Progressives seized on idea of global warming because they saw it as a way to justify use of 'renewables' they'd been seeking since the '60's-Shellenberger and Nordhaus

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9/26/13, "Climate Skeptics Against Global Warming," Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, thebreakthrough.org

"Progressives seized on global warming as an existential threat to human civilization because they believed it justified a transition to the energy technologies – decentralized renewables – that they have wanted since the sixties."...(6 parags. from end)


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