Sorry about my pathetic titles. The worst of it is, I am ashamed to admit, the more peurile they are, the more sniggers of amusement they produce from me. Anyway, you may have noticed, probably with relief, that I have more or less stopped writing about HAFs (Hot Air Fanatics, for the benefit of any new readers) because what hitherto had been grumbling suspicions that all this AGW stuff was tosh was more or less proven by the 'climategate' scandal. Anyone who still believes in it is as thick as George Monbiot and 'Little Willy' combined - than which, etc, etc! However, I was amused by this item from Clarice Feldman in The American Thinker in which she reports the incredible news that the usually 'right-on', Left-leaning, Green-hued Newsweek, which once published a leading article under the heading: "Global Warming Deniers: A Well-Funded Machine" has begun to revise its opinions on Greenery:
In many ways, green projects have become just another flavor of grubby interest politics. Biofuels have become a new label for old-style agricultural subsidies that funnel some $20 billion annually to landowners with little effect on emissions (only Brazilian sugar-cane ethanol produces any significant savings; America's corn ethanol and Europe's biodiesel do not). Germany's solar subsidies, a signature project in the country's battle against climate change, are perhaps the most wasteful green scheme on earth, producing a mere 0.25 percent of the country's energy at a cost to consumers of as much as $125 billion. A leading member of Merkel's Christian Democrats in the German Parliament says there is growing unease both in his party and in the Bundestag "about the scary monster we've created that is sucking up ever larger amounts of money for a negligible effect." [...]
So perhaps it's only a matter of time before George Monbiot changes what passes for his mind. And talking of George, he chaired a meeting in London between various protagonists involved in the 'Climategate' hoo-ha on the general subject of whether or not AGW exists, or if it does, whether it matters. This was run under the aegis of The Guardian - so well done, them! One of 'Bishop Hill's' sceptical readers attended and supplied a report on proceedings. By and large, George was given top marks for his chairing abilities. Meanwhile, over at Tim Lambert's site, one of his regulars sent in his version of what went on. Read both and you would wonder if they were at the same meeting!
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