tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post6575301533873634173..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: Why Peeps are Stupid and CrazyGail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-85623142352049044112011-11-14T08:58:07.386-05:002011-11-14T08:58:07.386-05:00Pedantry...No, only one real scientist has told me...Pedantry...No, only one real scientist has told me he agrees that ozone is killing trees, Dr. J.N.B. Bell of Imperial College. One other - Dr. Muir of Oregon State - has written that ozone is the underlying cause for tree death, but declined to answer my letters or return phone calls. Perhaps she is afraid of ridicule or job insecurity if she makes an issue of it. You can read about her course in the archives: http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2010/10/zawacki-is-verb-that-means-i-told-you.html<br /><br />As for the rest, many of them have optimism bias. They think ozone is obviously injurious, but not lethal.<br /><br />Denial is a big river.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-81387846184631914292011-11-14T06:16:24.806-05:002011-11-14T06:16:24.806-05:00"Imagine, it is more economical for the fuel ..."Imagine, it is more economical for the fuel companies to fund guys like the Cleaner, and lobbyists, and lawyers for lawsuits, and to bribe legislators and promise jobs to politically appointed agency employees, than it is to allow the EPA to regulate their emissions. Assuming industry is not irrational, that alone should tell you there are one of two possibilities here:<br /><br />1. To really clean up their emissions - to the point where they are safe for humans and plants - would be incredibly expensive and cut into their profits more that it costs them to fund the denial factory; or<br /><br />2. There just isn't any way to make their product - energy derived from burning fuel - safe."<br /><br />Worth repeating, I felt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-83088855647770192402011-11-14T06:01:52.077-05:002011-11-14T06:01:52.077-05:00"How can so many universities, government age..."How can so many universities, government agencies, and independent organizations be producing such a staggering volume of research about air pollution harming trees - and yet none of them are willing to acknowledge how acute the damage is?"<br /><br />Good question (quoted from above). Did you find an answer yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-45670847856755953212011-11-13T17:47:01.372-05:002011-11-13T17:47:01.372-05:0060 ft. white pine doesn't survive being a Chri...60 ft. white pine doesn't survive being a Christmas tree. Drought blamed.<br /><br />http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-holiday-guide/holiday-events/tree-breaks-before-topping-1224736.html<br /><br />catmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com