Global warmists: Deniers are "in denial"

UK citizens are losing their faith in global warmism (down to 41%) and the climate-change enforcers explain it away by observing that the deniers are in denial:

Vicky Pope, head of climate change advice at the Met Office, said that growing awareness of the scale of the problem appeared to be resulting in people taking refuge in denial.

“Being confronted with the possibility of higher energy bills, wind farms down the road and new nuclear power stations encourages people to question everything about climate change,” she said. “There is a resistance to change and some people see the problem being used as an excuse to charge them more taxes.” [emphasis added]

Well, she's half right; if ever there was an excuse to suction money from taxpayers, this is it. But what she calls "denial" is otherwise known as rationality. "Resisting change" (a.k.a. government expansion) and "questioning" are signs of an engaged populace and were once encouraged and praised by the left.

But questioning is not encouraged when it comes to the "science" of climate change which, unlike actual science, doesn't hold up well under scrutiny. This is a triumph of reality over propaganda. Wesley Smith:

This public resistance is especially notable given that the skeptics have a difficult time getting their side out at all. The media is almost totally in the tank, our betters among the elite treat the heterodox as odious–and indeed, akin to Holocaust deniers–and that skeptical scientists risk careers by speaking out, this poll. In the face of this barrage, the people’s refusal to convert to the new Environmental religion is refreshing.

RTR. Also see his Radical Environmentalism: World Global Warming Treaty Unlikely This Year

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