Social engineering and the dark side of the American Left

Consider, for example, the widespread assumption that the state has the vocation to act as a supra steward of the human race. In January, James Hansen of NASA (known as the “father” of the global warming movement), told the Guardian that Obama “has only four years to save the earth.” Hansen painted a chilling picture of the apocalyptic future awaiting us if government failed to assert drastic measures like the “carbon tax.”

It is not hard to see the continuity Hansen’s remarks have with the eugenics politics of the last century. In both cases, the underlying premise is that the state holds the future of the human race in its reigns, and unless significant freedom is surrendered over to them, irresponsible individualism will destroy our chances – or our children’s chances - on this planet.

Climate change: no Eden, no apocalypse - Mike Hulme - 07 September 2009 - New Scientist

Rather than placing ourselves in a "fight against climate change" we should use the idea of climate change to rethink and renegotiate our wider social and political goals.

Four years after my pleading essay, climate [scam] art is hot | Bill McKibben - Art in a changing climate | Grist

My point four years ago was that we needed art to help build a general consciousness about climate change, the greatest problem we’ve ever faced.

France Mulls CO2 Taxes on Citizens - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

That could mean substantial increases in the price of gasoline and diesel, as well as a sizable jump in the cost of keeping homes warm.

But skeptics say the idea may have less to do with clean energy, and more to do with a desire on the part of Mr. Sarkozy’s government to find new ways to keep the national debt in check.