With the type of breathless hysteria usually reserved for concert promoters and reality show organizers, the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change is underway in Copenhagen.
In an attempt to transfer wealth from rich countries to poor and to eventually wipe out the fossil fuel economy, all in the name of global warming, there's been unprecedented hoopla. And if hyperbole is any measure, we hit some new highs with a couple of guests on my radio show.
Professional environmental organizer Jeh Custer, who is from Saskatoon, phoned from Copenhagen and declared that "climate change is the human rights issue of our generation." He compared it to "slavery, genocide, colonialism, racial segregation and the denying of women and minorities the right to vote." Whew.
We also heard from Guy Dauncy, self-described green activist, author and "sustainable communities consultant" who warned of the collapse of human civilization, wars, planetary chaos, death and disaster from imminent global warming.
The global warming-hype crowd seems to have ratcheted up its fear mongering to red-line levels. Maybe it's to get us really panicked as Copenhagen gets going or it's a desperate Hail Mary pass amid growing revelations from "climate-gate" at East Anglia University's climate research unit, where documents and e-mails suggest someone has been cooking the books on global warming.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Global warming hysteria heats up
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