The mockery of St Keith

Who would have thought an opinion on Climate Change in Business Report would solicit reactions so diverse? An opinion with which we ought to engage, and point out the obverse.

Thus, for some, that man Bryer doth inspire a call to Green bash, and trash the environmentalist movement some find so perverse.

But for others, that man Bryer is but a liar who denies the world is on fire (or on track to overheat) and pokes malicious fun at predictions of a future so dire.

Let me now declare how I tire of ranting and raving disconnected and unscientific; Vitriol so prolific that uses insult instead of argument, substitutes facts with sentiment and spouts opinions instead of a rudiment of understanding.

Yes, cherry pick a finding to trash an entire body of knowledge. Cast doubt where doubt is not there. Humiliate by invoking the illusory shirt made of hair and consign all who worry for our future to the depths of despair.

But there is a problem with this antiscientific lunacy Climate change is no imaginary figment or flight of fancy. Melting polar ice is an uncontestable impact, supported by fact upon fact. How very inconvenient, Keith!

The heat from St Keith’s mockery might inflate some egos, or encourage more insults and rotten tomatoes. But the serious harm is that it prevents insights from forming will add to global warming and bequeaths our children and grandchildren a life of strife and needless storming.