Conservative: ‘Lukewarmists’ the New ‘Climate Deniers’

Meet the “lukewarmists,” the new rebels of climate science. In the NJ Star-Ledger, Paul Mulshine explains: “The ‘lukewarmist’ view is that atmospheric carbon dioxide has some good effects that may outweigh any negative effects.” Such as that carbon dioxide “makes plants grow faster, thereby literally making the world more green.” As for temperature increases, “the apocalyptic scenarios pushed by people like Al Gore rely on feedback mechanisms that amplify the effect of CO-2 — in theory. In practice,” the temperature boost will be minor, and the US effect on that will be negligible because of our reliance on the relatively clean natural gas. If environmentalists really wanted to help, Mulshine notes, they’d stop opposing gas pipelines.