Fiction over fact
Never one to miss an opportunity to gain politically from a tragedy, the Goracle yesterday blamed the Myanmar cyclone on global climate warming change:
…we’re seeing consequences that scientists have long predicted might be associated with continued global warming.
“Predicted.” “Might be associated.” In Al Gore’s world, even the vaguest and insupportable link is enough to reach for the panic button. And what, pray tell, is global warming doing to cause the wrath of Gaia? This:
Gore claimed global warming is forcing ocean temperatures to rise, which is causing storms, including cyclones and hurricanes, to intensify.
Er…except the oceans have been cooling for the last five years. Those pesky facts, always getting in the way of a perfectly good line of bull.