The Global Warming Heretic
From Slashdot:
theodp writes "In The Civil Heretic, the NYT Magazine takes a look at how world-renowned scientist Freeman Dyson wound up opposing those who care most about global warming. Since coming out of the closet on global warming, Dyson has found himself described as 'a pompous twit,' 'a blowhard,' and 'a mad scientist.' He argues that climate change has become an obsession for 'a worldwide secular religion' known as environmentalism. Dyson has been particularly dismissive of Al Gore, calling him climate change's chief propagandist and accusing him of relying too heavily on computer-generated climate models and promoting 'lousy science' that's distracting attention from more serious and more immediate dangers to the planet."
I'd say all this is academic. Certain climatologists have predicted—and the liberal media has hyped—that the polar cap will melt in 5 years.
The power of any science (or, for that matter, religion) is in the power of prediction. So, let's wait 5 years and see what happens. From what they have said, the "climate change" was too far gone was to reverse the trend in time—i.e. regardless of policies enacted and whatever "victories" global warming zealots can claim, this prediction must come true, if their model was worth anything.
So, let's wait 5 years and see if polar cap melts. If it does, maybe these guys know what they are talking about and we might need to listen to them. If it doesn't, there's your proof that these "climatologists" are crackpots with models that are worse than throwing a dice in the air.