Greenwar

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  1. Marco1
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    Marco1 Senior Member

    Heliogenic Climate Change
    The Sun, not a harmless essential trace gas, drives climate change

    Misanthropic Greenpeace
    without comments

    “In 1995, Greenpeace attacked Shell Oil, claiming the company was going to dump tons of oil and toxic wastes in the ocean, by sinking an obsolete North Sea oil production platform as an artificial reef. A year later, after raking in millions in contributions and free publicity, the Warriors admitted they’d known all along there had been no oil or chemicals on the platform.

    A few years later, the Rainbow Warriors were caught diverting funds raised for tax-exempt educational purposes into non-exempt, and sometimes illegal, lobbyist and activist programs. Donors got charitable deductions, and Greenpeace got more millions to stage protests against drilling, manufacturing and free trade; lobby Congress and EPA; and vandalize crops and corporate facilities.

    The IRS sent Greenpeace a strong reprimand, demanding that it cease its money laundering, but again no real penalties. Canada, by contrast, refused to recognize the Greenpeace Environmental Foundation as a charity, saying its activities provided no discernable benefits to the public and, in fact, could send families “into poverty.”

    But back in the USA, former EPA Administrator-turned-Climate-Czar Carol Browner and other federal agency heads continue to fork over large sums of taxpayer money to Greenpeace and similar eco-activists, to subsidize their anti-corporate, global warming, “sustainable” energy and regulatory thumbscrew campaigns. Meanwhile, the taxpayers are precluded from writing off contributions to congressional candidates who might support long overdue investigations, reforms and penalties. The truly odious ethical violations, however, involve activities that directly damage the livelihoods and lives of innocent people, particularly in impoverished countries.

    In Britain, France and elsewhere, Greenpeace vandals have destroyed bio-engineered crops, wiping out millions of dollars in research to develop food plants that require fewer pesticides, are more nutritious, reduce dangerous mold toxins, withstand floods and droughts, and increase crop yields. The people who would benefit most from this research are the poorest, most malnourished on Earth. They could improve their lives, simply by planting different, better corn, cotton or soybean seeds. …

    Worldwide, 1.5 billion people still don’t have electricity for lights, refrigerators, stoves, schools, shops, hospitals and factories that would bring health, opportunity and prosperity. Yet Greenpeace continues to battle hydrocarbon, hydroelectric and nuclear power, telling people they should be content with solar panels or wind turbines that provide intermittent, insufficient energy – and guarantee sustained poverty.” “Unethical Greenpeace actions threaten the livelihoods and lives of millions“
     
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  2. Leo Lazauskas
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    They sure can be a tetchy bunch.

    I have had a long interest in whacky wind turbines because they are very interesting from an aerodynamic aspect.

    Several years ago I posted a comment on a group that the turbines were very efficient, and might be appropriate for some applications, but they were probably not competitive with the standard prop type of turbine for generating electricity. I received several emails accusing me of being anti-green and anti-environment. That hurt my mathematical feelings and made me stare at my shoes for a very long time. :)

    All the best,
    Leo.
     

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  3. happy_red
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    Silly me, thought this was a boat design site!
    Agree with every point, though. Greenpeace lost its way decades ago. Still nothing to do with boat design although Rainbow Warrior made a great reef!
     

  4. hoytedow
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    hoytedow Carbon Based Life Form

    How much oil did Rainbow Warrior leak into the environment when it went down? How much oil went into the environment when Watson scuttled those ships?
     
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