date: Thu Aug 5 17:47:59 1999 from: Mike Hulme subject: Re: FW: Warming Sceptics to: Philip Eden Philip, Yes, these sorts of interviews are always unsatisfactory. I know nothing about Abrams or his company, but I know he is not alone!! There are a number of documents like the one you mention around, but of course the skeptics will always shift ground so nothing provides the definitive knock-down argument. The difficulty is we could spend all our time doing this and not advance the science any further. A bit like the GM anarchists who destroy the fields of crops which are being tested to find out just whether or not there *is* a risk from GMOs - it's self-defeating in the end. Regards, Mike At 10:51 04/08/99 +0100, you wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Philip Eden >> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 10:13 AM >> To: 'mike.hulme@uea.ac.uk' >> Subject: Warming Sceptics >> >> Mike >> >> Thanks for taking part in the Global Warming thing yesterday >> morning. I'm sorry the treatment is always so superficial on >> these occasions, but that I suppose is the level of the public >> debate. >> >> Nevertheless, the item did bring one sceptic out of the >> woodwork. >> >> The gentleman concerned is called Bernard Abrams, his >> company is called Environmental Monitoring and Analysis >> and he is based in Cheltenham. >> >> Have you come across him? If you know where he's coming >> from, any vested interests, etc, I would be very grateful ... >> indeed, I would be interested in any list of sceptics you >> may have. >> >> Do you have, or have you ever thought of producing, a >> rebuttal document outlining in simple terms the fallacies >> in the various arguments that the sceptics use? I'm sure >> weather forecasters, specialists journalists, etc, would >> be very grateful to lay their hands on something like that. >> >> Best wishes >> Philip Eden >> Radio 5-Live >