Hans Christian Anderson’s The Emperor’s New Clothes tells the apocryphal story of an emperor who was swindled by two weavers. They told him that his new clothes, made from their wonderful lightweight new fabric, would be invisible to incompetent people. It would be a good way to identify incompetents. With fanfare, the weavers supplied him…
Energy Advocate
The Energy Advocate
Fudging the Data It’s easier to doctor a “Before” picture than an “After” picture. Photograph a handsome guy with a beautiful head of hair, and call it “After.” Then mess up his hair, add some powder to dull it and change the color to gray, add a few gratuitous wrinkles to his face, and label…
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Call to action for a royal commission into the Science on CO2
Hi Everyone, Federal Parliament is beginning this week. Perhaps the biggest issue will be a carbon Tax so we need to be as active as we can be. One of the actions we want you to help with is to call for a royal commission and / or a realistic public debate on the Science…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT
The Week That Was October 16, 2010 Quote of the Week The principle of science, the definition, almost, is the following: The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific “truth.” –R.P. Feynman [H/t Arthur Robinson] This Week By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP).…
Candidates Corner
Candidate’s Corner
Enthusiasm and Energy By Keith Best If you missed it, you missed a lot. An extraordinary event occurred on Thursday evening October 14 at the Western Racquet Club in Elm Grove. It was billed as a fundraiser for Republican candidate for state senate, Leah Vukmir. But it morphed into something much greater. Both Congressman Paul…
Candidates Corner
Candidate’s Corner
Sebring’s Winning Strategy While the fourth Congressional district has been written off by both Republicans and Democrats as a Democrat win, candidate Dan Sebring has a strategy that just could pull off an upset. “ We are now flying under the radar. While that hurts us with fundraising, I think it keeps us within striking…