The scary, the cautionary, and the stupid: Reactions to the IPCC climate report

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http://grist.org/climate-energy/the-scary-the-cautionary-and-the-stupid-reactions-to-the-ipcc-climate-report/

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Ban Ki-Moon channels Glenn Frey: “The heat is on.”

***SNIP

What climate deniers driveled

The Washington Examiner: “Why does the U.N. love consensus anyway? Because it sounds authoritative against critics who remember to follow the money: The 130 developing countries are a solid majority of the 195 governments that fund the IPCC. They want a big payday funded by wealthier developed nations via climate treaties with hefty wealth transfer clauses to support ‘sustainable development’ — that is, a solar panel on a hut for 40 watts of light, except at night.”

The Daily Mail: “UN scientists said today they are ’95 per cent’ certain that climate change is man made, but still could not explain why the world has barely got any hotter in the last 15 years.”

The Telegraph: “The IPCC stands or falls on its computer models. There is no other evidence out there that global warming is any kind of problem. That it exists only in the imagination of the people who programme those computer models and the scientists who contribute to the theory that anthropogenic CO2 is a problem.”

Too bad that last sentence is not actually a sentence. Apparently climate deniers are no better at articulating their thoughts than they are at forming them.

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1. And there were people that believed the Titanic was unsinkable.

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2. Add to the stupid the British chancellor: he doesn't want to lead the way

I don't want UK to be at forefront of tackling climate change, says Osborne

Interviewed ahead of the Tory party conference, Osborne told the Times: "I want to provide for the country the cheapest energy possible, consistent with having it reliable, in other words as a steady supply, and consistent with us playing our part in an international effort to tackle climate change.

"But I don't want us to be the only people out there in front of the rest of the world. I certainly think we shouldn't be further ahead of our partners in Europe."
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Friends of the Earth's executive director Andy Atkins said: "With the world's top scientists clearer than ever that human activity is causing climate disruption, George Osborne is showing a shameless lack of leadership.

"The chancellor's policies are not only contributing to climate change, they're also undermining our economic future by keeping the nation hooked on increasingly expensive fossil fuels.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/28/climate-change-energy-bills-george-osborne