Well after several months of absence from the world scene, Albert Gore Jr., great high mucky-muck and spiritual leader of the Universilist Church of Global Climate Change has emerged from his vision quest to address the surge of doubt in not only Anthropogenic Global Warming, but to Global Warming at all! His answer to the doubters: IS SO!
In a lengthy and rather self-serving Op-Ed to that bastion of objectivity the New York Times, Gore wants us to know that, despite the weather, that the climate is changing, although he "genuinely wish(s) that the climate crisis were an illusion".
He effectively states that climate change cannot be exemplified by observing the weather. It is a slow an inexorable process that is melting the ice caps, causing sea level rise, etc that are barely perceptible to casual human observation. Unfortunately later, he refutes his own thesis by stating that hurricanes are getting worse, droughts are getting longer and that the rate of species extinction is accelerating. He even attributes the recent snow and blizzards in the northeast United States and the UK as PROOF of Global Warming even as he discounts weather observation as a fair method of evaluating Global Climate.
If that isn't playing both sides of the weather fence, I don't know what is!
I will give him credit for admitting that SOME of the IPCC's conclusions in their 2007 paper on Global Climate Change were "flawed". Of course if you believe Mr. Gore or read the US reporting on "Climategate" you would think that a few "flaws" had been blown out of proportion. In order to get the real picture, I would recommend the papers from the UK, particularly the "Daily Mail" and the "London Telegraph".
Follow this link for the latest on Climategate: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/7332803/A-perfect-storm-is-brewing-for-the-IPCC.html
Unreported by himself or the US media is the fact that Mr. Gore has made an obscene amount of money from selling "carbon offsets" to carbon producers. Effectively a promise to plant trees and invest in carbon neutral technology. After Mr. Gore takes a nice slice for "facilitating" these efforts of course. Could we call this a vested interest in the demand for climate change action.
I will just mention in passing Mr. Gore's obscene 10,000 square foot mansion that consumes an average of $1,400 per month in electricity bills, all the while claiming to live a "carbon neutral" lifestyle.
OK, so I'm a bit worked up about this. Call me a Global Warming skeptic, or a "denier" as the "warmists" like to call us.
My response is simple:
Y2K
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