2021 Was an Outstanding Year For Eco Loons And Climate Hypocrites

We’re publishing an end-of-year celebration by freelance journalist Chris Morrison of all the eco loons and climate hypocrites who have made 2021 so entertaining. Here is an extract:

In January the Isle of Wight council considered planting trees to offset all the island’s CO2 emissions. By 2030 it would mean doubling the area covered by trees, something that was said to be not “totally impossible”. The estimable climate writer and retired accountant Paul Homewood did the maths and found almost the entire island would have to be turned into a forest. Of course, the trees would die within 40 years and the C02 would return to the atmosphere. In Brazil a group of academics suggested that climate change had led to a significant increase in hospitalisations for kidney disease. Marginal increases in temperature could affect almost anything, but a more credible explanation in this case might be better diagnosis in an improving local health care system.

The Potty Prelates section is always highly contested, but this year’s standout winner is the Archbishop of Canterbury. He told COP26 politicians that if they didn’t stop climate change by following an unproven science hypothesis they would be guilty of indirect genocide. Those who failed to take the necessary action, said Justin Welby, “would be viewed in an even worse light than those who had ignored the rise of Nazi Germany”. Pure ecclesiastical class of course, although some points were deducted when he issued a hasty apology following the broadcasting of his remarks on the BBC.

Worth reading in full.