Climate politics

To the editor:

What is the objective of global warming (now “climate change”) programs? Two interesting statements by participants in the Paris climate change meeting provide a clue. The UN Climate Change Chief, Christiana Figueres, says we must do away with the economic model that we have had for “at least 150 years.” Bolivia was more blunt: “for a lasting solution” to climate change “we must destroy capitalism.”

Some facts that will not be discussed in Paris:

• NASA published a study (Journal of Glaciology) that between 1992 and 2001 Antarctic ice increased 112 billion tons per year. Between 2003 and 2008 the increase was 82 billion tons per year. The conclusion was that this decreased world sea levels.

• The National Park Service published a map showing the positions of the major glacier (Grand Pacific Glacier) in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. From 1750 to 1925 the glacier receded about 65 miles. From 1925 to 1966 it has been essentially stationary, increasing only a mile or two.

These two examples strongly negate the politically correct point of view. Figures don’t lie, but as you know, liars figure.

The objectives of global warming programs are politically motivated to change the economy. This is the same group who warned us of the 10,000 year ice age that was upon us in the 1960’s – 70’s to kill our atomic power program. Now they want to kill fossil fuels. The larger goal, of course, is to kill capitalism.

Vincent U. Muirhead,

Lawrence