The above An editorial cartoon recently appeared in the Bristol (Virginia) Herald Courier (Nath, 2013), and since that newspaper almost never runs articles that contradict the “established” climate science agenda, I presume that the editors interpreted (and author intended) this as follows: politics, especially the dirty politics of climate change “deniers”, is in opposition to climate science and is stalling action to mitigate man-made climate change and the resulting catastrophes.
The reality is just the opposite, though, and the editorial cartoon unintentionally reflects the truth — that the dirty politics of an anti-coal agenda, the dirty politics of renewable energy subsidies, and the dirty politics of academic arguments against higher standards of living are impeding research in legitimate climate science. The Federal government wields research dollars like a club, and one’s chance of obtaining funding is substantially lower if the result of one’s research doesn’t toe the line. Combined with this administration’s chilling (no pun intended) intrusion in educational standards, the wherewithal to conduct legitimate research that might actually save lives — instead of research that just serves to perpetuate a myth — is in real danger of vanishing into thin air.
Nath, P. (2013, October 28). Climate action. Retrieved from http://www.tricities.com/news/opinion_columns/image_80317d1e-3ea3-11e3-92f4-001a4bcf6878.html