The Vanguard

I’m the first to admit I’m not much of an extremist when it comes to the issue of global warming. I believe we’ve done some sort of damage to the Earth by the very act of living on it. It’s impossible not to impact the Earth somehow by our activities.

I believe that there is some warming going on, but I’m not convinced it’s as bad as environmentalists are preaching about. There’s too much politicising and extremism going on — from both sides — that’s getting in the way of the actual facts coming to light. I suppose this is why I’m still mostly a fence-sitter.

Yes, that controversial documentary screened tonight in Australia, with half an hour less content, mind, and a decent discussion on the issues afterwards that meant I had a whole hour of solid Tony Jones pervage, but that’s another matter entirely. (more…)