The meme is nothing new: Warmists have been trotting it out now and then for the past 5 years or so. However, they’ve recently ramped up their use of it in order to push their politics. Here’s Phil Plait (who’s really cool on all the science programs he appears on) pushing it at Slate
Climate Change Denial Is a Threat to National Security
First, let me be clear about this reality: Planet Earth is warming because of human activity, because of us, and that is profoundly affecting the climate. There is no honest doubt about this; the overwhelming evidence supports it, so much so that 97 percent of climate scientists agree on it.
Interesting: Phil starts of with what is essentially opinion, not science, in the first link. In his 2nd link he trots out “consensus”, which is not science, using a study that has been debunked. Why should we believe anything else he has to say?
The effects of climate change are profound. We are already seeing more extreme weather, more powerful tropical storms, more wildfires. As the sea level rises, coastal populations are threatened, including military bases.
No, we aren’t.
I have been saying for a long time that climate change is a threat to our national security, and it’s long past time to call out those who would deny this as abetting that threat.
President Obama did just this last week, in a speech at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. My Slate colleague Eric Holthaus wrote all about this, and I strongly urge you to read that article. Obama used words like “negligence†and “dereliction of dutyâ€: (snip)
Take a moment and ponder this. The president of the United States of America said that people who deny the reality of climate change are a threat to national security. And he strongly implied that members of Congress who do so are guilty of dereliction of duty.
And there is the point of all this: to brand people who do not buy into the notion that humans are mostly/solely responsible for all changes in the weather as Enemies. As Threats. As Traitors.
https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/603900856480694272
That goes for all you Warmists who refuse to give up fossil fuels and go “Carbon neutral”.
