Global Warming Censored
Networks Stifle Debate, Rely on Politicians, Rock Stars
and Men-on-the-Street for Science

 

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                           The Great Solar Energy Exchange

By Genevieve Ebel, Researcher

     Ordinarily, the news media would grumble about the environmental cost of shipping enough materials from around the world to construct 20 houses in Washington D.C. Not in this case.

     “You want to know the number one source of those greenhouse gases that leads to global warming? I’ll give you a hint, it’s not cars. It’s buildings,” declared CBS’s David Pogue on “Sunday Morning” Nov. 4, 2007.

     Pogue reported from the national mall, where 20 teams of students were gathered to compete in the 2007 “Solar Decathlon” for designing the best solar-powered house.

     “The 20 houses in this town don’t produce any pollution at all,” plugged Pogue.

     Pogue didn’t highlight the hypocrisy that the 20 houses were brought from all over the world in order to compete for energy-efficiency in categories from architecture to appliances.

     There was simply no mention of the amount of energy used to ship entire houses from as far away as Germany.

     But other costs of the Decathlon were obvious from the broadcast.

     “We’ve sacrificed just about every aspect of our lives: good grades, social life, sleep,” said one participant. When asked by Pogue the last time he had “eight solid hours of sleep” the participant replied that “it was about three months ago.”

     And what’s the prize money for winning the “energy-efficient” contest you might ask? There wasn’t any. After spending a half-million to $1 million on the houses, even the winners went home with a pat on the back for a job well done.
 

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