"Climate-gate," at the University of East Anglia, exposes a highly politicized scientific circle. Science and politics should never mix. One pollutes the other – namely, politics pollutes what should be the purity of scientific facts. After all, the Truth has no sides. It just IS.
This political circle is at the core of the Copenhagen climate change conference. It's all politics and has nothing to do with saving our planet or making our lives better. What comes out of Copenhagen won't change the weather, but they would change our economy for the worse. You thought you had money problems now — just wait.
Leading climate "experts" deliberately destroyed records, manipulated data to "hide the decline" in global temperatures, and tried to silence their critics by preventing them from publishing in peer-reviewed journals. Yup — and we are supposed to turn our lives upside-down and pay huge sums of money to other countries because of that??
Some scientists had strong doubts about the accuracy of estimates of temperatures from centuries ago, estimates used to back claims that more recent temperatures are rising at an alarming rate. Records began about 150 years ago – just when the mini-ice age was ending.
Remember, the Medieval Climate Optimum was a time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region, lasting from about AD 800–1300. It was followed by a cooler period in the North Atlantic termed the Little Ice Age.That ended about 1850 when records began. Now that we are warmer (again), that shows it is a NATURAL CYCLE. Unless, of course, you claim that man-made warming in medieval period. All those SUVs and jets, you know. Or perhaps it was all the cows. Hmmm.
As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin took a stand against politicized science when she sued the federal government over its decision to list the polar bear as an endangered species despite the fact that the polar bear population had more than doubled. Al Gore did not like being challenged by that fact and neither do the radical environmentalists. Adding a healthy species to the endangered list under the guise of "climate change impacts" was an abuse of the Endangered Species Act.
But while we recognize the occurrence of these natural, cyclical environmental trends, we can't say with assurance that man's activities cause weather changes. We can say, however, that any potential benefits of proposed emissions reduction policies are far outweighed by their economic costs. And those costs are real. Unlike the proposals China and India offered prior to Copenhagen — which actually allow them to increase their emissions — President Obama's proposal calls for serious cuts in our own long-term carbon emissions. Meeting such targets would require Congress to pass its cap-and-tax plans, which will result in job losses and higher energy costs (as Obama admitted during the campaign). That's not exactly what most Americans are hoping for these days.
And as public opposition continues to stall Congress's cap-and-tax legislation, Environmental Protection Agency bureaucrats plan to regulate carbon emissions themselves, ignoring the vote of the American people. This is blatantly unconstitutional.
In fact, we're not the only nation whose people are questioning climate change schemes. In the European Union, energy prices skyrocketed after it began a cap-and-tax program. Meanwhile, Australia's Parliament recently defeated a cap-and-tax bill. Surely other nations will follow suit, particularly as the climate e-mail scandal continues to unfold.
In his inaugural address, President Obama declared his intention to "restore science to its rightful place." But instead of staying home from Copenhagen and sending a message that the United States will not be a party to fraudulent scientific practices, the president is plaYING his game and wants to seal a "deal." Whatever deal he gets, it will be no deal for the American people. It is one to fear. What Obama really wants is his huge tax on energy. This is a political move. The last thing America needs is misguided legislation that will raise taxes and cost jobs.
