ANOTHER DISSENTER SPEAKS OUT – AT 8:45 A.M. ET:  One of the myths spread by the global warming industry (with retail outlets conveniently located around the world) is that anyone who opposes their "science" is a crackpot, mentally deranged, or a front man for the service-station conspiracy. 

But the recent resignation of top physicist Harold Lewis from the American Physical Society, rendered in protest of the society's acceptance of global warming "science," and the protests of other respected scientists, have demolished that myth, at least among those who read.

Now a ranking Australian scientist warns us against the artificial panic.  From London's Express:

TRYING to halt global warming is a waste of time – we should simply adapt to it, a leading climate expert claimed yesterday.

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions is an “illusory goal”, said Professor Bob Carter of James Cook University, Australia.

He said that CO2 – emitted by burning fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas – is a “minor” greenhouse gas. And he argued that the past decade has seen a “lack of warming” and that no significant warming has occurred since 1958...

...He told Lord Lawson’s Global Warming Policy Foundation: “Despite an estimated spend of more than £64billion since 1990 looking for a human global temperature signal, assessed against geological reality, no compelling empirical evidence yet exists for a measurable, let alone worrisome, human impact on global average temperature.

COMMENT:  I wonder what will happen to this guy's career.   Will they send him for reeducation?  Psychological testing? 

If our president was astute - a question mark there - he would appoint a blue-ribbon commission, similar to the panel that investigated the Challenger disaster, to get to the bottom of the global warming controversy.  Oh, actually we're supposed to use the term "climate change" if we want to be invited to a proper Georgetown party.

With increasing Republican power in Washington, I suspect that we'll have a more deliberate approach to warming than we've seen in the ultra-trendy Obama administration.  The science is rickety.

December 1, 2010