Nov 25, 2009 12
Climategate & You: The Real Estate Edition
The science is SETTLED, I say!
If you live in the United States, and rely solely on Pravda New York Times or similar for your news, you’re probably unaware of Climategate. Basically, the entire premise of the global warming/carbon footprint craze of the past few years turns out to be totally bogus. From the RealClearPolitics.com overview:
Global warming “skeptics” had unearthed evidence that scientists at the Hadley Climatic Research Unit at Britain’s University of East Anglia had cherry-picked data to manufacture a “hockey stick” graph showing a dramatic-but illusory-runaway warming trend in the late 20th century.
But now newer and much broader evidence has emerged that looks like it will break that scandal wide open. Pundits have already named it “Climategate.”
A hacker-or possibly a disillusioned insider-has gathered thousands of e-mails and data from the CRU and made them available on the Web. Officials at the CRU have verified the breach of their system and acknowledged that the e-mails appear to be genuine.
For even more damning evidence of a conspiracy to defraud the world, pervert the scientific process, and cover things up, check out this post from Australia. Because they still have, you know, “journalists” interested in investigative journalism there. One day, we might import some of these useful fellows from Australia to the United States….
While Climategate is a scandal of the first order, and all Americans (indeed, all humans) should care about it, as real estate people, we need to take a look at how Climategate will impact the industry.
