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I keep wondering how to counter all these lies. Does anyone know if this is true, as he says about himself "It was for me, even with my scientific and engineering background and having been a former space shuttle engineer, NASA consultant, White House advisor on space science and national space policy..." I wonder if we can prove that these people are telling lies then that may begin to turn the tide in our favour as regards public opinion. The latest poll I saw three quarters of Britons didn't believe in anthropogenic global warming Chris Mark Levene wrote: > Forumers, > > esp. those of you interested in the denialist 'assault'. This below > is one individual who has crept onto my incoming (unsolicited) emails. > I hardly bother myself but it's the sort of stuff which is currently > circulating - and which George, Alastair, Brian, Jonathan et al. > may want to know of and keep under further scrutiny...! > > If not so, simply delete! > > cheers, > mark > ---------- > *From: *peter salonius <[log in to unmask]> > *Date: *Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:30:20 +0000 > *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject: *WARNING TO SEC re: Climate Investment Vehicles & a call > for Obama admin. dismissals > > > To: Canadian Legislators, Parliamentarians, civil servants who advise > on or research matters connected with climate, and News Media people > > The following letter to the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and > Exchange Commission relates to the ³probability of violations of SEC > regulations² and ³potentially serious likelihood of high risks to > investors surrounding matters related to climate change investment and > trading instruments.² > > > > As the author, John L. Casey, states ³Recognized scientists and world > leaders have already labeled man made global warming/climate change by > terms such as ²scam,² ³hoax,² or ³fraud.² --- based on the the > increasingly well known existence of the relationship beteen > multi-decadal solar activity and climate change on the Earth; to read > about this Casey's take on this relationship and his view that the > Earth will cool (not warm) for the foreseeable future, CLICK ON*/_ RC > Theory_/* paper at: > > > > * * _http://www.spaceandscience.net/id16.html_ > > > > where you will find access to: > > > > The RC Theory: SSRC Research Report 1-2008 > > Researchers Who Predict Solar Hibernation or Climate Change to Cold Era > > _NASA's Long Range Solar Forecast Through 2022 and Dramatic Slowdown > of Sun's Activity_ > > Researchers Who Also Discovered the Bi-Centennial/deVries/Suess Cycle > > Researchers Who Also Discovered the Centennial/Gleissberg Cycle > > Researchers Who Discovered Both Bi-Centennial and Centennial Cycles > > Researchers Who Also Showed Correlation Between Solar Activity and > Earth's Temps/Climate > > > > > > Peter Salonius > > 522 Route 8 HWY > > Durham Bridge > > New Brunswick > > E6C 1K5 Canada > > Email [log in to unmask] > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > *John L. Caseyıs letter, copied from: * > _http://www.spaceandscience.net/id16.html_ * starts here:* > > > > Space and Science Research Center > > Verity Management Services, Inc. > > 4700 Millenia Blvd. Ste. 175 > > Orlando, FL 32839 > > Tel: 407-835-3635 Fax: 407-210-3901 > > _www.spaceandscience.net_ > > Mary L. Schapiro > > Chairman > > Securities and Exchange Commission > > 100 F Street, NE > > Washington, D.C. 20549 > > > > March 19, 2009 > > > > SUBJECT: Risks to Companies and Investors from Climate Change > Instruments. > > > > Dear Chairman Schapiro, > > > > Please accept my best wishes for your appointment as the Chairman of > the Securities and Exchange Commission. Clearly, the challenges before > you are unprecedented in US history and demand that we all contribute > in our own way to the stabilization of the economy and to the success > of the SEC in its regulation of the securities markets. You certainly > have my support to that end. > > > > Doubtless also, the financial scandals that have contributed to our > countryıs current economic troubles could have been mitigated early on > if people who knew of irregularities had spoken to authorities sooner. > It is in that light that I bring to your attention a potentially > serious likelihood of high risks to investors surrounding matters > related to climate change investment and trading instruments. > Specifically, I am writing you to advise of what I believe is the > probability of violations of SEC regulations and other laws and the > likelihood of substantial investor losses that may result from the > dealing in climate control instruments. These instruments are known > also as OEemission allowancesı or OEcap and tradeı programs and > permits, or other trading platforms and investment vehicles designed > to control man made greenhouse gas emissions and their supposed > effects of the Earthıs climate. The attached press release and letter > to President Obama contain additional relevant facts behind this > allegation. Both documents are accessible at the web site for the > Space and Science Research Center (a division of Verity). > _www.spaceandscience.net_. See SSRC Press Release 2-2009. > > > > In essence, a large and ever more vocal percentage of scientists > around the globe, believe that the science behind the supposed man > made global warming/climate change theory is deeply flawed, is more a > tool of politics than science, and is unreliable as a means for > climate change forecasting. Recognized scientists and world leaders > have already labeled man made global warming/climate change by terms > such as ²scam,² ³hoax,² or ³fraud.² The current President of the > European Union has called man made global warming a ³S(badS(valueless > theory.