Climate Change Denial Watch - Sammy Wilson

Having had a bit of fun watching Bristol Indymedia's resident denialist/s tie themselves in knots to 'prove' that global warming is not happening (sort of) and even if it is then human activity is not to blame (it's the pesky sun, sort of) and even if it is and we are doing it then it is not going to be a problem at all (sort of) – if you follow me cos is makes no logical sense. In summary, an incoherent emotional reaction to facts that get in the way of their ideology resulting in a kind of pseudo-science-come-conspiracy theory on the whole thing where in one fell swoop they cite contradictory experts approvingly.

Anyway, one of the people they cited was Sammy Wilson – the DUP Environment Minister. He wrote an extended piece full of assertions and lies about global warming – stuffed with the usual denialist waffle and piffle and offered zero evidence of his claims while deriding the other side for not offering evidence.

Looks like our Sammy has been a busy boy. He's also denied the existence of peak oil. He's locked in a row with his own planning department and has also banned adverts about acting on CO2 emissions from TV in Northern Ireland. Nice.

Anyway he is under fire from all sides now for making a mockery of Northern Ireland;

The protest against Wilson came from across the board – nationalists, unionists and environmentalists. Roy Beggs junior, the Ulster Unionist spokesman on the environment said:

"Sammy Wilson's views on climate change, whilst mildly amusing, are out of kilter with mainstream political opinion and more importantly the overwhelming consensus view of climate scientists throughout the world. His latest action in trying to block UK government information on energy efficiency again shows his 'himself alone' attitude to environmental matters.

"He has effectively made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence against Her Majesty's Government on this crucial issue and is making Northern Ireland a laughing stock around the world. It is high time the first minister reined this maverick in, or perhaps this is merely a continuation of the DUP's the DUP's battle against science and reason"

Ooops, Sammy. I like that bit - a battle against science and reason. It, along with our resident denialist's assertions that any peer-reviewed sceince (i.e. 99.9% of it) that does not back their assertions is corrupt/wrong/politically correct thus suggesting a conspiracy of Divid-Ike-like proportions... well in the absense of any evidence of this conspiracy one brave wingnut has figured it out...

THAT WAS THE COVER UP! THIS WAS EXPOSED AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY WERE INFILTRATED BY OCCULT SECRET SOCIETIES AND PAID TO NOT PUBLISH THEIR FINDINGS. (MOSTLY HIGH RANKING FREEMASONS, ROSICRUCIANS, ORDER TEMPLAR ORIENTALIS,ETC). tHE DOCUMENTARY PART 2 STATES THAT 90% OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY DO NOT BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION BUT AGREE WITH CHRISTIANS SCIENTISTS THAT NATURAL SELECTION IS A CORRECT THESIS, BUT THEY CANNOT ADMIT THIS, BECAUSE THEIR FUNDS WILL BE STOPPED BY POWERFUL INSTITUTES CONTROLLED BY THESE OCCULT FREEMASONS/BUSINESSMEN WHO OWN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS.

Hee hee hoo ho. What can you say to that? You couldn't make it up.
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