Inhofe is a climate change denier. I find the appointment very disappointing. I wrote him an email at http://www.inhofe.senate.gov/contact. Although I am doubtful it will have any effect as he received nearly $500k for his campaign from Big Oil.
Good afternoon Mr. Inhofe,
Did you know the reason why gasoline says unleaded next to it? It is because there used to be lead in gasoline. Lead was placed in gasoline in the 1920's as an antiknock agent. It was cheap and it was effective.
Today we know that lead is a poison to humans, it is a neurotoxin. Actually even the Romans knew that this was the case.
GM made Kettering, the scientist who found that lead was an excellent antiknock agent, an executive in their company. In 1965 Patterson began attempting to draw public attention to the problem of increasing lead levels in the environment and food chain.
Patterson was fought on all levels, GM and the Ethyl Corporation immediately began lobbying against his statements. They began to put large sums of money into lobbying and campaign contributions. It was said that man cannot change the environment only God can. They said lead is natural in the environment and has always been there.
Note the similarity between the position of big oil on lead and your statement on climate.
Patterson ultimately dedicated his life to proving something that was already known, but he had to fight for years because the campaign by big oil had miseducated so many. He went all over the world measuring levels of lead in the environment. He found high levels of lead in the oceans and on the surface of ice at the North Pole. He started digging deeper into the ice and found that after the first few inches there was an immediate drop off in lead levels which was in direct conflict with the statements of GM's scientists. Big Oil even offered Patterson a position in their company to stop research into the issue.
We are here again, history repeats itself.
I would also ask you to look at the history: Galileo, Copernicus, Isaac Newton. Galileo was arrested and labeled a heretic because in his model Earth was not the center of the universe, Newton was told we cannot ever hope to know God's laws. It was said that man cannot cure diseases such as Polio because they are God's will or punishment, but we did.
We have the technology to kill every person on the planet with nuclear bombs. Why then, if we can do that, can we not change climate? What makes climate different from the advances in medicine, physics, and astronomy that have been made in the face of very similar claims?
I would ask you to remember who you represent. Though the oil and gas industry donated half of a million dollars to you, you represent the people of the USA. You have a duty to protect the future of our country.
I sincerely hope that you consider the information in my email and that you do additional research to ensure your position is the best one for our country, and our children's country.
The vast majority (over 90%) of scientists today believe the climate is changing and that mankind is the main cause. Prominent climate change deniers such as Richard Muller are changing sides. He was a director on a Koch-funded climate change project.
Three years ago I identified problems in previous climate studies that, in my mind, threw doubt on the very existence of global warming. Last year, following an intensive research effort involving a dozen scientists, I concluded that global warming was real and that the prior estimates of the rate of warming were correct. Im now going a step further: Humans are almost entirely the cause.
Best wishes,
digitaldurandal
Good afternoon Mr. Inhofe,
Did you know the reason why gasoline says unleaded next to it? It is because there used to be lead in gasoline. Lead was placed in gasoline in the 1920's as an antiknock agent. It was cheap and it was effective.
Today we know that lead is a poison to humans, it is a neurotoxin. Actually even the Romans knew that this was the case.
GM made Kettering, the scientist who found that lead was an excellent antiknock agent, an executive in their company. In 1965 Patterson began attempting to draw public attention to the problem of increasing lead levels in the environment and food chain.
Patterson was fought on all levels, GM and the Ethyl Corporation immediately began lobbying against his statements. They began to put large sums of money into lobbying and campaign contributions. It was said that man cannot change the environment only God can. They said lead is natural in the environment and has always been there.
Note the similarity between the position of big oil on lead and your statement on climate.
Patterson ultimately dedicated his life to proving something that was already known, but he had to fight for years because the campaign by big oil had miseducated so many. He went all over the world measuring levels of lead in the environment. He found high levels of lead in the oceans and on the surface of ice at the North Pole. He started digging deeper into the ice and found that after the first few inches there was an immediate drop off in lead levels which was in direct conflict with the statements of GM's scientists. Big Oil even offered Patterson a position in their company to stop research into the issue.
We are here again, history repeats itself.
I would also ask you to look at the history: Galileo, Copernicus, Isaac Newton. Galileo was arrested and labeled a heretic because in his model Earth was not the center of the universe, Newton was told we cannot ever hope to know God's laws. It was said that man cannot cure diseases such as Polio because they are God's will or punishment, but we did.
We have the technology to kill every person on the planet with nuclear bombs. Why then, if we can do that, can we not change climate? What makes climate different from the advances in medicine, physics, and astronomy that have been made in the face of very similar claims?
I would ask you to remember who you represent. Though the oil and gas industry donated half of a million dollars to you, you represent the people of the USA. You have a duty to protect the future of our country.
I sincerely hope that you consider the information in my email and that you do additional research to ensure your position is the best one for our country, and our children's country.
The vast majority (over 90%) of scientists today believe the climate is changing and that mankind is the main cause. Prominent climate change deniers such as Richard Muller are changing sides. He was a director on a Koch-funded climate change project.
Three years ago I identified problems in previous climate studies that, in my mind, threw doubt on the very existence of global warming. Last year, following an intensive research effort involving a dozen scientists, I concluded that global warming was real and that the prior estimates of the rate of warming were correct. Im now going a step further: Humans are almost entirely the cause.
Best wishes,
digitaldurandal
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