It’s been an interesting time watching the world’s leaders, demonstrators, and a fair number of freeloaders descend upon Copenhagen for the great “Climate Change Conference”. I have never been a believer in climate change, going to back to the 1980′s when we were told that aerosol cans were bad for the ozone layer. This is not the forum to discuss the size of the carbon footprint that this conference takes up, but it is rather ironic that the participants don’t seem to be concerned about their current footprint.
The Australian media, if asked, would derisively describe me as a “climate change sceptic”, solely on the basis that I hold the position that the global climate has not been unduly influenced by the earth’s ever expanding population. John Finkelde, a highly repsected Pastor and leader in Perth, wrote a few days ago on the topic of himself being a global change agnostic. It was a great article and I encourage you to read it.
But it seems to me that the winds are changing – there is a more vocal objection in the media, albeit from right leaning columnists, but the amount of positive comments posted on the articles shows a trend towards, not just sceptiscism, but anger against those who will try to impose their beliefs upon us. It is here where it comes to a focal point – to many climate change apologists, it is a faith, a faith that will not allow challenge or scrutiny.
Two recent blogs highlight the increased vocal support by the ordinary person: Piers Akerman in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph and Melbourne’s Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt.
If you have ten minutes, below is an interview that the increasingly outspoken, and more importantly, increasingly heard, Lord Christopher Monckton conducts with a sincere Greenpeace supporter – alarmingly her “faith” is more valid than any fact. I encourage you to share the thoughts of Lord Monckton if you are concerned where the global leaders are planning to take all of our countries.
