Richard Toll
Religion brings with it unbelievers, apostates, and radicals. The debate
on climate policy has long been polarized. Asking an utterly sensible
question – which of the many options is the best course of action – is
met with howls of derision from both sides. Some protest the idea of
taking climate change at all serious. Others are convinced that the
maximum action is not enough.
Polarization is not conducive to sound policy. In Europe, the alarmed
have the upper hand, climate policy is hardly scrutinized, and special
interest groups are gorging on subsidies and rents. Anyone who questions
this is put on par with those who deny the Holocaust. The consensus
police patrol the media to isolate, ridicule and smear anyone who dares
to raise a question. The Royal Observatory and the London School of
Economics employ people, Ken Rice and Bob Ward, whose day job it is, or so it seems, to attack others for their climate heresy.
Every movement has its nutters. Climate warriors have long ago stopped
being civil. But we seem to be entering a new level of radicalisation."
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