By Andy May
Steve Koonin is still undefeated!
The Steamboat Institute hosted a Campus Liberty Tour Oxford style debate at Cornell University on Mar 15, 2023. Drs. Steven Koonin and Robert Socolow debated the resolution:
“Climate science compels us to make large and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.”
The debate was moderated by Steamboat Institute Blankley Fellow Sarah Westwood. Koonin argued the negative, of course. Koonin’s opponent, Princeton Professor (emeritus) of engineering Robert Socolow, argued the affirmative.
In the pre-debate poll, 37% of the audience agreed with the proposition vs. 47% who opposed it. In the post-debate poll, 28% of the audience agreed vs. 66% who opposed. A 19% increase in the opposed.
See the debate here, the actual debate begins about 16 minutes into the video:
I’m not sure that the climate alarmists have ever won a debate, if they have, I don’t have a link to it. This is unsurprising when one considers that 60% of likely U.S. voters, including 47% who strongly agree, believe that “climate change” is a religion that isn’t about the climate at all. They believe that it is all about power and control of the public.
I think that the video link is broken. I may have found the debate at https://youtu.be/KtC3Pw41n5M Debate doesn’t really kick off until nearly 19:00 minutes.
No that isn’t it, that is the University of Maryland debate. The link is OK, once you get to the Steamboat Institute site, click on the red play button a little lower on the page and the debate will start. You have click on my site and then again on the steamboat site.
Got it. Start of the debate is very far into the video. Thanks