Paul Johnson Quotes


The idea that human beings have changed and are changing the basic climate system of the Earth through their industrial activities and burning of fossil fuels - the essence of the Greens' theory of global warming - has about as much basis in science as Marxism and Freudianism.


Citations

Johnson, Paul. "Current Events." Forbes, 11 Feb. 2008.

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He had been a vigerous global warming skeptic for some theoretical reasons having to do with how the theormometers measured temperature. He and his daughter put together a project to examine most of the data and make what he thought was a proper analysis. A significant part of his funding came from the ultra-conservative billionaire, Charles Koch who also funded the anti-global warming Heartland Institute. However, after Muller and his daughter finished their analysis, he surprised most and angered Koch, with this statement. The data had changed his mind.


What makes this quote particularly memorable is that Inhofe was actually the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and thus will go down in history.


Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson
  • Born: November 2, 1928
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Journalist, Popular Historian

Paul Bede Johnson CBE is an English journalist, popular historian, speechwriter, and author. Although associated with the political left in his early career, he is now a conservative popular historian.