The headlong rush by so many to jump on the global-warming bandwagon reminds me of the torch-bearing villagers chasing Frankenstein’s monster. Ignorance and passion are a volatile combination, even in the modern world. Common sense is enough to destroy the Armageddonist predictions of the climate loonies, but they have none. Or, like Al Gore, they know better but see a once-in-a-millennium opportunity to gain government control over everything man does.

The loonies constantly use the word consensus to describe the scientific debate, but show them a list of scientists who disagree with the greenies and they refuse to listen. Well, here’s another one that makes much more sense than the alarmists who blame modern humans:

“In a series of groundbreaking scientific papers starting in 2000, Vizer, Shaviv, Carslaw and most recently Svensmark et al., have collectively demonstrated that as the output of the sun varies . . . varying amounts of galactic cosmic rays from deep space are able to enter our solar system. . . . These cosmic rays enhance cloud formation, which, overall, has a cooling effect on the planet.”

“When the sun is less bright, more cosmic rays are able to get through to Earth’s atmosphere, more clouds form and the planet cools. . . . This is precisely what happened from the middle of the 17th century into the early 18th century, when the solar energy input to our atmosphere . . . was at a minimum and the planet was stuck in the Little Ice Age.”

Instead, the loonies revel in apocalyptic predictions that conform to their hope, not their fear, that our way of life is doomed.

UPDATE: One of the Chicken Littles on the Trinity Park listserv has notified the neighborhood that the “documentary” I linked to above is being screened in Cary tomorrow.

You are invited to this special screening and dialogue with the filmmakers! “What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire” is a 123 minute independent documentary by local filmmakers Tim Bennett and Sally Erickson, will premiere at : The Galaxy Theater, Cary on July 8th at 7:00 pm. , $10 suggested donation, NC Powerdown is a sponsor for this event.

Tinfoil hats is the suggested dress.