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by Cory Nichols
Perspectives from where the air is clear
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by Cory Nichols
Climate Cover-Up
by James Hoggan
Worth reading if you want to understand how vested interests have hijacked all discussions about 1) whether climate change exists, and 2) the human industrialized role in that change, and 3) whether there is much disagreement between scientists about the causes of climate change, and 4) whether we can/should do anything about it.
This review is from Greystone Books:
An insider's view of how the energy industry has fuelled a bogus controversy about climate change.
This book rips the lid off the campaign to discredit scientists, confuse journalists, and deny climate change. The tactics have been slick, but PR expert James Hoggan and investigative journalist Richard Littlemore have compiled a readable, accessible guidebook through the muck. Beginning with leaked memos from the coal industry, the oil industry and the tobacco-sponsored lie-about-science industry, the authors expose the plans to "debunk" global warming; they track the execution of those plans; and they illuminate the results—confusion, inaction, and an epidemic of public mistrust.
Climate Cover-Up names names, identifying bogus experts who are actually paid lobbyists and flaks. The authors reveal the PR techniques used to misinform, to mangle the language, and to intimidate the media into maintaining a phony climate change debate. Exposing the seedy origins of that debate, this book will leave you fuming at the extent, the effect, and the ethical affront of the climate cover-up.
We've all seen them. Riding along the streets, almost without effort. That menace to the established order. E-bikes.
The online publication Electrik posted a partly tongue-in-cheek essay about the "menace of e-bikes".
Electric bikes are a menace. They go almost as fast as a car (if the car is parking), they’re whisper quiet (which makes them impossible to hear over the podcast playing in your headphones), and worst of all, they’re increasingly ridden by teenagers.
By now, we’ve all seen the headlines. Cities are cracking down. Lawmakers are holding emergency hearings. Parents are demanding bans. “Something must be done,” they cry at local city council meetings before driving back home in 5,000 lb SUVs.
And it’s true – some e-bike riders don’t follow the rules. Some ride too fast. Some are inexperienced. These are real problems that deserve real solutions. But if you think electric bikes are the biggest threat on our roads, just wait until you hear about the slightly more common, slightly more deadly vehicle we’ve been quietly tolerating for the last hundred years.
They’re called cars. And unlike e-bikes, they actually kill people. A lot of people. Over 40,000 people die in car crashes in the US every year. Thousands more are permanently injured. Entire neighborhoods are carved up by high-speed traffic. Kids can’t walk to school safely. But don’t worry – someone saw a teenager run a stop sign on an e-bike, so the real crisis must be those darn batteries on two wheels.
The REAL menaces on our streets are cars, specifically large, heavy cars, distracted drivers, speeding drivers, lack of bike lanes, lack of decent shoulders on roads and simply too much traffic - car and truck traffic. Bikes are one solution to most of those menaces.
This popped up on my anti-social media feed today. Worth a read.
Has SK's Premier Scott Moe attached himself to Alberta's talk of separation?
Is Saskatchewan a "have not" province?
This article has some definite opinions: (This is the FB link - text is copied below, just in case....)
by James Lee
The following is reproduced from a social media post. Note the original author, Robin Kers.