Posted on 01/07/2011 6:10:38 AM PST by CedarDave
Former U.S. Sen. Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, a geologist and Apollo astronaut who bucks conventional theory on human-caused global warming, was named Thursday by Gov. Susana Martinez to head the state's Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department.
Schmitt, a Silver City native who was elected to the Senate in 1976 and defeated after one term by current officeholder Jeff Bingaman, is one of the last people to walk on the moon.
His appointment drew immediate fire from environmentalists. "We are disheartened to see the selection of a climate change denier," said Sandy Buffett, executive director of the Santa Fe-based Conservation Voters New Mexico.
Schmitt said he plans to balance management of the state's natural resources between economic growth and preservation. "I think New Mexico's been ill-served in the past few years and it's time to put us back on a track that not only creates jobs but makes sure that that legacy endowment of natural resources is preserved," Schmitt said.
Schmitt's outspoken stance on global warming — that the phenomenon is natural and not caused by human greenhouse gas emissions — could cause controversy. In a 2009 Journal interview, Schmitt said that global warming fears are a "political issue," not a scientific one.
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And I am sure the unions are upset too.
There have always been some great Republicans in NM. Unfortunately they have been badly abused by Dem dirty tactics for years. Thoroughly corrupt Dems there of every stripe.
And living in NM was my first exposure to “real” (open) Commies. Quite an education for an old West Texas farm boy.
One day we will round up these eco-terrorists...
LLS
Great news! Thanks for posting.
Life, liberty and the pursuit and destruction of totalitarians and their UNaccountable collectives.
He has said that "the CO2 scare is a red herring."[Is Global Warming Real? Climate debate heats up", [Fox Business Network interview by Stuart Varney, 22 December 2009]"global warming scare is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision-making," Schmitt said. [Ex-Astronaut: Global Warming Is Bunk, AP, 2/16/09]
Of the global warming debate, he said: "It's one of the few times you've seen a sizable portion of scientists who ought to be objective take a political position and it's coloring their objectivity." [Ex-Astronaut: Global Warming Is Bunk, AP, 2/16/09]
“I don’t think the human effect is significant compared to the natural effect,” said Schmitt [Former astronaut Harrison Schmitt calls global warming a 'political tool', by Tony Hake, 2/16/09]
“Contrary to categorical statements by many politicians and unfortunately some scientists, including some colleagues of mine, the science of climate change and its causes is not settled - at least not to this geologist,” said Shimitt [Astronaut Harrison Schmitt: Climate change alarmists 'intentionally mislead', by Tony Hake, 3/1/09]
Schmitt said, “No definitive evidence therefore exists to support the hypothesis that the industrial revolution has driven carbon dioxide levels up more rapidly than otherwise expected as a response to long term temperature increases. No evidence likewise exists AGAINST the conclusion that variations in solar heating remain the overwhelming dominate driver of climate change and weather.” [Astronaut Harrison Schmitt: Climate change alarmists 'intentionally mislead', by Tony Hake, 3/1/09]
Spoken by a diaper change denier?
Ex-astronaut Schmitt gets energy post (NM-global warming denier!)
“Man Caused” Global Warming is the biggest scam since Piltdown Man! The same East Anglia scientist who said in 2000 that winter snow would become a rarity in “a few years” is now saying the increased snow we are seeing in recent years is due to Global Warming. And by the way, the fact that they are now referring to it as “Climate Change” is no accident.
Former astronaut Harrison Schmitt, one of the last men to walk on the moon, has nothing good to say about President Barack Obama’s plan to all but ground the Constellation program, which calls for a return to the moon by 2020 and human landings on Mars by the middle of the century.Schmitt, who stayed on at NASA after the moon landings before serving as a Republican senator from New Mexico from 1977 to 1982, says there are two motives behind the president’s moves.
“The secondary motive is to make sure that we’ve canceled everything George Bush wanted to do, whether it’s the right thing to do or not,” says Schmitt, who served as chair in 2005-08 of the NASA Advisory Council, which oversees plans for America’s future in space. “The other thing is the Obama administration, including the president, is made up of people who do not really like what America has been. And our prowess in space is part of what America has been. And I think they would just as soon see us take a second- or third-rate status in that.”
So far the new Gov is putting her money where her mouth is. Please continue.
My kind of guy!
LLS
WOO HOO!Go Susana, Go!
I find the funniest part to be:
The Artsy Fartsy crown that populates Santa Fe is entirely dependent on people making purchases with DISCRETIONARY income.
With all this economic mess that Barry has caused with complicit help from Dirty Harry & Pelosi Airlines, I wonder just how much the art colony income has dropped in the past 3 years???
I find the funniest part to be:
The Artsy Fartsy crowd that populates Santa Fe is entirely dependent on people making purchases with DISCRETIONARY income.
With all this economic mess that Barry has caused with complicit help from Dirty Harry & Pelosi Airlines, I wonder just how much the art colony income has dropped in the past 3 years???
With all this economic mess that Barry has caused with complicit help from Dirty Harry & Pelosi Airlines, I wonder just how much the art colony income has dropped in the past 3 years???
I have it on good authority that the galleries
have not been able to pay their rent for
the past three years
I am loving our new governor more and more with each passing day.
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