Did anyone else just watch The Great Climate Change Swindle and subsequent debate? It was certainly an interesting night's viewing. I didn't think you could pack a studio audience with such a high concentration of flat-out whackos. Presenter Tony Jones looked seriously embarassed as he searched for someone - anyone! - that wouldn't say something off the planet.
For example, we learned that, much like the transformers, environmentalists are more than meets the eye. Apparently environmentalism is a cover for nazi eugenicists. This was a view seperately advanced by three different audience members. There were some left wing hippie nut jobs saying some pretty random things, too.
Still, at the end of the day, I think the climate change supporters came out looking like the more reasonable people. The real winner was the coal industry lobbyist, who said exactly the right things. She should get a big raise and a big energy-inefficient mansion.
Hopefully the entire program, or at least the debate (which was more interesting than the silly doco) will be up on the ABC web site soon. If it is, I'll post a link to it here. It's well worth a look. Even Kate stayed up for it!
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You better have remembered to tape it boy :)
Nah, kidding, was it ok? Bad? Biased, yet compelling? Convincingly liberal? Convincingly unbiased?
Just not convincing?
Iron Chef worthy?
Pastafarian worthy?
Just damn worthy?
There's a bit you can look at on the net here. Probably worth checking out.
I didn't tape it for you because we can tape off digital TV. I daresay it'll all be on bittorrent soon enough.
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