Energy and Sustainability - A Minority Report


BY TODD TRAUB Contributing Writer


Steve Goreham still wants you to recycle


and to shut off lights you might not be using. He’s not anti-conservation or advising


people to turn a blind eye to pollution. He admits as much as anyone, and more so than many, that human wastefulness and carelessness can harm the environment. But when it comes to the subject of


man-made global warming, Goreham becomes sort of a reverse Chicken Little, racing from speaking engagement to speaking engagement trying to convince people that the sky is not falling — or overheating — as a direct result of human activity. “I’m afraid we’re in the middle of


the biggest misconception in scientific history,” said Goreham, fresh off a speaking engagement at the Nebraska Trucking Association’s annual management conference. A published author — Goreham’s third


book on the man-made global warming controversy is set to drop — and sought-after speaker, Goreham believes the concept began with faulty conclusions and everything, from massive media coverage to a billion dollar climatism industry, stems from that. “It’s quite a paradox if you would,” Goreham said. “Quite a situation. I’ve tried to bring a little sense to it.” It has admittedly been an uphill challenge. Goreham feels he his tilting at a range of powerful and entrenched forces, from a research industry that thrives on funding to world and business leaders who


are sold on man-made global warming theory. Understandably, Goreham is more


popular with the corporations and industries — those often saddled with regulations designed to fight emissions and reduce carbon footprints — who feel they are in the minority when compared to the Fortune 500 companies, world leaders, academics and media who have accepted man-made global warming as a fact. “When I speak to groups in trucking,


utilities, everything ... I find people tell me, ‘You’re talking to the choir,’” Goreham said. While his business is to speak about


perceived misconceptions on climate to corporations and companies, his Nebraska appearance was Goreham’s first before a trucking group. He said he enjoyed the experience — trading phone numbers,


Steve Goreham


manufacturing and engineering, with 24 spent at Motorola, Goreham learned what it meant to comply with regulations and laws during his career. He rose to become head one of the largest divisions at Panduit — the global maker of infrastructure equipment


“When I speak to groups in trucking, utilities, everything … I find people tell me, ‘You’re talking to the choir.’”


making new friends, learning of the industry’s concerns and priorities and the role it plays in the nation’s economy. “I think I have a new appreciation for


truckers and what they do,” Goreham said. A 30-year veteran of electronics


supporting power, communications, computing, control and security systems — before finding himself out in the cold and struggling to find commensurate work during the economic downturn of 2008.


Continues NEBRASKA TRUCKER — ISSUE 5, 2016 — www.nebtrucking.com 9


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