Uh-oh...Now The 'Consensus' Is Gone, Too!

The funny thing about the panic over the environment is that it isn't so much a science as it is a religion. Al Gore called global warming the "most important moral, ethical, spiritual and political issue humankind has ever faced" and denounced balanced reporting on the subject as being biased. Many very reputable scientists have come out in open skepticism against the global warming alarmists, and the biggest common fallback of die-hard environmentalists is to say that a 'consensus' of the scientific community believes in global warming (there's that pesky religion thing again), so it must be true.

The problem with that is that consensus -- by definition -- propels an argument out of the realm of science and into the realm of belief. For example, there was a general consensus in the centuries before Christ that the Earth was flat. The consensus was wrong. There was a general consensus in the early 17th century that the Sun revolved around the Earth. The consensus was wrong. See what I mean? Science isn't subject to consensus. We either figure it out correctly or we don't, but a consensus doesn't apply either way.

Now, there's a new problem for the global warming bunch: Marc Morano writes a blog post titled New Peer-Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming Fears on the Inhofe EPW Press Blog reporting that a review of 539 abstracts in peer-reviewed scientific journals from 2004 through 2007 that found that climate science continues to shift toward the views of global warming skeptics. In plain words, there is no consensus in the scientific community about the validity of global warming! It's no wonder global warming is essentially a non-issue for Americans. Personally, I think it's a myth largely perpetuated by the MSM to generate splashy headlines and generate sales, but that's just me.

So, now that there isn't even a 'consensus', what's an environmentalist to do? Quite frankly, I don't have a clue, but it should be entertaining to watch. Oh, by the way, according to Al Gore, we've only got about 10 years left before we doom the planet. You have been warned.

There's my two cents.