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24
June 2007
Junk
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 Throughout
history scientists have stood firm in their search for the
truth. Many, like Galileo, were persecuted for doing so. But
their courage and determination to uncover facts and ignore
the political interests of the day has played a role in the
march of human progress.
The
British philosopher Thomas Huxley describes the single-minded
quest for answers that is at the heart of the scientific
method stating:
“The
improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to
acknowledge authority as such. For him, scepticism is the
highest of duties; blind faith the unpardonable one”.
Yet
as you read this column, blind faith and the pursuit of
populism have become dominant forces in the environmental
debate to the point where politicians from all sides of our
Parliament have embraced the junk science that is brainwashing
people into thinking that the end of the world is upon us,
that is, if we do not trust their judgement.
The
late – and very sadly missed – climatologist Prof Augie
Auer, in a column written for the NZ Centre for Political
Research earlier this year expressed it in this way:
“What
a wonderfully powerful human trait is the imagination. No
other form of animal life can think creatively as we
humans…to dream up scenarios of passion…love, joy, hatred,
anticipation. But
distort our imaginative powers with a bit of fear and guilt
instilled by mischievous science…and presto, you have the
makings of the catastrophic global warming [ooops, I’m
sorry], I mean, climate change hysteria”.
He
then explained that the United Nations Climate Change Panel
– a political, not scientific body - has exacerbated what
amounts to a massive fraud by its reckless use of computer
modelling which it then presents as fact:
“Every
one of the outcomes predicated on present and continued
burning of fossil fuels by mankind are projections generated
by computer simulations of future climatic patterns.
They are not reality, not certainty, rather a kind of
computer imagination. And
even with all the mathematical manipulations, the climate
models are only as good as the knowledge that is imputed to
them. And as much
as we would like to think that our knowledge of all
atmospheric processes is substantial, the fact is it’s
grossly lacking in both scope and thoroughness especially when
it comes to looking decades into the future.
This means that high levels of accuracy and certainty
just can’t be achieved.
Sometimes computer models can’t predict our local
weather with useful certainty just 48 hours in advance”.
Augie
knew that “because of the dominance of a simple,
Earth–unique gas, water vapour, we could say that mankind
could not alter our climate if we wanted to!” He firmly
believed that “since carbon dioxide is not the problem,
there is no need for any mandatory reduction of planetary CO2
or punitive taxations to prevent its use”. And he concluded:
“Scientists
have an ethical responsibility to be truthful in their
research, to avoid being arrogant, intimating &
intolerant. This
is not intended as a criticism of all those involved in
climate research, but it is directed in some regard to
politicians & policymakers who, in interpreting the
‘science’, tell us ‘You have a problem, we can solve it
& no other opinion matters’”. (to read Augie’s
article, click
here>>>)
Sadly,
at the time of his death, the truth about the great global
climate change swindle – to use the title of the excellent
UK Channel4 documentary (click
to view>>>) - had still not been exposed.
The
problem we face as a nation is that our leadership has
embraced radical environmentalism with religious faith. Under
the guise of an “earth-is-first” philosophy, vicious trade
barriers being erected against us un-opposed, and the rewards
of our modern society -that we should be permitted to enjoy
without guilt - are being touted as sinful.
As
British Scientist John Brignell, in an excellent article
“Global Warming as Religion and not Science” puts it:
“No
one has bettered Menken’s definition of Puritanism – the
haunting fear that someone somewhere may be happy. It is an
unfortunate characteristic of many varieties of religion that
this characteristic is to the fore and Global Warming is far
from being an exception. Nothing the proponents offer involve
an improvement or even maintenance of human contentment, quite
the opposite in fact. You might think that any philosophy of
life would involve swings and roundabout, good and bad, but
think again. Virtually everything you enjoy now is sinful –
holidays, driving your car, having a comfortable temperature
in your home, being free from the stink of rotting garbage,
and on and on.”
(To read the article click here>>>)
Even
as you read this column, European tourists are being advised
against long distance air travel to places like New Zealand
because of the carbon omissions. The wine industry is
presently being threatened by new “food mile” sanctions,
but this is only the beginning. Soon this new form of trade
barrier may be applied to all of our exports - meat, dairy,
wool, horticulture …everything.
With
such massive trade sanctions just around the corner, New
Zealand does not need politicians who are playing the populist
global warming game. We need leaders with the courage to
challenge the junk science that underpins the climate change
propaganda in the same way that the President of
Czechoslovakia is doing.
President
Vaclav Klaus believes that global warming is a socialist
construct that is now being used as a powerful weapon to
undermine freedom: “As
someone who lived under communism for most of his life, I feel
obliged to say that I see the biggest threat to freedom,
democracy, the market economy and prosperity now in ambitious
environmentalism, not in communism. This ideology wants to
replace the free and spontaneous evolution of mankind by a
sort of central (now global) planning. The environmentalists
ask for immediate political action because they do not believe
in the long-term positive impact of economic growth and ignore
both the technological progress that future generations will
undoubtedly enjoy, and the proven fact that the higher the
wealth of society, the higher is the quality of the
environment”. (See “Freedom, Not Climate, is at Risk” by
Vaclav Klaus. (View
>>>)
He
goes on to say: “Global warming is a myth and every serious
person and scientist says so. It is not fair to refer to the
U.N. panel. IPCC is not a scientific institution: it’s a
political body, a sort of non-government organization of green
flavor. It’s neither a forum of neutral scientists nor a
balanced group of scientists. These people are politicized
scientists who arrive there with a one-sided opinion and a
one-sided assignment. This is clearly such an incredible
failure of so many people, from journalists to politicians.
World
renowned British conservationist Professor David Bellamy, who
is this week’s NZ Centre for Political Research’s guest
commentator, is hugely concerned about the global warming
bandwagon: “Am I worried about carbon induced global
warming? The answer is no and yes. No because there has been
no sign of global warming in New Zealand since 1955, this year
snow has fallen in Portugal for the first time in 52 years and
3 US states are united by the fact that they have recorded
their lowest temperatures ever. Yes because it has become a
political football that has lost its foundations in real
science”.
While
David totally rejects the false myth of global warming, he is
a committed conservationist who recognises the enormous
challenges that we face and the important leadership role –
and difference - that our government can take in these areas:
“New
Zealand leads the world in the eradication of feral plants and
animals making restoration of the natural ecosystems that kept
the biosphere in balance long before the IPCC was invented.
Habitat destruction and the loss of biodiversity is one of the
greatest threats to climate and landscape stability. I beg
your government to continue to lead the world in this
sustainable endeavour”. (To read David’s opinion piece click
>>>)
Global
warmers have created a vast new vested-interest machine with
their climate change construct. Business and industry have not
been slow to take advantage of the opportunities and many
scientific institutions are jumping on the bandwagon to get
their hands on the lavish grants that are now available.
Meanwhile, research into solar activity is ignored even though
it is clearly the key driver of climate since - if the sun
stopped shining the earth’s temperature would fall towards
absolute zero and all of man’s climate change efforts would
be exposed as inconsequential.
The
poll this week asks:
Do you
think that global warming poses an opportunity or a threat to
our economy?
Take part in poll
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