Greenpeace released a press release on July 15 which stated, "As permanent ice decreases, we are looking at ice-free summers in the Arctic as early as 2030."
Global warming, caused by exhaling (inhaling is okay), would rid the arctic of ice in about 20 years, they explained.
Except...well...maybe their Apocalyptic prediction was...I don't know...probably wrong.
Gerd Leipold, the retiring leader of Greenpeace, said, “I don’t think it will be melting by 2030. … That may have been a mistake."
It took a hard-hitting and educated journalist on BBC's "Hardtalk" Program to get the truth, but darn it, wouldn't you know it, a journalist can find the truth when they want it.
The BBC reporter points out: the Greenland Ice Shield is 1.6 MILLION square kilometers, with 3 km thick in the middle, and has been around through many periods of history warmer than now.
How does Mr. Greenpeace respond, by explaining how he and Greenpeace have had to "emotionalizing issues" and are not ashamed of emotionalizing. Um, what about fact?
My hat is off to BBC reporter Stephen Sackur. He wouldn't relent until Mr. Greenpeace admitted they released alarmist information not based on fact. Now...if we could get him to interview Algore.
Curtsy to Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney from www.noteviljustwrong.com, via Big Hollywood
3 comments:
wow, amazing confession... I'm sure Greenpeace would've preferred he had taken that one to the grave! Has this story gotten much airtime besides Fox?
hi tara
your article in its entirety basically proves the confusion:
ice free arctics are totally different to the melting of the Greenland ice-sheet which is as thick and huge as you say. Given the major retreat of Arctic sea ice in summer 2007, an ice-free Arctic by 2030 is possible, but no way to the greenland ice which is too big.
The BBC journo confused claims on 2 different things.
Thanks for the info Ben. That's very possible. Though I don't understand why Gerd Leipold didn't refute it. But perhaps he was simply confused, too.
Thank goodness, however, water does freeze again. It isn't a one time gig. And with the earth now cooling, we can all go out and hug an iceberg.
I appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to comment.
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