Jordan Harp: Combating the spread of green hysteria

Usually when delusional people start saying crazy things, they are kept marginalized and fail to receive the attention they so desperately want because rational people realize the irrationality of their ideas and refuse to have anything to do with them. There is the small group of people who buy into the crazy idea, but the rest of the population generally ignores them.

Such has not been the case with global warming alarmism. When I say alarmism, I mean the underwater cities, category 20 hurricanes and general all out destruction that comes with these Gore-esque visions. Last week on his show David Letterman went on a long winded rant saying that we are all "dead meat" and "screwed" before bringing on fellow alarmist and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman promoting his new book about the subject.

So are we "screwed?" Are we in fact "dead meat?"

The Earth did show a warming trend beginning in 1980, but three of the four widely used sources for global temperature data show temperatures have remained steady for the past decade. The one source that shows an increase in average temperature in the past decade is NASA's Goddard Institute, which is headed by James Hansen, science advisor to Al Gore and the original alarmist. Hansen has staked his entire reputation on this along with Gore, so a wise person would be wary of data he has influence over...