The conference here in NYC kicked off last night with tremendous credibility. Vaclav Klaus of the EU and Czech Republic, and Richard Lindzen of MIT spoke as dinner keynotes. Klaus is standing alone in Europe on this issue, but made the point, significantly, that only 11% of the population in the Czech Republic are willing to pour essentially billions into the political causes raised by alarmists. Klaus was also very clear, as was Lindzen, in pointing out that this is a political and not a scientific issue.
This morning’s events were inaugurated by Hon. Tom McClintock of CA, explaining the devastating human and economic (they are one and the same, by the way) effects of California’s own environmental policies, compounding the already significantly antagonistic and negative federal policies. No wonder California is aggressively advertising itself as a destination?to live in, not just to visit?in TV and other ads these days–it’s experiencing significant ’emmigration’ as those who have been living there and now know better move out of CA and into other states. In other words, as McClintock noted, one-way rentals of U-Hauls exiting CA far exceed (by a large multiple) those headed into the state. McClintock was somewhat more optimistic that Klaus on the possibility of a turnaround of public awareness of the climate-disaster scams, but clearly these is a lot of work to do.
This morning’s other breakfast speaker was Lawrence Solomon of “Our Green Friends,” who brings a different and valuable perspective to the climate policy discussion.
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It’s a full slate here for the next two days.
