Comment on Hiding the Decline: Part II by kai

Thomas, here in Europe, there is a sizable part of the public that DO care about cAGW. Not really about the detailed science behind it, they just want to hear that science says it is true and catastrophic and due to the sort of human activities they do not approve (usually motor vehicles, consumerism and deforestation, in that order- not so much house heating and population growth).
It is important to them to have a science-approved stamp to their dogma (Western techno-civilisation has hurt mother Gaia, and it is really time that we repent from our sins and go back to a “natural” way of life (that will be extensively described by their prefered high priest, usually involving actions ranked more from symbolic value than effectiveness in reducing CO2. For example, bicycle instead of car is much much more worthy than reduce internal temp of your house by 2 degree, regardless of how much less CO2 you have emitted at the end of the year), else mother gaia will punish humanity with climate induced floods and plagues and bbq summers…
They are not motivated by additional taxes. They are adept of a new and fast-growing religion.
I fear integrists like that even more than opportunists wanting to make a quick buck from CO2 markets….