Michael Barone on the religion of global warming
Michael Barone has written the latest in a long list of articles by many, many authors discussing how much the “global warming” aka “climate change” movement has more in common with religion than with science. The article, entitled “How Climate-Change Fanatics Corrupted Science” is worth a read even if you’ve read many similar pieces. In particular, I love how explicit Barone makes the parallel:
The secular religion of global warming has all the elements of a religious faith: original sin (we are polluting the planet), ritual (separate your waste for recycling), redemption (renounce economic growth) and the sale of indulgences (carbon offsets). We are told that we must have faith (all argument must end, as Al Gore likes to say) and must persecute heretics (global warming skeptics are like Holocaust deniers, we are told).
People in the grip of such a religious frenzy evidently feel justified in lying, concealing good evidence and plucking bad evidence from whatever flimsy source may be at hand.
The rest of us, and judging from polls that includes most of the American people, are free to follow a more rational path.
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05/27/10 @ 11:38:16 am
Our dependence on fossil fuels has lead to global warming and this is not under serious debate. What I haven't heard however, about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is first if this spill will add to global warming and second if it will have an impact on hurricane strength.
05/27/10 @ 03:46:32 pm
It is of course a lie there is no serious debate about whether "our dependence on fossil fuels has lead (sic) to global warming." It's almost as certainly a lie that use of fossil fuels has led to measurable global warming (my prior point being about the lack of debate on the issue.)
Of course the spill will have no impact on global warming or hurricanes.
You must read some really terrible newspapers to believe that junk.
06/15/10 @ 12:56:28 am
People needs to be concern how global warming can affect all living creatures we need to have a great advocacy in order to do that. People needs to be responsible in their acts as well. Religions may take place.
06/15/10 @ 06:45:39 am
I have no idea what Mr. Origin's comment means.