It seems there are now three groups of people in the World – sharply divided with little overlap:
- The screaming warmist, alarmists etc who equate denying AGW with being anti-environment. David Suzuki, Al Gore and most of the leftist media would be in this camp. This could now be called a strident minority. They are now in retreat.
- The skeptics who say there is no problem with man-caused warming but we are still strong environmentalists and against pollution and very much in favour of preserving the environment without going broke in the process. These will now relax somewhat due to the emergence of the next group.
- The public at large who are by far the largest group. Most people now understand that at best the science is not settled and would not be surprised to find it faulty. They will not be willing to have their country suffer economically for an uncertain cause; they realise that (e.g.) Canada’s contribution could only be miniscule – and we could all go bankrupt to support China! As usual, the silent majority both counts when it comes to votes/politics and also says little. Read between the lines on TV , newspapers and blogs – the Greens have lost the battle to bankrupt the western world to support their misguided campaign to reduce CO2 emissions.
It’s now very unlikely that Obama’s Cap & Trade bill will go anywhere – and Canada will follow that lead. Australia will see the futility and work on Nuclear power and mitigation; Europe will continue on their path – but justified more by reducing pollution and preserving fossil fuels.
And this blog will focus more on the Environment generally – e.g. the virtue of preserving fossil fuels and limiting population growth.
I declare the battle to be won although there will still be stragglers.
