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2000 'Ignorance' Of Greens Berated By Scientist
The Daily Telegraph reports that independent scientist James Lovelock, 81, who is revered by Green groups, has attacked them today for their stance on nuclear power and GM food. Lovelock, who is best known for his Gaia theory and the many environmental prizes he has won, said: "Too many Greens are not just ignorant of science, they hate science."He likens Greens to "some global over-anxious mother figure who is so concerned about small risks that she ignores the real dangers". He wished they "would grow up" and focus on the real problem: "How can we feed, house and clothe the abundant human race without destroying the habitats of other creatures? Is our distrust of nuclear power and genetically modified food soundly based?" he asks, saying that his disenchantment with the Green movement is similar to that of Patrick Moore, the veteran environmentalist who accused it of abandoning science. "He was a founder of Greenpeace, but like me has an Orwellian view of the environmental lobbies as they are today."
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