC48 All-Star Author Dallas Posts:728 Points:499,925 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 3:31:52 PM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse First this "scientist" writes a book published in 2001 that adopts the position that global warming is a fact but that man is not primarily responsible therefore there is nothing we can do to effect the situation and the expenditure of trillions is a waste of our money. Now he is about to publish a book later this year that adopts the position that global warming is a fact and man is primarily responsible therefore we should do everything we can do to effect the situation spending trillions in the effort. Be willing to bet that the royalties from the 2001 book have almost run out and he needs to revitalize his royalty income. The opinion of this "scientist" has -0- credibility with me.
jcurley Champion Author California Posts:5,650 Points:1,324,595 Joined:Dec 2007	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 3:22:25 PM Ignore jcurley Report Abuse teafortwo said exactly what I was thinking! To the naysayers out there, you can't look at a small sample data points and extrapolate that to the entire planet, like a cold spell here or a hot spell there.
SVmike Champion Author California Posts:1,426 Points:307,850 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 1:56:01 PM Ignore SVmike Report Abuse We having the coldest summer in 50+ yrs in SF Bay Area
CrackedLCD Champion Author Alabama Posts:6,679 Points:1,294,375 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 1:05:35 PM Ignore CrackedLCD Report Abuse Hmph. Interesting.
fullcirclethink Champion Author Washington Posts:1,530 Points:118,955 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 12:38:42 PM Ignore fullcirclethink Report Abuse "Greenpeace" 'Nuff said!
teafortwo Champion Author Washington Posts:15,376 Points:924,335 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 12:11:39 PM Ignore teafortwo Report Abuse Let's get this straight. FIRST, this guy makes a bundle FROM A BOOK saying "It ain't so" the environmental impact of corporate pollution isn't THAT big of a deal .... But now, this same guy is hoping to make ANOTHER bundle from HIS NEW BOOK calling for action to start curbing rampant corporate pollution? Follow the money. The pollution is a very real and serious problem that is having dire consequences on our planet. FROM THE ARTICLE: In a book to be published this year, Lomborg calls global warming "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and calls for the world's governments to invest tens of billions of dollars annually to fight climate change. Lomborg's former foes in the environmental movement are so far unimpressed by news of his conversion. Calling him a "shrewd self-promoter," Grist.org's Jonathan Hiskes marveled at Lomborg's ability to "play the media" in simply "adopting a position already held by millions of sensible people." And Friends of the Earth climate campaigner Mike Childs told the U.K. Guardian, "It appears that the self-styled skeptical environmentalist is beginning to become less skeptical as he enters middle age."
FPLREP Champion Author Virginia Posts:5,749 Points:1,987,135 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 11:56:13 AM Ignore FPLREP Report Abuse Sounds like he can't decide what to do.