US Chamber Head On Climate Breakdown: "Is The Science Right? I Don't Know"

[hatrack]

October 26, 2009 · In an interview with Politico.com, U.S Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue refused to say if he believes the science behind global warming.

“Is the science right? Is science not right? I don’t know,” he told the political Web site.

And when asked about what would happen if the EPA regulated carbon emissions, Donohue used a scatological term. “If we got the EPA one, then we are in deep sh-- as a country,” he said. “You want to see unemployment? You will see some.”

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In 2004, Donohue accepted an invitation from CEO Don Blankenship to speak at the Massey Energy company picnic in Logan. Blankenship recently has called global warming a hoax and a Ponzi scheme.

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[kestrel91316]

1. Listen, Mr. Donahue: If global warming/climate change IS going on

to the degree that the vast majority of expert climatologists believe it is, you and your children and grandchildren are looking at a situation in the not-too-distant future where high unemployment will be the LEAST of your concerns. What part of the word "famine" do you simply not GET????

[mike_c]

2. a world famine will be a major opportunity for any company that is positioned right...

...to make fat profits! You think sick people will pay out the nose for healthcare? Starving people will sell their children for food! And the profits all flow one way up the pyramid!

My GAWD how the money rolls in!

Rolls in, rolls in,
My God how the money rolls in, rolls in!
Rolls in, rolls in,
My God how the money rolls in!

[pscot]

3. Well, if you don't know, the obvious response

is to pretend it's not happening and carry on with business as usual.