What can only be called a fundamentalist wing has developed within the global warming movement. One attribute of fundamentalism is a focus–and for some, an hysterical obsession–with end-of-the-world fear mongering, as in the warning just issued by “Nobel Laureates” that the dangers of climate change are as dire as those of a nuclear war between the Soviet and the United States. From the St. James Palace Memorandum issued at the St. James’ Nobel Laureate Symposium, May 26-28, 2009:
The solutions to the extraordinary environmental, economic and human crises of this century will not be found in the political arena alone. Stimulated by the manifesto of Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein, the first Pugwash gathering of 1957 united scientists of all political persuasions to discuss the threat posed to civilization by the advent of thermonuclear weapons. Global climate change represents a threat of similar proportions, and should be addressed in a similar manner.
Really? A nuclear war could literally have destroyed all but the most rudimentary life on the planet. The earth has been much warmer before than now, and life thrived.
The theme of the document is “the fierce urgency of now,” so every time the word “now” appears, it is underlined, as in:
We must recognize the fierce urgency of now…A zero carbon economy is an ultimate necessity and must be seriously explored now…A long-term commitment under the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is now urgently required.
Since hysteria is the watchword of the day, why didn’t they just write the whole thing in capital letters?
This isn’t science, it is ideology, scientism run amok, that undermines science. Not surprisingly, the shebang was hosted by Prince Charles–long live the queen! (Was Al Gore part of the preparation of this screed? It sure emits his sweaty pheromones.) No wonder an increasing number of people are growing more skeptical of the threat and proposed solution to the “crisis.”
June 3rd, 2009 | 10:06 pm
They say the bigger the lie the more believable it will be. It is interesting to watch the hysteria grow among fundamentalists, while more and more people are onto the hoax of global warming.
However, there’s a certain horror in the unfolding saga. That is, our President buys into the fundamentalism, and with COLA, cap-and-trade or some other onerous carbon tax, and other regulation he’s about to do real damage to the economy. Because of the complicity of the media in diverting blame from him, it may take people a long time to discover exactly why their gasoline and electric bills will have doubled.
June 4th, 2009 | 12:45 am
Joe Devet: Thanks for dropping by. Here’s the thing with true fundamentalism: It is all about faith. Facts don’t matter.
June 4th, 2009 | 9:33 am
I thought co2 was plant food…..and last I checked
don’t we exhale co2 ? How then can one
rationally propose a carbon free environment ?
June 4th, 2009 | 1:39 pm
Pardon me please for picking at nits, but I believe the proposal was a zero carbon economy. Mind you, that is not saying anything as to the rationality of the proposal, just that the proposal is about carbon trade-offs… i.e. you breathe out CO2, the plants breathe it in, and you may do absolutely nothing else that would produce CO2 unless that output were mitigated by something such as a plant to breathe it in. Heavy breathing would be a sin, especially in connection with coital activity.
June 4th, 2009 | 7:10 pm
Wesley, I honestly believe that if they had true faith then God’s Facts would matter and He could help U.S. if we ask with a sincere heart but then again that’s only my opinion! :) Peace
June 4th, 2009 | 8:52 pm
Global warming is the creationism of the ruling class;
it is environmentalist creationism, in contrast to the more familiar biblicist kind. For the roots of environmentalist religion in nature religion, see Merold Westphal, _God, Guilt, and Death_, chapter 10: your job is to fit into nature naturally. Disturb nature, and you die. Westphal surveys the ancient versions; modern versions abound.
June 8th, 2009 | 8:06 pm
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