Exclusive: Taking the Bull out of Global Warming

Somebody call Al Gore, because the British found his crazy environmentalist uncle. Britain’s Lord Stern, the country’s climate czar, has some interesting solutions to the alleged global warming problem.

[Jimmy Carter takes a bunch of people on a completely unnecessary fossil-fueled trip to Istanbul, then brags about his brilliance in wearing a sweater in the 1970s]: Bridging the Generation Gap on Climate [Fraud] - NYTimes.com

ISTANBUL — Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 3-year-old granddaughter, Onalenna, was puzzled.

Her older cousin, Mungi, had just deflated a large, blow-up globe to demonstrate the imminent danger of climate change.
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[caption] Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu and their fellow Elders invited their grandchildren to join them this week to remind the world of the catastrophic risk of climate change to future generations.
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On Thursday, seeking to highlight the responsibility that older generations bear for climate change, members of the group traveled to Istanbul for a symbolic photo shoot accompanied by young relatives.
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“We should have long ago used recyclable energy,” said Archbishop Tutu, who danced on a lawn as he entertained his grandchildren before the cameras.

“If we had used solar energy or wind power, we wouldn’t have been in this predicament.”
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Mr. Carter recounted the story of his wearing a sweater during the energy crisis of the 1970s, an act that prompted mockery from critics, who accused him of ineffectiveness in the face of rising energy prices. But from the perspective of a new generation, wearing the sweater looked prescient, he said.

May '09: Dana Milbank - Jimmy Carter on Energy Security - washingtonpost.com

The man who tried 30 years ago to cure the nation's energy ills then went downstairs to a reminder of that failed effort: the 14-mile-per-gallon Chevy Suburban that was waiting for him.