Governor Gordon seems to have tried to move a bit away from his previously held beliefs as to climate change. He appears more “nuanced” as to solutions to the climate change “crisis.” Unfortunately, he doesn’t seem ready to move to the next level which would be to challenge the unfounded assumptions behind this “crisis.”
The climate change “debate” has been going on for a long, long time. In the 1970s, it was a coming cooling trend, leading to a new Ice Age. The 1980s pivoted to acid rain and the ozone layer. The 1990s predicted massive draughts. Then came Al Gore and his cabal warning of “man-made global warming” and the predicted melting of the polar ice caps. Actually, the earth’s climate has been changing due to a number of factors for thousands of years, despite the claims of the U.N. and other “experts” of the effects of humans.
The truth is that there has been no genuine, scientific debate on this subject. We’ve been told ad infinitum that the science as to climate change is “settled” by a supposed scientific consensus. Scientific opinions differing from the left’s “settled” orthodoxy have been suppressed for over 40 years. Try publishing an article challenging the claims of “noted” climate scientists. Google searches produce articles attempting to debunk any deviation from the accepted narrative.
As to science, it’s interesting to examine the historical record. In the 1920s and 30s, Eugenics was labeled irrefutable. The Germans used that claim in their campaign to rid Europe of “worthless eaters,” as they called Slavs and all Jews. This is but one example of how unchallenged scientific consensus can have disastrous consequences if treated as irrefutable truth with no debate or dissent permitted.
Actually there is a considerable (and growing) group of scientists who are highly skeptical of the theoretical basis of the climate movement. Several books have been written by experienced climatologists. There is an organization dedicated to sharing the other side of this heretofore stifled debate. Check out the website Principia-Scientific.org – a courageous group of scientists who dare to wander off the reservation and challenge the vaunted assertions of the left. Perhaps Governor Gordon should give it a look.