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Wednesday April 13, 2011 11:10 by Jack McCarthy - Jack McCarthy mccarth.jack at gmail dot com
Why the Irish public continue to reject scientific consensus on man-made climate-change. Feelings of doubt and confusion are rampant in the Irish public regarding the reality of man-made climate-change. It seems that we don’t know who or what to believe. “It’s a conspiracy” some say, “the scientists just want more money” say others, “there’s always a panic about something”. I do not suggest for a second that the population of Ireland have been convinced of this standpoint, oh no, we have simply chosen to believe it. We have made this decision despite the weight of evidence and consensus that strongly enforces the contrary. We have chosen not to believe in man-made climate-change because, to a convenience loving, consumption driven, energy-guzzling individual in 21st century Ireland, it is by far the easier conclusion to draw. |
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Jump To Comment: 1Your zeal has a messianic flavour - a characteristic that should always give pause. Would that the world were so simple.
The following is the conclusion of an article by Dennis Rancourt, a Canadian PhD who knows more than most about the consequences of rigorous intellectual honesty in academia, having experienced a fate similar so say Norman Finkelstein (Zionism) Steven Jones (911) and Arpad Puztai (GM foods). His 'progressive' credentials are gold-plated in other words and he doesn't give a toss for mendacious 'authority' in any of its guises. It is replete with solid unwelcome (to AGW evangelists) references and repays reading in full (follow the link). My only substantive criticism is that it makes scant reference to the Establishment preferred 'solution' namely carbon trading - a derivatives scam that is set fair to dwarf all it's antecedents in sheer monetary size. Anything that is promoted so vigorously by the capitalist crooks of Wall Street and the City of London really ought to give anyone pause IOW. For that reason alone some serious skepticism is called for.
The article is titled "On the gargantuan lie of climate change science" and it concludes thus:
Climate change “science” is part of just another screw-the-brown-people scam :
Environmental scientists and government agencies get funding to study and monitor problems that do not threaten corporate and financial interests. It is therefore no surprise that they would attack continental-scale devastation from resource extraction via the CO2 back door. The main drawback with this strategy is that you cannot control a hungry monster by asking it not to shit as much. ... All in all, the best way to not pollute and destroy the environment is to not pollute and destroy the environment. The best way to not exploit others is to not exploit others.
Or is the societal goal to use the fabricated sanitized problem of CO2 in order to mask the real problems and to shield us from our responsibilities as influential First Worlders? – So as to not see our obvious responsibilities to ourselves and to others:
It’s about exploitation, oppression, racism, power, and greed. Economic, human, and animal justice brings economic sustainability which in turn is always based on renewable practices. Recognizing the basic rights of native people automatically moderates resource extraction and preserves natural habitats. Not permitting imperialist wars and interventions automatically quenches nation-scale exploitation. True democratic control over monetary policy goes a long way in removing debt-based extortion.
The climate change scam fits into a now common pattern of public manipulation; that works well on a public which benefits from being manipulated.