From a friend:

Lomborg did a great job attacking crisis mentality on Climate Change and Kyoto. Said all peer-reviewed cost-benefit studies suggest we should do very little re climate – “Vast frivolous projects like the Kyoto Protocol.”Chairman Bart Gordon did a vicious hit job on him in his introduction. Said while America takes great pride in freedom of speech, we have to separate science from opinion. Then said every credible organization has said Lomborg is basically wrong and dishonest. Danish Scientific Committee on Dishonesty, the NAS, Science, Nature, Scientific American, etc. Also said Lomborg believed “Jews weren’t singled out by Nazis.” Your opinion has been disputed on everything.

[That last insinuation is despicable. I can only presume it came from some ideologically-blinkered staffer reading this article, whose point is to show how despicable the argument is as used against Lomborg!]

Lomborg quietly responded “Thank you very much for your welcome here.”[Rep. Inslee] was even nastier if possible Said “You’re saying America is not capable of taking care of HIV, malaria and global warming all at the same time. But I am here to tell you you’re wrong. Maybe Denmark can’t do all those things at the same time, but America can.”Lomborg’s response was great. “If you say you can and will do all these things, why didn’t you do them in the past ten years?” Re Inslee and Gore, “If it’s so easy (costless) to reduce CO2, why did CO2 emissions rise 18% while Gore was VP?” “You not only didn’t do everything, you didn’t do either (anything)!!”
“If the costs are negligible, then just jump on it. If there are $50 bills just lying around, you would think someone would pick them up. That it wouldn’t be something you would have to regulate.” After Gordon’s initial ad hominen attack on Lomborg he left and only D who stayed was Inslee as chair. There were no other Ds at any time. About 9-12 Rs. Most of whom commented on fact that Ds had no interest in ideas or the truth. Only wanted to applaud Gore and then left. By far the two outstanding GOP stars who asked the most intelligent questions, asked for refutation of specific Gore points, and who seemed to understand what was going on, etc., were John Shadegg of AZ and John Shimkus of IL. Clearly they were both well-versed and had had some good staff work. (Shadegg also said the Ds must be afraid to hear what you’re saying and that’s why none of them are here.) Lomborg to Shadegg: re Gore freezing CO2 emissions, “You could do it but it wouldn’t accomplish anything.” Re then cutting C02 emisssions by 90%, “”I just think it is ludicrous and cost would be in excess of $85 trillion.” Sullivan of OK asked for two most outrageous Gorisms. Lomborg: “The 20 foot sea level rise is unbelievable — especially that he can get away with those things.” And “That it’s actually going to be costless and that we’ll actually make money doing it.” Sullivan — in 20 years will the world be a disaster? “No. Of course not.” Inslee became indignant that Lomborg was criticizing Gore, “You have constantly, repeatedly misrepresented what the Vice Preisdent of the United States has said.”Lomborg also stressed how Gore and others never discuss both sides of an issue. They go on and on about heat deaths and never mention cold deaths. Couple times he talked about how in UK everyone is still talking about 2,000 heat deaths from 2003 but don’t say a word about the 25,000 cold deaths that occur every year. Said of course there will be an increase in heat deaths, but there will be a vast decrease in cold deaths. Was also good and specific on malaria, hurricanes, and sea level. I’m sure he irritated Inslee and Gordon appearing suitless and shirtless and tieless, wearing his tight black muscle T-shirt.

A vastly important contribution to the debate we have to have. No wonder certain parties didn’t want to hear it.