Dr. Knut Löschke, a physicist who conducted research until 1986, founded PC-Ware AG, and then turned it into a European IT company before leaving in 2009, had some harsh words about climate science and policy in an interview with the magazine Smart Investor.

Dr. Löschke:

"What is happening with regards to the climate hypothesis today is that profound and far-reaching conclusions are being based on pure suspicions. That's a religion, and not a science. There are also many other well-founded hypotheses on climate dynamics that allow completely other conclusions to be drawn. But strangely, they are being massively suppressed - simply because they don't accommodate the political concept of rescuing the planet. That's propaganda, manipulation, suppression of the freedom of expression and demagoguery. As 'an educated citizen of former communist East Germany', I'm experiencing grand déjà-vu."

Today Löschke is also honorary professor at the Leipzig Technical University, a member of the supervisory board of the Deutsche Bahn AG (German Railway) and a board member of Softline AG.  In the interview with Smart Investor he added:

"Rescuing the climate - which is absolute nonsense – and the discussion about energy systems and energy policy, which is absolutely necessary, are unfortunately all getting thrown into one pot and mixed into a formless slop. Moreover, environmental protection is getting lumped with 'climate protection', which in turn is only harming the correct idea of environmental protection. Not only does the German Railway (Deutsche Bundesbahn) have to preoccupy itself with the topic of energy, but so do many other large energy consumers. Not in relation to "climate", but in relation to economics and environmental protection."

 

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