21 junho 2015

Philippe de Larminat

 Pope Francis was about to take a major step backing the science behind ­human-driven global warming, and Philippe de Larminat was determined to change his mind.
A French doubter who authored a book arguing that solar activity — not greenhouse gases — was driving global warming, de Larminat sought a spot at a climate summit in April sponsored by the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Nobel laureates would be there. So would U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. economist Jeffrey Sachs and others calling for dramatic steps to curb carbon emissions.
After securing a high-level meeting at the Vatican, he was told that, space permitting, he could join. He bought a plane ticket from Paris to Rome. But five days before the April 28 summit, de Larminat said, he received an e-mail saying there was no space left. It came after other scientists — as well as the powerful Vatican bureaucrat in charge of the academy — insisted he had no business being there.
“They did not want to hear an off note,” de Larminat said.

2 comentários:

Anónimo disse...

Portanto, os negacionistas tem variantes. Afinal há aquecimento, mas este devém do solinho q tem andado com uma actividade maior.
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Até pode ser isso. Mais uma razão para reduzir os gases com efeito de estufa. Temos de ir mais além. Se o sol anda mais activo temos de contrariar os efeitos reduzindo os gases com coiso de estufa.
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Rb

Harry Lime disse...

Passar 4 dias em Roma sem fazer nenhum não me parece uma grande punição.

É verdade que o senhor teve de pagar o bilhete de avião mas citando o grande João Cesar das Neves (também catolico!): não há almoços gratis. (se bem que haja muito bons restaurantes em Roma)

Rui Silva