Upstream I mentioned an uncharacteristically informational article at the Orange County Register from earlier in the day.

Then someone mentioned one of their editors, Mark Landsbaum.

Well, sure enough, about 4 hours ago on Landsbaum’s blog, called “Orange Punch” with a tag line of “a liberty blog”, we find the following piece of typical the denial-o-sphere:

Book burning and global warming

… where he approvingly quotes the following piece of UK-sourced nonsense:

“We call on Mr. Gore to co-operate in our effort to relieve human suffering by providing copies of his books for burning in stoves and fireplaces. It is appropriate that Al Gore’s books should be used to help keep poor people warm, since the principal reason the British government is totally unprepared to deal with the brutally cold weather is because they have fallen for the global warming myths propagated by Gore himself in his bestselling books. Burning Gore’s otherwise worthless books to keep people from freezing is their highest and best use.”

The truth is, the reason that the UK is unprepared for winter is that they’ve gotten used to warmer times, and also the North Sea production of hydrocarbons has long peaked and the UK is now an importer. It’s pretty much a classic ant & grasshopper type of story over there.