Artful Dodger:

> Man's overall impact on the planet and climate IS insignificant.

I guess the destruction of forests, the disappearance of thousands of species, the pollution of the oceans, all those garbage dumps, those clouds of emmissions visible from satellites in outer space, the high incidence of cancer and other diseases, etc. All that is "insignificant". The fact that deforestation and desertification have been out of control for decades is insignificant. Anything as long as we can justify continuing to burn fossil fuels. I am sure that "Climategate" has now made it OK to destroy our planet. Who cares anyway? It is the poor who live in deserts and die of hunger. As long as the middle class can keep consuming, "environmental concerns" are "insignificant". It is all lies spread by left-wing socialist scientists anyway. The planet is OK and our grandkids will live in an eternal oasis.