Global warming skeptic backs himself by $6000 over 20 years

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	Global warming skeptic backs himself by $6000 over 20 years

Wadard

5-2-2007 6:46 AM

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Wadard says:

Global warming skeptics ready to put up or shut up, that's what I like to see. You have to give it to David Evans, a few professional denialists have refused to take bets to back their positions (Lord Gilbert Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley comes to mind), but he will lose a lot more than $6,000 in 20 years, if he loses.

He would have lost the opportunity to mitigate against 20 years of carbon dioxide emissions. Hey, that's our money he is playing with...

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<P><A title="David Evans" href="http://www.sciencespeak.com/DavidEvans.doc" set="yes">David Evans</A> worked at the Australian Greenhouse Office for six years promoting the faith.
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Now he’s had a change of heart:
</p> <BLOCKQUOTE><P><EM>(T)hree of the four arguments that convinced me in 1999 that carbon emissions caused global warming are now questionable.</EM></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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In fact, he’s betting $6000 that carbon emissions aren’t the main cause of global warming.
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He explains why <A title="here" href="http://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/04/climate-skeptics-guest-post-why-david.html">here</A>.</P></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A894F2DE-50AE-47AD-8F54-2A44C5805C3F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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