If ever there was proof needed that successful business men can be conned when it comes to science, Maurice Newman and his amazingly ignorant interview of last night provides it.
Basically, Newman seems to have read Ian Plimer's climate change denialism book and thinks it is the last word on climate science. And, of course, Tony Abbott gets business advice from this guy.
The story of climate change denialism in the future history books will be about how a large slab of ideologically motivated people were conned for decades by a handful of contrarians, not even all of them being scientists (Monckton, etc).
George Brandis' silly complaint that "mediaeval' tactics are being used against climate change skeptics was equally nonsensical.
I doubt I have seen a stupider Australian (Federal) government in my lifetime.
Update: the hard working Sou at Hotwhopper has a detailed take down of Newman's complete ignorance.
1 comment:
Newman never had a clue. Successful businessman could be debated. He was fine with Bain and co when deregulation first started but then everyone else was as well and then after that petered out.
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