The Great Climate Change Swindle

If you didn't watch last night's channel 4 showing of The Great Climate Change Swindle then you clearly don't give a toss about global warming.

In brief this programme dispelled the popular belief that global warming is due to carbon emissions which are down to us. Effectively the programme argued that over the last 1,000 years or so there is absolutely no correlation with temperature increases and carbon emission increases.

Without going into the nitty gritty the reason why the planet is warming is down to the performance of the sun.

Global Warming as a result of mans' activities is a myth perpetuated by those who have everything to gain by perpetuating it, i.e. governments increasing taxes, scientists getting more funding from governments, Al Gore getting publicity, anti capitalists and anti globalisation supporters jumping on the band wagon now that communism is dead....

The Romans were growing grapes and making wine in Yorkshire whilst Hadrian was building his wall, Britain had a Mediterranean climate and surprise surprise the world didn't end. In the 14th century there was a mini ice age when the Thames frequently froze and the world didn't end. Temperatures in the 11th century were much higher than they are now, but the ice caps survived and so did the polar bears.

January according to the Met Office was the warmest since 1916 so what happened back then to make January 1916 so warm - were they gripped by global warming?

I have always believed that global warming happens naturally. The Earth's temperature fluctuates, it heats up, but it cools down again. We humans contribute a tiny percentage of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. in fact sheep and cattle produce more carbon than humans and more carbon than industry worldwide. Add to that the fact that the biggest producer of carbon are the oceans leaves Gordon Brown with a problem of how to tax the North Sea.

If climate change is a natural phenomenon...are we right to try and stop it? Isn't that messing with nature? Look what happened the last time nature was messed with-we got Margaret Beckett!!

So scientists say we are causing global warming, but occasionally they get it wrong. The earth is flat? We are at the centre of the solar system? The atom is the smallest thing? Vitamin pills are good for you? (last weeks news said they now increase the risk of premature death).

Scientists have far more to gain by promoting climate change rather than saying "Sorry, bit of a cock-up, we're actually wrong. Could you withdraw my research grant and point me to the dole-queue, please?"

This is now a multi-billion $ industry and to suddenly say everything in the garden is rosey would be an economic disaster.

The government is using global warming for their own agenda, to gain the green vote, and to cause more fear, that they so love doing. Its very convenient for them at the moment because they can use the fear to make more oppressive laws and raise more taxes. Well they ain't getting this baby.

No to taxes, no to turning off my standby buttons, I'm going on a plane as often as possible and eat baked beans every day so my flatulance activity goes up.

Goodbye to carbon footprints and global warming and if I'm wrong and the sea levels raise I'll stick a snorkel on my exhaust and continue like nothings happened.

EU adopts binding energy targets: Merkel (Reuters)

Reuters - European Union leaders agreed a full
package of binding measures on Friday to build a common energy
policy and fight climate change, challenging the world to
follow suit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

Climate change pushes diseases north: expert (Reuters)

Reuters - global warming is pushing northwards
diseases more commonly found in developing countries, posing a
risk to the financial and physical health of rich nations, the
head of a livestock herders’ charity said.

EU leaders clinch climate deal, but hard work yet to come (AFP)

AFP - European Union leaders clinched a landmark climate change accord on Friday cbut postponed the thorny task of setting mandatory renewable energy goals for each member country to meet.

Bush Administration Restricting Scientific Discussion on Polar Bears and Global Warming (NRDC Worldview)

WASHINGTON (March 8, 2007) – The Bush Administration has issued an order that would halt free and open discussion by scientists and other government officials on the role global warming is playing in threatening the polar bear.

Settles on Bold Global Warming Plan (IWon - Money)

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — EU leaders agreed Friday on a bold set of measures to fight global warming, pledging that a fifth of the bloc’s energy will come from green power sources such as wind turbines and solar panels by 2020 and 10 percent of European cars will run on biofuels.

EU settles on global warming measures (AP via Yahoo! News)

EU leaders agreed Friday on a bold set of measures to fight global warming, pledging that a fifth of the bloc’s energy will come from green power sources such as wind turbines and solar panels by 2020 and 10 percent of European cars will run on biofuels.