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© Brian Vad Mathiesen
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and give an appearance of solidity to pure wind

© Ida Soer Johannessen

Politicians have already been mentioned, and I feel an urge to make a comment on this slide. Denmark got a right wing government in 2001 - it was climate sceptical, supported Bjørn Lomborg and retarded the expansion of wind power in Denmark.
And it is still so! Anders Fogh Rasmussen's over night conversion from black to green was just pure wind - this government is perfectly mastering Orwell's newspeak. And although Denmark is a tiny country, Lomborg is influential, and by retarding the actions agaist global warming, he might end up with killing more people than idealistic characters like Hitler, Stalin and Mao.
Finn's website Tech Stuff Future Climate  p.36 of 41
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