“Debunking the mythmakers: Plimer, climate deniers and the coal industry”
Prof David Karoly, Univ of Melbourne
1pm, Monday 25 May 2009, Joe Nap Room B, 2nd Floor, Union House, Univ. of Melbourne.
Climate change deniers have been exposed yet some, like Ian Plimer, continue to write books. Humanity gains nothing from these lies, but a tiny minority of rich fossil-fuel entrepreneurs in the coal industry will benefit.
The federal government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the Federal Budget also benefit coal.
At University of Melbourne we believe we could be leading the nation with renewable energy research and technology, but we are being dragged back into the fossilised past with an ongoing commitment to the false promise of cleansing coal.
The Environment Department of UoM Student Union will host this important forum to discuss climate change, myths and coal. Plenty of time to ask questions of David Karoly and discuss the issues.
David Karoly is an Australian scientist and a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 2 and a member of the faculty of the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne.
Contact environment@union.unimelb.edu.au Judy McVey 0418 347 374
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2 Comments
A 65yr old PhD Metallurgist friend of mine believes Ian Plimer has the evidence to back his denial of manmade CO2 as the major cause of climate change. Why is this evidence faulty and where does one find the evidence to support the argument put forward by Prof Karoly? I would love to put my friend straight on this.
Bill
You will find a comprehensive review of Plimer’s book by a Melbourne colleague Professor Ian Enting, here http://www.complex.org.au/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=91
I doubt there could be a more thorough analysis.