Professor Ian Plimer takes on the Climate Taliban
To describe Australian professor Ian Plimer as a curmudgeon is to do somewhat of a disservice to curmudgeons the world over. He has developed a reputation over the years for combating lunatic ideas that have somehow gained a foothold in the public square.
He is most famous for taking on crationism and, specifically, the Noah’s Ark nonsense.
Being a geologist by profession it therefore comes as no surprise that Plimer does not buy into the latest leftist fad of climate change (aka global warming, aka climate variation).
Such is Plimer’s concern that the reputation of science is being sullied by a small group of rather moderate scientists and a much larger group of activist environmental groups that he penned a book, Heaven And Earth, as a counter to the weight of agitprop from the Climate Taliban.
The book has been reviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald’s Believer-In-Chief, Paul Sheehan, who is remarkably even-handed in his assessment.
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