Who Invited Moderation?
By Floy Lilley, J.D. December 10, 2004 Opinion columnist Miguel Grinberg stridently gives his solemn pronouncement that “carbon gases emitted by the burning of fossil fuels are accelerating a global eco-catastrophe of apocalyptical magnitude.” Fact or fear? Side events at UN conferences tend to be selectively supportive of the mandate for central command and control of the world. Generally, if you do not go along, you will not be invited, just as we of the carbon mafia have pointedly been not invited to some NGO parties. At this, this author’s twentieth international conference, hyperbolic hysteria is still standard operating procedure, but was absent, surprisingly absent, in a discussion on climate research. Peter Backlund, scientist from University Corporation for Atmospheric Research www.ucar.edu stressed time after time in yesterday’s side event on new climate research that: “We have NO idea if variability will increase or decrease anywhere in the world.” Pointedly Backlund stresse
