Letter: Climate change leaders must be geniuses

Recently, many of the world’s leaders met in Paris to discuss how our planet can be saved from anthropogenic climate change. Many of the participants are geniuses rarely seen on this planet.

They have the clairvoyant ability to predict what the effects of weather will have on our planet 50 or even hundreds of years in the future. Amazing! Our poor weathermen can’t even reliably predict the weather for next week. To further illustrate their brilliance, they have changed scientific norms whereby we no longer have to rely on such things as observation, measurements, confirmed computer programs or any other empirical evidence. We can simply rely on clairvoyance.

Another example of their brilliance may be found in the way that they have simplified weather investigations. We no longer have to rely on evaluations of solar energy, ocean temperatures, water vapor, etc. — only CO2. During the past two decades C02 has increased 50 percent (270 to 400 ppm), yet the planet temperatures have not budged; nor has any portentous calamity occurred, except maybe ISIS. Twas only a blip and soon things will change for the worse, our soothsayers ensure us.

Oh well. Ours is not to understand but to do or die, and pay our carbon taxes.

This story was originally published January 16, 2016 at 5:17 PM with the headline "Letter: Climate change leaders must be geniuses."