FELDSTED -- The most arrogant and inane statement ever uttered by the IPCC is that “(climate) science is settled”. Science is never settled; it sits awaiting the next discovery and incremental improvement

Science is a plodding, evolving discipline that thrives on critical examination and questioning of discoveries and theories. The most arrogant and inane statement the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has ever uttered is that “the (climate) science is settled”. Science is never ‘settled’. It sits awaiting the next discovery and incremental improvement.

The theory that variations in the minuscule amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere drives climate change is the equivalent of accepting that a vial of iodine can contaminate an entire lake.

Electrical vehicles cannot exist without hydrocarbons used in lubricants, fashioning the framework and cladding, glass, batteries, computer controls, and on endlessly. Then there is the problem of recycling the whole mess at the end of its life cycle.

Technology for solar and wind power is still in infancy; that is the beauty of science. The underlying science is incrementally improving and moving towards an elusive goal of maximum efficiency.

The dire, dramatic fear mongering over global warming has sent us down the wrong roads in trying to solve problems that exist only in increasingly questionable theory. We have made huge investments in various technologies seeking a ‘quick-fix’ to an allegedly dire threat to our planet.

Stogy old science plods on, gradually but inevitably breaking down the theories of global warming and bringing out the fear mongering for what it is. The United Nations and the IPCC are political bodies, not scientific bodies despite what they tell us. They are swindlers determined to rule over us through their unelected and unaccountable bodies.

Our governments have failed us by unquestioningly accepting fear mongering rather than examining the underlying theory and determining what practical steps Canada can take to participate in helping to avoid the disaster predicted. Over time, global temperatures have not followed predictions of rapid temperature increases. The gap between actual and predicted temperatures is rapidly widening.

That should have set off alarm bells and re-examination of global warming theory. Instead, our governments have doubled down in in both hysteria and demands on our resources.

 

Catherine McKenna, Minister of  Environment and Climate Change

Idiocy in action.

When Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna stands in the House of Commons, red faced, screaming at the Luddites across the aisle who question carbon pricing, we know that:

• fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves while wiser people are full of doubts;
• causing collective fear stimulates herd instinct and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd; and
• the has met the tailors and been sold the Emperor’s new clothes. 

John Feldsted

Political Consultant & Strategist

Winnipeg, Manitoba