General Motors Vice Chairman of Global Product Development Bob Lutz was just on The Colbert Report blaming global warming on sunspots and dissing his own Chevrolet Volt as a weak, unattractive car. I'll post the video here as soon as it's online.
UPDATE: Here's the video. Note to Bob for future reference - if you're going to greenwash, it's best not to come right out and deny the scientific consensus on global warming with a made-up number of people who believe in a kooky denial scheme. Kind of undercuts your alleged green credentials.
Amusing and disturbing at the same time. No wonder GM has had so many problems - not a shock with this guy at the helm.
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ReplyDeleteDo you folks get up in arms over Bears too?
What a stooge.
ReplyDeleteI liked the reference to the 32,000 scientists who believe sunspots are the cause of global warming.
ReplyDeleteWhere'd that come from?
Steve, just a bizarre reference there. I think he was taking his own preferred denial scheme (sunspots) and applying it to a thoroughly-debunked denier petition (that didn't mention sunspots) that claimed to have 32,000 signatures. Check out the Wikipedia entry on it, it's pretty funny. Only 1,400 even claimed to have advanced degrees in climate science, and of those ... "Scientific American took a random sample of 30 of the 1,400 signatories claiming to hold a Ph.D. in a climate-related science. Of the 26 we were able to identify in various databases, 11 said they still agreed with the petition —- one was an active climate researcher, two others had relevant expertise, and eight signed based on an informal evaluation. Six said they would not sign the petition today, three did not remember any such petition, one had died, and five did not answer repeated messages."
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