» Global Warming, the Next Chapter in Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds - Big Government

As MacKay explained way back when, idiotic crazes such as global warming hysteria are nothing new. Throughout history, societies have fallen prey to similarly idiotic – yes I’ll say it again – Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. The book covers witch-burning, dueling, alchemy, the tulip mania, and much more. To these – one more time – Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, a future edition is sure to add a chapter on global warming hysteria.

Climate of uncertainty hits staffers - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times

Three multimillion-dollar public awareness campaigns have been canned in the past year because the Federal Government cannot decide what its climate change [hoax] message should be.

Adding to the chaos reigning in the Climate Change Department since its creation in December 2007, mixed signals over the campaigns have not only wasted public money but also left staff confused and frustrated.

Carbon trading on backburner | Courier Mail

THE Rudd Government has transferred its entire emissions trading team into the strife-prone household insulation program, putting plans for carbon trading this year on the backburner.

The team of 154, which has been costing taxpayers an average of $370,000 each planning for the non-existent emissions trading scheme, will be put to work on sorting out the problems with the $2.45 billion home insulation program that left four people dead and has been implicated in 120 house fires up to March 24.

With a budget of $57 million this financial year alone, the emissions team works for an agency that is little more than a name – the Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority – until legislation to create an emissions trading scheme passes Federal Parliament.

We pay $57m for climate change phantoms | The Daily Telegraph

The Sunday Telegraph has reviewed dozens of contracts let by the department relating to the fitout of the yet-to-be-built building in Canberra and publicity campaigns.

Among them are $22,000 for six coffee machines, $22,000 for 120 stackable chairs and $35,000 for stand-alone air conditioners - the least energy-efficient cooling units on the market.

Hiring for the "phantom agency" - as it has been dubbed by the Opposition - is continuing, with plans to take staffing to 300 by the end of next year, according to Department of Climate Change deputy secretary Geoff Leeper.