Dog-bites-man story: PBS turned down the superb British "Greenhouse conspiracy" documentary that reveals the shoddi-ness of the global warming theory [AtE Jan 91]. Instead it will air the usual horror fiction based on computer models that predict the same rainfall for the Sahara as for Britain and Scandinavia. PBS and NPR are part of the US socialist sector: they live by govern-ment subsidies and shameless panhandling, supplemented by con-cealed advertising and kickbacks. No better can be expected from these understandably left-leaning spongers.
But now the man-bites-dog story: A truthful documentary
¾ and by CBS' 60 Minutes! On Dec. 30 it aired a 20 minute segment on acid rain which stunningly tore through the strict censorship imposed by the mass media on the 10-year, $500 million NAPAP study, which in essence reported no significant damage by acid rain [AtE Apr 90]. The main stars of the show were soil scientist Dr Edward Krug, journalist Warren Brookes (both well known to AtE readers) and NAPAP director Dr. James Mahoney. They were most ably supplemented by NRDC lobbyist David Hawkins who considers scientific data "not needed" for his job of pressuring legislators into more acid rain spending and coercion.Are these documentaries isolated aberrations or the first two swallows of change? Apparently CBS hadn't planned it that way. In June 1990 Dr. Krug gave a paper at the Interntl. Symposium of Plant-Soil Interactions at Low pH, and 60 Minutes meant to record the fireworks by the audience as they booed the maverick who tried to undo the "facts." When instead the reporters were assured of the high quality of the paper, and when some government scien-tists (who wanted to remain anonymous, i.e., employed) confirmed the accuracy of Krug's findings, it suddenly occurred to them that perhaps it wasn't Krug and Brookes who were insane. So maybe it was an aberration that could transmute into a swallow.
As for "remain anonymous, i.e., employed," is that just another cute exaggeration?
Alas, it is not. "If you don't jump on the environmental band wagon, then you will be ostracized by the scientific community," says NASA's Roy Spencer. And worse: Dr. Krug worked for the Illinois State Water Survey at the time. Then funds dried up, and he has been unemployed for 4 months
¾blacklisted, I would call it. Need a highly capable soil scientist who prefers evidence over fashion? He is at 523 Kerry Dr./#101, Winona, MN 55987.
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Vol. 18, No. 6
Newsletter: Access to Energy Newsletter Archive Volume: Issues Issue/No.: Vol. 18, No. 6 Date: December 01, 2004 04:17 PM Title: The Hole Fillers
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