² Climate models that have been produced by the United Nations > Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN-IPCC) and others have > shown poor correlation of man made influences to past or present > climate periods. Their previous projections for our climate future > this century forecasting ever increasing global temperatures caused by > CO2 growth have strayed widely from their original estimates. In fact, > just the opposite is taking place; the Earth has gotten colder! These > sources, in ignoring the dominant role the Sun plays in our climate, > have completely missed the recent dramatic drop in the Earthıs > temperature and the now confirmed long term trend toward lower global > temperatures. They have also been discredited and surprised by the > recent start of the next climate change to a long cold era and what I > call a ³solar hibernation.² This hibernation is a period of greatly > reduced activity on the part of the Sun which records show, is a > certain indicator of a coming, bitterly cold era on Earth. Therefore, > these inaccurate, obsolete, if not disproved man driven climate > concepts, should no longer be used as primary methods for government > policy development much less as the basis for creation of > sophisticated trading platforms or investment instruments. > > > > These facts may come as surprising revelations. It was for me, even > with my scientific and engineering background and having been a former > space shuttle engineer, NASA consultant, White House advisor on space > science and national space policy, and for the last ten years a > believer that man had some ability to affect the Earthıs climate. But, > after studying the full range of factors behind climate change, I > realized I was never given the full story by the government, the > mainstream media, or by the UN, and that many Americans like me had > been intentionally misled about the causes of climate change. > > > > The bottom line is this. There is substantial new science and solid > evidence to show that the global warming period of the past twenty > years (caused primarily by the Sun) has now ended, that the effect of > CO2 on the climate is minor at most, and that the Sun is the primary > influencing factor behind climate changes on Earth and not mankind. > The concept of man having the ability to affect the long term climate > change cycles of the Earth, regardless whether others believe it is a > fraud, is nonetheless a theory that is just plain wrong. It simply is > a highly unreliable tool to predict to how the Earthıs climate > changes. It has failed to demonstrate cause and effect for the Earthıs > climate; past, present, and now in our future with the next climate > change. On the other hand I believe that those who ignore and or > continue to cover up the truth about the Sunıs activity and the Sunıs > influence on the Earthıs climate are engaging in a blatant deception. > > As a result, any organization that is using man made global > warming/climate change as its basis for trading in climate control > instruments or otherwise attempting to extract money from the American > people in an effort to control the Earthıs climate must be regarded as > engaging in business that carries substantial risk from both a legal > and investment perspective. With these facts in mind, one can > reasonably conclude: > > > > 1. Publicly traded companies who deal in instruments designed to > control carbon/CO2 emissions for the purpose of climate control may be > committing violations of SEC regulations and/or other US laws. > > > 2. Individuals who knowingly construct and trade in speculative, > high risk carbon and CO2 or other climate control instruments may be > subject to penalties and sanctions as required by SEC regulations > and/or other US laws. > > > > 3. Without full disclosure of the risks involved, trading in any > climate control instruments may now or at some point in the near > future, be in violation of securities regulations or other laws and > could result in major losses to investors. At the very least, these > instruments, if issued, should be accompanied by a listing of their > inherent high risks. The following are recommended warnings submitted > for your consideration as part of the fair disclosure of risks that > companies and investors may face in dealing in climate control > instruments: > > > > a. The underlying science behind man-made global warming and > climate change has not been proven and in fact fails to account for > historical and present climate change patterns. > > > b. Global warming per se no longer exists. > > > > c. The Earth has entered a period of deep cold weather that may > last several decades and could be the coldest weather in over 200 years. > > > > d. These climate control instruments must therefore be regarded > as speculative and of the highest risk. > > > > e. Those individuals and companies investing in climate > regulating programs should be both OEaccreditedı and demonstrate > OEsufficientı knowledge of the various causes and effects of climate > change, and otherwise able to withstand a complete loss of their > capital placed in greenhouse gas controlling or related trading and > investment instruments. > > > > f. That US government offices or any organization involved in > accounting for or otherwise anticipating benefit from such speculative > climate control instruments should understand that the estimated > revenues or benefits from these speculative programs cannot be > guaranteed to any extent. > > > 4. There is reason to believe that even if such instruments were > allowed, that they might become worthless in short order as the > worldıs investment community comes to the obvious realization that the > world is getting much colder and that such instruments and programs > may have no material impact on climate change in any case. For anyone > to deal in what they have been told or