Sunday, July 30, 2006
THE TRUTH KEEPS GETTING LESS CONVENIENT
Peter Doran is a Professor of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Illinois. His study of a region in Antartica revealed that, contrary to what one would assume, the region has cooled over the last few decades, not grown warmer. Many global warming skeptics have cited Doran's study, including Michael Crichton and Ann Coulter, and quoted him saying that, here it is, proof that global warming is a fraud. Slight problem, though; Doran's study didn't debunk global warming at all--far from it. And Doran was surprised to see himself on record as having proclaimed things that he never even would have thought, much less have said. He finally spoke out after watching his words get twisted for years.
On the other side of the fence; a REASON article makes the case that Hummers are gentler on the environment than hybrids.
Peter Doran is a Professor of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Illinois. His study of a region in Antartica revealed that, contrary to what one would assume, the region has cooled over the last few decades, not grown warmer. Many global warming skeptics have cited Doran's study, including Michael Crichton and Ann Coulter, and quoted him saying that, here it is, proof that global warming is a fraud. Slight problem, though; Doran's study didn't debunk global warming at all--far from it. And Doran was surprised to see himself on record as having proclaimed things that he never even would have thought, much less have said. He finally spoke out after watching his words get twisted for years.
On the other side of the fence; a REASON article makes the case that Hummers are gentler on the environment than hybrids.
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The Reason article makes perfect sense because everyone I know who has bought a hybrid (95% of which are Priuses) have been disappointed by their actual mileage. Only one owner is more than satisfied (his company pays him per mile, and the mile allowance is more than it costs to run the car - although I doubt the extra accrued from the mile allowance will ever come close to paying for the car), but even he pointed out that the only way he could get the MPG on the window sticker is if he took a class on when to coast, when to hit the gas, and studied the manual for several weeks.
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