The Heartland denialist/delusionists contend that:

“The real science and economics of climate change support the view that global warming [...]]]> The Australian Libertarian Society (ALS) are sending members off to Washington to attend the Third International Conference on Climate Change organised by the Heartland Institute.   The ALS is ‘sponsoring’ this Conference – whatever that means.

The Heartland denialist/delusionists contend that:

“The real science and economics of climate change support the view that global warming is not a crisis and that immediate action to reduce emissions is not necessary. This is, in fact, the emerging consensus view of scientists outside the IPCC and most economists outside environmental advocacy groups”.

This is a falsehood. Independent of the issue of whether or not the AGW hypothesis is correct – this is something that some wish to continue to argue about – it is a fact that the overwhelming majority of scientists and governments around the world do endorse this hypothesis as sound science. 

The claim is also a strangely  political statement for a so-called science conference with a rather unscientific dismissal of all mainstream climate science.  One wonders whose money is driving the ALS ‘sponsorship’.

The ALS will be joined by well known family-first libertarian Senator Steve Fielding who, while he is in Washington, will miss the crucial Senate vote on the Government’s ETS scheme.  I guess the ALS and Senator Fielding will come back to Australia and tell us what the ‘real science’ is.