Flashback: UN Scientist: African Nations Rebelling at ‘measures to use climate change to maintain colonialist master-servant relationship’
Guest essay by Professor Dr. William J.R. Alexander, Emeritus of the Department of Civil and Biosystems Engineering at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, and a former member of the United Nations Scientific and Technical Committee on Natural Disasters. Dr. Alexander is featured on page 181 of the 2009 U.S. Senate Report of More Than 700 Dissenting Scientists on Man-Made Global Warming Claims. The below essay is a reprint of Dr. Alexander’s submission to CCNet’s Benny Peiser.
THE RETURN OF COLONIALISM
By Dr. Will Alexander
There has been mounting resistance of African countries to what they perceive to be measures to use climate change to maintain the colonialist master-servant relationship. They perceive that climate change is intended to suppress the rise to economic competitiveness of the African nations.
Africa is fragmented as a result of historical colonialism. The African countries may find it difficult to speak with one voice but the underlying feeling is very clear. No African country will dare to impose restrictions which they perceive to be limitations on their development imposed by the Western nations. These are two examples that occurred during the past week.
The Libyan who was jailed because of his role in the Lockerbie disaster was released on health grounds. He received a hero’s welcome when he returned to Libya. A South African woman athlete won the 800 m event in record time at the international athletics function in Berlin. She was immediately humiliated when the organizers publicly announced that she would undergo femininity tests. South
Africans were outraged by the publicity and claimed that this was a racist reaction. She will receive a hero’s welcome when she returns to South Africa.
SUPPRESSION OF THE FACTS
There are two important facts that are deliberately suppressed by climate alarmists. The first is that nearly all African countries are net absorbers of carbon dioxide. This far outweighs their emissions. They should be entitled to financial benefits, not penalties.
The second is within my personal sphere of knowledge. It is the Secretary General’s erroneous statement that if we fail to act, climate change will intensify droughts and floods, and that water shortages will affect hundreds of millions of people. This statement is demonstrably false. Since the establishment of the IPCC in 1988, there has not been a single loss of life in sub continental Africa due to floods that can be provably attributed to climate …
Study ‘using sophisticated computer climate models’ links drought with rising emissions
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MIT study: Heavier rainstorms ahead: ‘Climate change to yield more extreme rainfall’
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Study: No Increase in Flooding Due to Global Warming
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Poll: 70% of Americans Don’t Blame Global Warming for Extreme Weather
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(As Plausible as Obama’s G8 Pledge to limit Earth’s Temps): ‘Naked Girls plow parched fields in a bid to embarrass weather gods to bring badly needed monsoon rain’
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La Cosa Climate: Commerce Sec. Warns: Americans Need ‘To Pay’ Or Face Mother Nature’s Wrath — Pay up or face ‘floods, droughts and rising sea levels’
[Climate Depot Editor’s Note: Obama’s Commerce Sec. Gary Locke would have us believe that Mother Nature is running a mob-like operation. Americans need to pay up or else! Pay hard-earned dollars to the government or face “floods, droughts and rising sea levels.”
It appears Sec. Locke is attempting to serve as a climate henchman, offering Americans a deal they can’t refuse — pay up or you face climate induced bodily harm and loss of property. Sec. Locke has also joined others in the “Climate Astrology” movement. (see: G8 Leaders embrace ‘climate astrology’ – Trying to control Earth’s thermostat is ‘madness of our age’ – July 10, 2009 and Congressional Weather-Makers: ‘Climate Astrologer’ Boxer warns of ‘droughts, floods, fires, loss of species’ — if Senate fails to pass climate bill – July 11, 2009 and see Related Links below)
Americans are now being told they can save Earth by paying for Chinese emissions? See: WSJ: Commerce Secretary: Americans ‘Need to Pay’ for Chinese Emissions – July 17, 2009
Sadly, this is simply more misguided policies based on embarrassing scientific claims from this Administration.]
Commerce Sec.: Americans ‘should be required to pay for carbon content’ of imports to help avoid climate ‘catastrophe’ – Reuters – July 17, 2009
Reuters Excerpt: To address the serious threat of global warming, Americans should be required to “pay” for the carbon content of goods they consume from countries around the world, a top U.S. official said on Friday. “It’s important that those who consume the products being made all around the world to the benefit of America — and it’s our own consumption activity that’s causing the emission of greenhouse gases, then quite frankly Americans need to pay for that,” Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Locke spoke to the business group after meetings this week with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and other officials on how the two countries could work together to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming. Unless China, the United States and other countries begin to reduce output of the heat-trapping gases, the world faces a “catastrophe” in the form of more frequent floods, droughts and rising sea levels, Locke said. For complete article go here. [End Article Excerpt.] Also see: WSJ: Commerce Secretary: Americans ‘Need to Pay’ for Chinese Emissions – July 17, 2009
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