Absurd claims of alarm

Absurd claims of alarm - Perspectives - The Press

The 2001 IPCC report claimed that the last century showed unusual warming based on the infamous "hockey-stick" graph, which was later proved fraudulent by Canadian mathematicians Ross McKitrick and Stephen McKintyre.

The 2007 IPCC report downplayed the effects of solar variability on climate, implying the Sun's massive influence is easily overpowered by minuscule artificial adjustments to a minor natural gas. This is a laughable proposition, yet it is considered sufficient reason on its own to bring about huge economic change affecting the lives of billions of people.

However, as the science behind anthropogenic global warming unravels and the politics based on it becomes untenable, the issue morphs into other hobgoblins: global warming morphs into "climate change" and climate change morphs into "sustainability".

The carbon cult will ultimately fade into obscurity and become a joke, but the costs and taxes imposed to combat the imagined menace will remain.

Meanwhile, the outspoken alarmists who so espoused this carbon-based religion will fade away or stealthily change their tune to sustainability, as though that had been the issue all along.

"A lie told often enough becomes truth," as Vladimir Lenin said.