MAYBE THEY COULD JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE AT ALL?:

Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out: Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute the trend to a lack of sunspots, while others explain it through ocean currents. (Gerald Traufetter, 11/19/09, Der Spiegel)

The Earth's average temperatures have stopped climbing since the beginning of the millennium, and it even looks as though global warming could come to a standstill this year.

Ironically, climate change appears to have stalled in the run-up to the upcoming world summit in the Danish capital, where thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, business leaders and environmental activists plan to negotiate a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Billions of euros are at stake in the negotiations.

There are lots of good reasons to make gas consumption prohibitively expensive. The delusion that you'll change the climate isn't one of them.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 19, 2009 5:08 PM