Den stora tråden om global uppvärmning/växthuseffekten

Environmental fear mongering is counterproductive in the long term because public attention and trust in the reliability of science are squandered

It is that lack of internal criticism and scholarly introspection within extreme environmentalism that is of greatest concern here; there is demonstrably a double standard. An even greater concern is the almost cult-like religiosity within some parts of the environmental movement that is quick to identify and viciously attack heretics and infidels but averse to self-examination and self-criticism. This group, which rightly condemns the pressure on science from fundamentalist religious groups, is now acting in the same manner as those groups. Any other field of science with a history of as many extreme statements, personal attacks, and repeatedly wrong predictions, with so little self correction, would be given short shrift by the scientific community. But extreme environmentalism sails on, brazenly flying the colors of science and turning environmentalism into a morality play.