What strikes me is that of the ten or so people I talked to at the Martini Grill event, all claimed to be political conservatives and deniers (what I call “climate realists”), but NONE had even heard of The Heartland Institute, who sponsored the 2008 and 2009 International Conference on Climate Change http://www.heartland.org/events/NewYork09/proceedings.html
Lord Monckton of the UK, mentioned in Wagner’s presentation several times, was one of one hundred realist speakers at the NYC Marriott Marquis venue this March. Others included Congressman Tom McClintock of California http://www.tommcclintock.com/about/
Dr. Richard Lindzen, MIT’s leading climate scientist, President Vaclav Klaus, president of both the Czech Republic and the European Union, and many, many more scientific and political leaders worthy of mention here.
At the tail end of the debate, I heard Wagner and Box speak of “finding common ground” and pointing toward supporting renewable energy as one area where both sides agree. Bob even said we n eed to be selling wind turbines to China, not buying them from Germany! Reality delivered a painful slap in the face with that one.
Folks, anyone remotely considering themselves in favor of free markets, opposing socialism, interested in America retaining global leadership or even any sensible environmentalist must know the truth about the costs and benefits of renewable energy. The lack of factual, quantified knowledge about this in conservative circles makes me shudder. This area is an achilles heel we can nary afford not to shore up. You can get started by reviewing the materials on this Ohio web site www.savewesternOH.org, and the hundreds of references and referred web sites to irrefutable data on the topic.
Respectfully,
Tom Stacy, Managing Director
Save Western Ohio
tstacy@savewesternOH.org
