A chara, – Deirdre de Burca (November 9th) criticises the Government’s procrastination regarding the enactment of “critically important” climate legislation. She feels violated by the Labour Party, for whom she voted because of its stated commitment to these measures. Ms de Burca ought to be reminded that there is a significant body of opinion within the scientific community which does not accept the theory of anthropogenic climate change. With respect, to vote on the basis of an as-yet unsubstantiated hypothesis might be regarded as foolhardy.
It is intriguing to observe how the global economic crisis has unsettled climate-change alarmists. The latter are well aware that global warming is an issue for the contented middle classes, and a man who is struggling to feed his family is unlikely to agonise over his carbon footprint. The same applies to governments.
Why should we plough our resources into combatting this perceived threat when we are staring down the barrel of a fiscal gun? The climate-change lobby would have us believe that future generations will never forgive us if we don’t act. I suggest they will never fathom how we were stupid enough to become distracted from the real issues which jeopardise our future. – Is mise,