For those who’ve wondered where policy originates, here’s a story of a very expensive environmental initiative in California, placed there by an ‘expert’ with a PhD in Statistics, who’s studied the public health consequences of diesel exhaust, and concluded that draconian measures need to be taken to clean up the exhaust from diesel engines that we’ve been living with for decades (yo Savage, are you listening?).
Anyone who is familiar with diesel technology knows that in the 1990s, diesel injection technology was revolutionized with the development of electronic high-pressure injection. Ever noticed that you rarely see the big clouds of black smoke that were once common from diesel engines? That’s the main reason why.
So it’s not as if this is an area where there’s been no progress. Regardless, environmentalists still think diesels are icky (even though they get better mileage than their beloved hybrids), and want to turn the screws on them. So how to you build a case for action when there isn’t one? The same way environmentalists do everything: they fake it.
The “expert” has a PhD in applied statistics from Thornhill University. Where is Thornhill University, you ask? Good question. The internet doesn’t know. From the first link, it seems to be registered to Israeli Avrohom Mondrowitz, who according to Haaretz:
As far as the Israel Police know, Mondrowitz is currently devoting most of his energy, in the many leisure hours at his disposal, to the Internet. There he gratifies his deviant inclinations by watching clips of sadistic activity and pedophilic material. In his remaining time he makes a living by issuing bogus academic degrees to all comers, particularly to students from the Third World. He has emblems and logos from various universities, as well as seals, examples of signatures and registration forms. He refers most of the students to Thornhill University, in London, which grants degrees by correspondence and has a branch in Brooklyn.
Eek. This is where our environmental policy is coming from. And the problem is broader than California, because several other states have adopted California’s emissions standards, so whenever California’s Assembly adopts a new law, it’s automatically adopted in these other states, such as Washington.
We’re being ruled by crooks, charlatans, fanatics, and fools.
Hat tip: Mrs. Robinson
Tags: California, Education
