Climate change seems to be all the rage these days, and this blog is no exception. I thought I'd share the views of "Jono" as stated in a comment thread on Andrew Bartlett's blog:
The best way to become carbon neutral is to stop breathing.
As much as the Greens and environmentalists would love us to all just shut up and die, they aren’t even going to hint at it when they discuss their hairbrained policies and regulations.
Instead they will talk about abstract nonsense like “the environment” and “climate change”.
So what? The climate changes, it always has for centuries, why does it become a political issue to justify yet another massive tax and invasion of property rights ?
The Greens are the biggest threat to liberty since communism.
With a very quick review of these insightful few words I found examples of:
False Positioning and an Unfounded Generalisation: … as the Greens and environmentalists would love us to all just shut up and die…
Weasel Words: …they will talk about abstract nonsense like “the environment” and “climate change”.
Misuse of Information followed by Motive Impugning: The climate changes, it always has for centuries, why does it become a political issue to justify yet another massive tax and invasion of property rights ?
And lastly, an Argument to Consequences combined with Poisoning the Well: The Greens are the biggest threat to liberty since communism.
Please note, lest people misread the above, I am not making a case for or against the reality of climate change. I'm just pointing out some dodgy arguments. I've made my position apropos to climate change clear before and can't be bothered to rehash the same old points in the comments section.