From: "Chris Zaharias" <Date: June 13, 2006 4:24:15 PM PDT
To: <Subject: FW: [Info] Chris
Zaharias
Incredible, same experience as you with you
discussion forum postings.
This is a reaction to the anti-'Inconvenient
Truth' campaign I've been
running.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Zaharias
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:23 AM
To: 'Subject: RE: [Info] Chris Zaharias
Hi Eric,
Two children ages 7 & 9 with a third on the
way and plans to have a
fourth, married for 10 years, and I care enough
about the truth to have
spent $5K of my own money over the last 24 months
running social and
politically-themed paid search campaigns to do
nothing other than get
out my own viewpoints - it's that simple. Never
have taken a dime of
anyone else's money for this, never will, and
despite your blind
condemnation I care very, very, very much about
the future. It just so
happens, though, that I'm more worried about the
damage that
[predominantly Western] societal self-loathing
can do when it starts to
blame itself for problems it couldn't have
foreseen and/or have nothing
to do with human activity.
Explain to me why I'm getting a 5%
click-through-rate on my ads on the
topic of 'Inconvenient Truth' and global warming?
2.2% is industry
average. Is it because everyone is shocked that
I'm saying what I'm
saying and has morbid curiosity, or is it because
I'm facilitating
exploration for the huge, latent question mark in
society's head around
what we're all being told by the media is the
fait accompli of
anthropogenic global warming? Whether you choose to agree with
me or
not, it is the latter.
If you disagree with me, put your own hard-earned
money where your mouth
is and run your own paid search campaigns
espousing your own viewpoints.
If everyone did that we'd have a much richer
discussion and one that
doesn't result in Inquisition-like effigy burning
of those who dare to
question the notion that humans caused global
warming.
And what's more, your reaction to my campaign is
far more frightening to
me and my children's possible future than global
warming ever would be.
Our society is bifurcating right now and there is
less and less
willingness to listen to other viewpoints and
debate rationally.
*That's* our biggest issue, half-educated people
being raised to think
what their teachers teach them in university is
God's truth and never to
be questioned. Don't think for a second that I
would be doing what I'm
doing if I thought global warming was caused by
humans and could be
mitigated by humans. But for me, my decision is
to recognize the
overwhelming inconclusiveness of the data, the
overwhelming certainty
that there's nothing we *could* do anyways, and
keep people from getting
so wound up about global warming that they become
unwitting accomplices
in the dismantling of our free market, capitalist
system which has led
us out of global war and misery and into the best
period in the history
of mankind.
My realization is that a free market is the best
way to deal with global
warming. Since the utterly flawed Kyoto accords,
guess which country's
CO2 emissions growth has slowed the most? France?
No. Germany? No. UK?
No.
U.S.? You got it, and guess why? Rising energy
costs are leading
industry to become more efficient, rising energy
company profits are
allowing for investment into more efficient
energy production, and an
economy free to morph where the action is is
abandoning manufacturing
and moving into CO2 emission-free industries like
software, internet and
services.
I'll listen to what you and others have to say
about global warming, and
I hope for all of our sake that people like you
will question their own
thought process just enough to keep America what
it is - a society of
free thinkers.
Chris Zaharias
-----Original Message-----
Vlugt
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:56 PM
To: info [eFrontier List]
Subject: [Info] Chris Zaharias
Judging from his "convenient" rant, obviously no
children, not married,
doesn't much care about truth, anyone, anything
(other than taking money
from lobbyists I suppose)? Who is this sad
sack?
Chris Zaharias
* *Age:* 37
* *Gender:* male
* *Astrological Sign:* Aquarius
* *Zodiac Year:* Monkey
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