On Jul 15, 5:06*pm, Peter Muehlbauer
wrote:
Alastair wrote:
I take it that you are aware that in addition to his major contribution
to solid state physics Fredrick Sietz was the original denier for hire
with RJ Reynolds to help them keep the suckers smoking tobacco and dying
of cancer for as long as possible. His methods still work.

He pioneered the technique of creating doubt in the public mind to
prevent them making rational decisions based on scientific evidence.

You can take anything he says with a very large pinch of salt.

Yes, there is a full account of Sietz's career as a propogandist he
The American Denial of Global Warming
http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=13459

But I don't suppose Herr Muehlbauer has an attention span great enough
to watch that video through to the end :-(

Thanks for the usual *yawn* denunciations and a link to a video.
For this you'll be included in Al Bore's prayers for sure.
Britons... *shaking head* ...

--
"No study to date has positively attributed all or part (of the
climate change obvserved to date) to anthropogenic (manmade) causes."

[IPCC report, censored paragraph]

It wasn't a denunciation. It was a challenge. But as I suspected, it
is well beyond your capabilities.

Or perhaps it is not, and you just prefer to bury your head in the
sand rather than face up to the truth. What you are repeating is just
a bit of spin, invented by an out of work tobacco industry lobbyist.

Cheers, Alastair.