April 17, 2008
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/green_sees_some_sense/
Guardian columnist and global warming worrier Simon Jenkins repents -
partially:
I have tried to follow the global warming debate, and will admit that it
has changed my mind on occasions. I was once a sceptic on nuclear power
and genetically modified foods. I am wiser now...
If I have changed my mind, I am not sure the same applies to many
greens. I have rarely encountered so much fanaticism and blind faith.
Did those demanding fuel subsidies not realise that palm oil would wipe
out rainforests and that ethanol from corn would use as much carbon as
it saved? Did those pleading for wind farms really think they could ever
substitute for nuclear power; or those wanting eco-towns not realise
they would just add to car emissions? Did they not understand that, once
the tap of public money is turned on, lobbyists will ensure it is never
turned off - however harmful?
A little more application of reason, and Sir Simon might also start
questioning his newest faith as he's questioned his older.
MEANWHILE..
It's not just The Age which refuses to let staff print all the relevant
facts about global warming.
Wikipedia is even worse, thanks not least to one particular editor outed
by Lawrence Solomon.
--
Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"Let me say it plainly: The environmental movement has been taken over
by anti-capitalist radicals who are using it to wage war against
capitalism and campaign for liberal Democrats. Protecting the
environment is now number three, or lower, on their list of priorities."
Joe Bast, President, Heartland Institute, One-time Ardent
Environmentalist, Has seen it from both sides.
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