The more I research global warming and climate change, the more I despair at the incoherent melange of "Green" policies.
In general politicians are not scientists or economists, nor are they particularly "expert" in anything much. They rely on the information that they receive from "experts" to make the decisions that impact our lives. Far too many "experts" are actually lobbyists for whatever agenda they are behind, and exert their influence on the politicians to make decisions that benefit them or their agenda. As a consequence, we end up with the kind of contradictory and often outright stupid policies that we then have to endure. Exchanging food for energy in the quest to reduce dependence on oil is madness.
Green is a great ruse to hide left wing ideology and has been utilized to push against right wing capitalism. On the surface, the green agenda sounds like a virtuous and noble one, but in fact hides a lot of harmful ideas that do damage to our lives. Obviously this is all debatable and no doubt there are good ideas as well as bad ones, but our lives are being severely impacted by these measures yet there is actually no proof that the ubiquitous predictions of doom hold any water.
I'm open to the concept that the global climate is undergoing "change", in fact it always has and always will as climate is a dynamic thing, however, I'm far from convinced that in our relatively short human existence compared with the planet's 4.5 billion years, that we are responsible for warming and threatening the Earth's future. When the main protagonists in the global warming agenda have very questionable credibility (Hansen, Mann) and the same concerns about the honesty of the IPCC exist, it makes it very difficult to take at face value any of the things that are being fed to us on a daily basis. The current warming predictions are based on computer models that do not take (and never can) full account of 'all' of the variables that affect the planet's climate. More worrying, because the models don't produce the outputs that match the observed climate, they (climate modellers) adjust and manipulate the data they input so that it does! What's more, they use and manipulate data (temperature readings) from ground based weather stations rather than the accurate and global satellite data. I could go on, but suffice to say, it is far from clear cut that there is even a problem let alone a Man made one.
As I say, I continue to research and remain open minded but the idea that there is a problem and that it is beyond question is completely false. This brings us back to the very real problem of so many governmental initiatives around the world all in the name of fighting climate change and all costing an absolute fortune making us all poorer and less free to live our lives. What is needed is a truly independent group of scientists (not pseudo "scientists" - climate modellers) who can give an honest, independent, and non politically motivated assessment of the true state of the global climate situation.