Join us for a conference with the theme ‘Best Science, Winning Energy Policies’ at the Trump International Hotel.
How about 'Unclear on the concept, Cognitive Dissonance to the Max'?
Grokking Republicans: Cognitive Dissonance
Yes, they have all of the symptoms, starting with the fever.
The Heartland Institute, globally considered the leading [group]think tank promoting skepticism of the theory there is a human-caused climate crisis, is [not, as it turns out] hosting its 13th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-13) on July 25, 2019, in Washington, DC. The one-day conference, held at the Trump International Hotel, will include three keynote sessions and four breakout panels.
The conference will feature the courageous men and women who spoke the truth about climate change during the height of the global warming scare. Now, many of them are advising the new administration or joining it in senior positions. (Some of them are among the more than 200 speakers at Heartland’s previous 12 conferences.)
Admission: $129, includes all meals and sessions.
Climate realists have established, beyond a reasonable doubt, the human impact on climate is likely very small and beneficial, not harmful. Realists have proven that most scientists now share this opinion, except those who have made careers out of finding a human impact and exaggerating it. [That is, all of us.]
Speakers at ICCC-13 will summarize the best available climate science and recommend which policy changes are needed for America to lead a post-alarmist world in climate realism. The conference will also feature timely, in-depth, expert discussions about the “Green New Deal” and the benefits of ending the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels [Fools].
The original book that inspired this and other paintings is also excellent. The Ship of Fools
The concept makes up the framework of the 15th-century book Ship of Fools (1494) by Sebastian Brant, which served as the inspiration for Hieronymus Bosch's painting, Ship of Fools: a ship—an entire fleet at first—sets off from Basel, bound for the Paradise of Fools. In it, Brant conceives Saint Grobian, whom he imagines to be the patron saint of vulgar and coarse people. In literary and artistic compositions of the 15th and 16th centuries, the cultural motif of the ship of fools also served to parody the "ark of salvation", as the Catholic Church was styled.[citation needed]
Confirmed speakers:
- Dominik Kolorz, chairman of the board of the Śląsko-Dąbrowski Region of Polish Solidarity;
The Solidarity-Heartland statement adds that “neither organisation opposes
the goal of clean air nor supports the elimination of coal from the world’s energy portfolio” and calls on “an end to the war on science and scientists by powerful state-backed forces”.
- Myron Ebell, head of the Cooler Heads Coalition and Trump’s EPA transition team;
Myron Ebell is director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the
Competitive Enterprise Institute. Ebell also chairs the Cooler Heads
Coalition, which comprises representatives from more than two dozen
non-profit organizations based in the United States and abroad that
challenge global warming alarmism and oppose energy rationing policies.
- David Legates, Ph.D., climatologist at the University of Delaware;
Legates and [Willie Soon] have authored numerous papers together, including a controversial 2007 “polar bear study” that was partially funded by Koch
Industries. Legates was the co-author on four of the 11 papers that Soon
received fossil fuel funding for – and failed to disclose in the paper. [24], [25]
Legates maintains affiliations with numerous conservative think tanks that
oppose climate change regulation or are skeptical of man-made global
warming, including the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) where he
has been an “Adjunct Scholar” and “Environmental Expert.” [11], [12]
- Roy Spencer, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Huntsville;
Spencer is an advisor to the Cornwall Alliance, formerly the Interfaith
Steward Alliance (ISA), an evangelical Christian group that claims
environmentalism is “one of the greatest threats to society and the church
today.” [2], [3], [4]
According to “Global Warming 101,” a section of Spencer's website, “the
extra carbon dioxide we pump into the atmosphere is not enough to cause the observed warming in the last 100 years.”
- Kevin Dayaratna, Ph.D., of The Heritage Foundation Center for Data Analysis
September 25, 2018
Heritage Foundation Senior Statistician Kevin Dayaratna testified before the Oregon Joint Interim Committee on Carbon Reduction on the economic and climate impacts of proposed carbon regulations being considered by the Oregon State Legislature. [79]
Video of the meeting is available at the Oregon State Legislature’s website.
Dayaratna asserted a proposed cap and trade policy would result in the
elimination of thousands of jobs and have little to no effect on the
climate.
He responded to questioning about the apparent links between climate change and extreme weather events as “myths propagated by the mainstream media.” [79]
At CDA, Dayaratna instituted the Heritage Energy Model, derived from the
Energy Information Administration’s National Energy Modeling System, to
quantify and help policymakers understand the long-term economic effects
of energy policy proposals. In addition to energy modeling, Dayaratna also
works on modeling and forecasting the effects of various tax policies.
“'Saving US Coal' has been created to be the vehicle for turning the tide
for the full acceptance of coal in the US energy market by undertaking a
campaign to repeal CO2 Endangerment at EPA. That requires a compelling EPA
filing, of course, one that proves the benign and beneficial nature of more CO2 in the air based on the incredible work that Craig Idso has carried on
for his Dad, Sherwood Idso and mentor, Sylvan Wittwer. However, it also
requires creation of a coal coalition, like the Climate council quoted
above, and the make-up of that coalition can be learned from coal’s past,”
Palmer wrote. [97]
- Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D., of the American Enterprise Institute;
Benjamin Zycher is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), and former
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He formerly worked as a senior
economist at the RAND Corporation. [1]
He is also a former adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute where he appears
to have done work on tobacco issues. Zycher was a member of the editorial
advisory board of the Cato Institute's Regulation publication in the 1990s. [2], [3]
As SourceWatch has documented, Zycher was “erratically involved in the cash-for-comments network run for the Tobacco Institute.” The network was
operated by James Savarese through his company Ogilvy & Mather PR. [4]
“Ben Zycher was one of their later recruits, and his role was mainly to
provide help in convincing other economist that the ultra-libertarian
version of free-market economics applied to the health industries, and that cigarettes should not be regulated in any special way. […] He appears to
have shifted to the Cato Institute which also did contract tobacco industry lobbying work,” SourceWatch reported. [4]
In recent years, Bezdek has been very vocal in his opposition to new U.S.
regulations on greenhouse gas emissions and argues that excessive amounts of C02 are good for the planet and that the scientfic consensus on climate
change is a “manufactured myth.”
On June 1, 2015, Bezdek testified on behalf of the coal company Peabody
Energy at a Minnesota Public Utilities Commission hearing, where he went on the record stating that:
“CO2 is not harmful and is actually good for the planet…”
“The federal SCC [social costs of carbon] estimates do not adequately
consider the benefits of fossil fuels and CO2 emission.”
“In reality, the 'scientific consensus' is a manufactured myth…”
“… there is no convincing evidence that anthropogenic global warming (AGW) will produce catastrophic climate changes.”
And now we close the circle. On the WUWT home page today:
Chinese virus: a pox on the experts #coronavirus
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley
It’s déjà vu all over again, and, frankly, nostalgia ain’t what it used to
be. On the climate question, the totalitarians told us we must believe, just believe the experts. As a hard-headed British engineer once defined it:
“Expert: x, an unknown quantity; spurt, a drip under pressure.”