Editor: If I am not mistaken, it was the Nazis who said if you tell a lie often enough, it will be accepted as the truth.
That brings me to the large, or at least noisy, group of people that have bought into the theory of man-made global warming. They believe we are causing it, and we can do anything about it.
What about the many volcanoes that are active on the planet now , and the forest fires that have been with us since the beginning of time. Can anyone explain this?
They produce many times more carbon emissions than humans do. Is Iceland going to be given carbon credits?
David Suzuki and his group of green extremists have made a religion out of their cause, and chose to shut down many websites on Monday. They said it was justified.
What the Conservative government is trying to do is to curb endless debate which prevents anything from getting done, and choking off progress.
If the oil sands get shut down, there goes many of our jobs and prosperity. What are these green tree huggers going to go then — go on welfare? We must develop our resources responsibly of course, but not shut our country down in order to please a few extremists.
Incidentally, it was Suzuki who said a short time ago that anyone that didn’t believe in his version of global warming should be thrown in jail. Now who is choking off debate?
It is his side of this issue that has choked off the scientists who do not believe in his erroneous theories.
David J. Standcumbe,
Langley