July 13, 2009

More on Holdren - it is not just 1977

Check out this entry at the excellent Discover The Networks:
JOHN HOLDREN
  • Professor of Environmental Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
  • Has repeatedly warned that some form of eco-catastrophe is likely to occur
  • Views capitalism as an economic system that is inherently harmful to the natural environment
  • Opposed the Reagan administration�s military buildup, warning that it would likely �increase the belligerency of the Soviet government�
  • Longtime anti-nuclear activist
  • Was named (in December 2008) by President-elect Barack Obama to be Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
John P. Holdren is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He also serves as Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at Harvard�s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
A bit more:
In 1977 Holdren and Ehrlich quantified their anti-capitalist philosophy in a mathematical equation, I=PAT, where a negative environmental impact (I) was the product of such undesirable factors as population growth (P), increasing affluence (A), and improving technology (T). In an effort to minimize environmental damage, they prescribed �organized evasive action: population control, limitation of material consumption, redistribution of wealth, transitions to technologies that are environmentally and socially less disruptive than today�s, and movement toward some kind of world government.�
A bogus equation working with bogus data... Some more of his Scientification:
In 2006 Holdren suggested that as a result of global warming, sea levels worldwide could rise by 13 feet by the end of the 21st century. A subsequent estimate by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change placed the figure at 13 inches.
Too long ago? How about last year:
In the October 2008 issue of Scientific American, Holdren wrote: �The ongoing disruption of the Earth's climate by man-made greenhouse gases is already well beyond dangerous and is careening toward completely unmanageable.� �Carbon dioxide (CO2),� he added, �is the most important of civilization's emissions and the most difficult to reduce. About 80 percent comes from burning coal, oil and natural gas; most of the rest comes from deforestation in the tropics.�
The idea that a mouth-breathing idiot like this could have the President's ear is beyond reproach. Holdren would not recognize good science if it bit him on his ass... Posted by DaveH at July 13, 2009 9:04 PM
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