suspect are now or may become > OEworthless securitiesı may be in violation of SEC regulations and > other US laws. > > > > 5. Corporations and market makers who begin trading in these > risky instruments may become subject to a wide range of litigation by > shareholders and/or the public or independent oversight agencies. > Organizations that recommend participation in or rate these risky > climate change instruments without proper evaluation and disclosure to > investors may be placing their organizations in legal jeopardy. > > > > The general public is growing in its recognition of the complete and > accurate story of global climate change regardless of the heavily > biased man centered version it has been force-fed over the years. The > public has as a result, become increasingly skeptical of man made > climate change. A Gallup poll released this past week showed a growing > and all time high rating of 41% of Americans who thought manıs > influence on climate change was exaggerated. Imagine what that > percentage would be once they are told the full story. Further, what > would that percentage be when they realize they have been purposefully > misled about the causes of climate change? It is just a matter of time > before they have the whole truth, at which time these proposed CO2 and > other climate control instruments and programs may well collapse for > lack of basic credibility and core value, resulting in major losses > for those who had invested in them. > > > > Given the difficult period our economy is in now, and the astounding > losses seen by investors on Wall Street in the past two years, I > believe it would be ill-advised to recommend that investors, > companies, and taxpayers put any portion of their remaining capital > into these climate control mechanisms that carry significant risk with > a potential for loss of all invested funds. > > This letter does not ask the SEC to make a ruling on the science > behind climate change just like it does not do so on securities > currently widely traded that are heavily dependent on sophisticated > science and engineering concepts. I do respectfully request, though, > that the SEC take a lead role in the protection of investors who may > be exposed via publicly traded companies who are or will soon be > dealing in such questionable, highly speculative, and extremely risky > instruments. > > > > The administration of President Barack Obama has just issued the 2010 > budget. Many features of the budget and its economic stimulus portions > are sorely needed by our economy. We all need the President to help > turn the economy around. Some elements of the budget in environmental > and energy areas may actually be necessary, if not expanded to help > combat the coming cold era. As currently written however, elements of > the budget that involve man made global warming and climate change > control may cause much harm to the economy and our people as specified > above and in the attached press release and letter to the President. > It is a tragic irony that $646 billion in climate change revenue is > planned in the 2010 budget based on stopping global warming, a > naturally occurring climate phase that has already ended, while on the > other hand, not one dollar has been programmed to prepare our country > for the dangerous cold that is rapidly advancing toward us. > > > > It is still my hope that the President will be correctly advised by > his cabinet about the complete set of causes and effects surrounding > climate change. In particular, he needs to be told about the historic, > if not ominous change now taking place in the Sun. Perhaps then, he > will agree with the judgment of a host of scientists world wide that a > reversal in his climate change policies must be made and soon. > > > > In the meantime, I strongly urge your independent action as Chairman > of the Securities and Exchange Commission by taking these important > steps: > > > > 1. Immediately halt all trading in climate control instruments > (including carbon or CO2 instruments) by firms under your oversight > responsibilities. > > > > 2. Initiate an independent, apolitical and objective review of the > suitability of climate control instruments for the general investment > community. > > > > 3. Regardless of a review, immediately put in place the maximum set of > measures to protect investors by insuring they have received proper > disclosure of all the risks involved in climate control instruments. > > > > 4. Extend these protective measures to all US states and federal > government programs which also involve trading in climate control > instruments. > > > > A copy of this letter is being forwarded to key US government and > business leaders, including US Attorney General Eric Holder and the > attorneys general of all US states, for their information and action > as appropriate. > > > Sincerely, > > John L. Casey > > President, Verity Management Services, Inc. > > Director, Space and Science Research Center > > > > *John L. Caseyıs letter ends here* > > *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* > > > John L. Casey, in a Press Release (SSRC 5-2009) issued July 13, 2009, > that can also be found at: > > > > _http://www.spaceandscience.net/id16.html_* > * > * > * > ----called for the dismissal of President Obamaıs Science Advisor, > John Holdren, and NOAA Administrator, Jane Lubchenko on the grounds > that they signed off on a government report,*/_ Global Climate Change > Impacts in the United States_/*, which Casey says was ³a piece of > blatant, politically motivated bad science and pure propaganda > intended to reinforce the ³big lie² that global warming is still a > threat to the planet.² > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > IM on the go with Messenger on your phone. Try now. > <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712960>