An opinion piece at the Chicago Sun Times (hey, don’t they kill a lot of trees to publish their paper and put out lots of CO2 to deliver them?) by an unknown author shows their love for climate alarmist Jon Huntsman, who, as I understand it, is still actually running for the GOP nomination (yeah, I was surprised he was still in it, too). Then we get to this
The mystery is not why so many Republican candidates persist in saying global warming is a myth. As we learned from the birther debate, some people will say anything for a boost in the polls.
The real mystery is why so many Americans refuse to accept the overwhelming scientific consensus that man-made global warming is real. About 64 percent of Americans believe the globe is warming up, according to a recent poll, but only 47 percent think the cause is mostly human activity.
At the heart of the matter is a crippling cynicism among ordinary Americans about the values and competence of government, leading them to demand that government just butt out. They find it easier not to believe in global warming than to believe in the solution — more government rules and regulations.
It’s not a mystery at all: the so-called science has still not been proven, continues to become more and more hysterical (both meanings of the word), and they can look and see that a. consensus is not science, b. there sure seems to be a lot of fraud and inability to show the actual raw (and taxpayer funded) data, and c. the people who push it the most seem to be the worst greenhouse gas offenders.
