Balance in the eye of the beholder in climate change debate

[Minchin's alleged] failure to understand the science becomes clear with his choice of experts. They range from self-proclaimed ''rocket-scientist'' David Evans and his wife, Joanne Codling (stage name Joanne Nova ), who run a blog from their home in Perth, to Republican attack-dog Marc Morano, whose website climatedepot.com regularly smears climate scientists and publishes their email addresses, whereupon his readers then follow up with a barrage of emails including death threats. I know because I have been on the receiving end.

Only one of Nick's champions is a climate scientist, Professor Richard Lindzen, renowned for having spent more than 20 years trying, and repeatedly failing, to find errors in the theory of human-induced climate change...(try googling ''James Hansen fraud'' for a journey into the weird and ugly world of the climate denier)...When the Arctic becomes ice-free in summer, probably by mid-century and possibly much earlier, no amount of political posturing will turn the sea back into ice.

Unlike in politics, there really is one true answer to questions of science, and it is the aim of scientists to elucidate that truth.

Scientists are uneasy about the exercise in ''balance'' that this documentary represents, but I believe that if your aim were to expose the weakness of Nick's side, giving him 50 per cent (or more) of the airtime is not necessarily a bad thing.

Things I wish I had said yesterday | ScottishSceptic

The other good evidence of cold stress is the number of witch trials and temperature.

As solar panels proliferate, so do clashes between neighbors over aesthetics, ‘solar rights’ | JunkScience.com

The government wants you to install solar panels at your house, and will even give you a tax break to do it. But your neighbors? Maybe not.

EPA Selects New Science Adviser | JunkScience.com

The US EPA has a science advisor? For what?

Oh, looking at his CV, Gaia worship and NRDC

Postal Service + Wind Farm + Electric Vehicles – What could possibly go wrong? | Watts Up With That?

I would not have believed this had I not seen this come from this idiot’s Senator’s mouth. Take the three most inefficient and subsidized things in government today, add them together, and there’s no way that spells SUCCESS. It does spell FAIL though.