The Roanoke Slant

Roanoke Times, 6/2/08, Pg Va 6: Editorial: Give consumers a green power choice.
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In their effort to promote green energy the RT Editorial Team found it necessary to disparage those who do NOT subscribe to the hypothesis that our current global warming cycle is caused by man-made CO2.
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Their unprofessional and childish-bulling name-calling included: “only the worst industry hacks and political apologists – ect”
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Perhaps these RT people should click-on the link that their parents should have consulted:
http://www.parenting-advice.net/forum/advice/89-name_calling-0.html
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Instead of resorting to immature and ignorant name-calling the RT editorial team should be addressing the basic facts of our current 250 year natural warming cycle:
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1. The current 250 year natural global warming started in 1750, at the end of the little ice age.
http://www.roanokeslant.org/GlobalWarmingThoughts/NaturalGlobalWarming.htm
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2. There was 200 years of natural global warming before any significant man-made CO2:
http://www.roanokeslant.org/GlobalWarmingThoughts/GlobalCO2.jpg
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3. The NASA published data clearly states that there is one (1) degree of warming during the last 100 years, that there was significant cooling during the 30 years (1940 – 1975) and that there has been no warming during the last 10 years in spite of increased atmospheric CO2.
http://www.roanokeslant.org/GlobalWarmingThoughts/GlobalTemp1880-1998-2008.jpg
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4. There are over 30,000 signatures of scientists and engineers who have signed a petition stating that they do NOT subscribe to the hypothesis that man-made CO2 is causing global warming.
That’s a lot of highly educated “hacks and apologists” that certainly have infinitely more intellectual horsepower than the RT Editorial Staff and all their staff and supporters. Perhaps that’s why they feel the need to resort to name-calling.
http://www.petitionproject.org/index.html
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5. It’s also interesting that the RT Editors are prime supports of Senator Reid and Congressperson Pelosi who’s only misguided attempt to solve our energy issues is to mandate burning our food in our vehicles.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/02/ethanol-burning-our-food.html
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6. It’s also interesting that the RT Editors represent a large manufacturing organization that has a huge carbon-footprint that they refuse to acknowledge or document or quantify or improve.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2006/12/why-isnt-roanoke-times-turning-green.html
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7. The RT Editors have also saw fit to avoid taking a positive proactive position in support of any development of clean or green or independent energy including the only application for a wind-farm in Virginia. How incredibly hypocritical is that!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2007/09/virginia-wind-farm-someday.html
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We do not need guidance or direction or advice from a team of people who are not willing to address the facts, develop plans for their own improvement, are unwilling to standup for what they say they support and who in their final act of frustration must resort to name-calling.
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Prior Items:
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http://www.roanokeslant.org/GlobalWarmingThoughts/
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/05/100000-dead-and-its-your-fault.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/04/mass-persuasion-exercise.html
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