A Cold Look at Warming Mixes Pep and Despair
di Stephen Holden The New York Times
Here is an idea worth pondering from “Everything’s Cool,” a breezy polemic about the politics of global warming: The fossil fuel industry doesn’t care who wins or loses the debate about the reality of global warming, as long as the public continues to feel that it is debatable.
To put it differently, doubt means delay. On television, where every issue is presumed to have two sides, shills from the fossil fuel industry glibly dispute the overwhelming scientific evidence for global warming. Casual viewers can thus reassure themselves that they don’t have to worry about climate change. [...]
di Stephen Holden, articolo completo (4168 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 23 Novembre 2007
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