Can we finally put the last nail in the coffin of climate change hysteria? The ‘godfather’ of global warming, Dr. James Lovelock, says we can. From the Toronto Sun:

Two months ago, James Lovelock, the godfather of global warming, gave a startling interview to msnbc.com in which he acknowledged he had been unduly “alarmist” about climate change.

There are several lessons to be re-learned here:

1. Claims of final authority deserve the most scrutiny.
2. Central reorganization of critical aspects of the economy is wrong in principle and fails even the lowest bar of statist rationalizations – it’s not pragmatic.
3. Radical environmentalism is as much a religion as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, or Hinduism.

Dr. Lovelock himself comments on each of these.

1. Claims of final authority deserve the most scrutiny.

The corollary to this is: When politically motivated people say an argument is over, you’re probably winning the argument.

Dr. Lovelock notes:

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