From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Sat Jun 30 2001 - 16:52:11 MDT
> >Mike Lorrey wrote:
> >
> >> There is, in fact, a petition signed by over 18,000
> >> scientists, many of whom produced the data that the UN Climate Change
> >> panel based its conclusions on, who are contesting the conclusions
> >> reached by the UN claiming that anthropogenic CO2 is the primary cause
> >> and that its possible to do something about it without killing off a
> >> large chunk of the human race and going back to a hunter gatherer
> >> existence.
Josh, I think, had enquired about a link, and Terry Egan wrote:
> Try http://www.oism.org/oism/s32p31.htm
Actually the petion is at:
http://www.oism.org/pproject/
& http://www.oism.org/pproject/s33p37.htm
Its about as general as you can get, doesn't cite any sources
for its "assertions" and there is no "reputation" analysis
of the signers. Although there are many PhDs, they could be
in "astrology" or all the geologists working for the oil companies
for all we know.
I've looked at what the hosting "Oregon Institute of Science
and Medicine" is all about and they are doing research on aging
and attempting to link it into the deamidation of proteins.
While deamidation is useful as a molecular clock, in determining
the age of teeth for example, it is *not* involved in aging per se.
My take: these people have their heads screwed on sideways.
While I tend to agree with their position, I think their methods
and reasoning are pretty poor. Half the people on this list
who haven't even been trained in science could probably make
a better argument.
Robert
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