The problem with politicizing science is the inevitability that the science will always be subservient to the politics.
The nail in the coffin of climate alarmists are polls such as this one from the UK.
The one trait all successful politicians share is the ability to accurately interpret polling data. In every jurisdiction, public opinion polls have turned and AGW has officially lost political traction.
The conference in Copenhagen will be more of a wake than a celebration and the only real question that remains is what issue will emerge as the newly framed disaster for widespread alarm, dogma and boondoggling to replace the politically defunct AGW.
Environmentalism suffers from the malaise of moral certitude. Consequently, political framing of environmental issues tends to be partisan and, in the case of AGW, has given rise to climate McCarthyism.Here is good discussion on the continuing way environmental issues will be framed for political discussion:
- The green movement isn’t really a movement at all. At best, it is a phenomenon of individuals whose only thing in common is their sense of disconnect and disorientation. At worst, it is a self-serving elitist club.
- Indeed, science often has the quality of a quasi-religious dogma these days, especially in the arena of climate-change alarmism.
- (which)...actually serves to undermine the pre-eminent authority of science today.
- (reflecting)...the erosion of the line between science and moralising
