The royal prince in waiting of Britain labels climate skeptics as “headless chickens”.
From The Telegraph:
Prince Charles has criticised climate change deniers, describing them as the “headless chicken brigade” during an awards ceremony recognising a leading young green entrepreneur.
Charles, who has campaigned for years to reduce global warming, also spoke out against “the barrage of sheer intimidation” from powerful anti-climate change groups during the event held at Buckingham Palace last night.
The mark of a true leader is bringing people with diverse views and backgrounds together, clearly with this recent pronouncement, Prince Charles clearly has failed as a leader.
I’ll point out a few things the prince who may be king should know, but doesn’t, or chooses not to.
1. Rational climate skeptics don’t doubt that some portion of the proposed greenhouse effect is real, it’s just that nobody (and that includes many scientists) seems to be able to agree upon how much. The few who actually deny the Greenhouse effect exists, such as the “Slayers” aka “Principia Scientific” only represent the views of a fringe.
2. Item 1 then leads to arguments about climate sensitivity, values are literally “all over the map”:
3. The global climate isn’t responding as it was predicted by government scientists, the trend over the last 12 years is basically flat:
Compare that to climate sensitivity predictions, which center around .2°C
The three graphs above are from Michaels and Knappenberger in this post.
4. The response of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing saturation, which may explain why there is little warming over the last 12 years:
Figure 4 is from this WUWT post: Sensitivity Training: Determining the Correct Climate Sensitivity
5. While rational climate skeptics point out reality based factual inconsistencies with warming projections, the global warming movement has been hijacked by emotional activists, such as Bill McKibben and Al Gore, who use emotional pleas and invective to motivate people. You won’t see them ever show the graphs above because they don’t deal in facts, only emotional appeals.
6. By making an emotional label about climate skeptics, instead of dealing with facts, Prince Charles demonstrates that’s he’s no different than Bill McKibben and Al Gore. Given recent opinion polls, he’s basically called about half of his potential subjects “the headless chicken brigade”, yet it is he who seems to be centered on the emotionalism and randomness more suited to that label.
Perhaps there is a reason the Queen has held on so long.
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REPLY:Changed. I can never figure out which is correct, England, United Kingdom, and Britain are essentially interchangeable terms in the American psyche, at least that’s my view of it – Anthony
Apologies for being OT, but: Wow. Just wow. I admire your honesty.
If it helps to clarify, think of England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland as states that make up the UK, just as California, Texas, Alaska, etc make up the USA.
Great Britain is the geographical island that contains England, Wales and Scotland.
Why people hold Cromwell up as anything to be admired is a question to which I fear I will never have an answer.
P.S.
There is, of course, a military reason to admire him. I believe he never lost a war, a pitched battle or failed in a siege.
Well, it should be possible to make royalty, outrageous like that, abdicate in Britain. It was already done to Edward VIII, pro-nazi Emperor of India, King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, on 11 December 1936 after a reign of 326 days.
OOPS!
Second line should be
Long live our noble Queen,
Finger trouble. No offence intended. Sorry.
Richard
some correction for bubbagyro
Charles is not a Monarch. He is the Prince of Wales, heir to the throne.
Elizabeth the 2nd is not the 3rd Queen Elizabeth.
The Elizabeth I expect that you refer to would be Elizabeth Woodville, wife to Edward IV? It was commonplace for the wife of the king to be named as queen but they were never Monarchs and so not requiring a number designation. Queen Elizabeth Windsor is the 2nd Monarch to bear that name. Consorts of the monarch remain just that. Prince Philip is not king, he is the Prince Consort. Elizabeth Woodville was a Queen Consort not a Queen Regnant.
I think you are mistaking spouses of Monarchs with Monarchs. Confusing I know. The sooner we are done with it the better.
ShrNfr says:
February 1, 2014 at 9:54 am
“About all you can say for the Hapsburgs is that they were slightly smarter than the Stuarts. But that is not saying much at all.”
“House Of Windsor” = descendants of the Welfen / House of Hannover. Not Habsburgers. Habsburgers ruled Austria/Hungary.
Just to stir the confusion a little more, there is also the British Isles, which includes Southern Ireland.
archonix , Dodgy Geezer:
The reason I referred to Cromwell is the same reason he is honoured by Parliament.
Cromwell had a decisive way with inconvenient Monarchs (named Charles).
Markhighland 9:23am
I think you have it wrong. I believe Prince Charles is the real reason Scots are pushing for independence.
Eugene WR Gallun
John Law 9:28am
Royal straight-jacket. Got to love it.
Eugene WR Gallun
Ah, for the good old days, when such insensate irrational behavior among royals was readily attributable to chronic syphilis.
Prince Charles tels us to listen to the climate scientists because we listen to other scientists. He tells us to make do with less and try to reduce our co2 output. In the above post video I heard him say Prince Charles – “We are making it cool to use less stuff.”
Prince Charles is an advocate and lobbyist for homeopathy yet ignores the scientific consensus that says it’s no better than a placebo. He pays no attention to the Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government who has said “homoeopathy is nonsense, it is non-science.”
In a speech he gave to industrialists and environmentalists at his James’s Palace in 2009 he said that the “age of convenience” was over. He added that we have just 96 months to avert “irretrievable climate and ecosystem collapse, and all that goes with it.” In 2007 he was labelled an eco-hypocrite by environmental campaigners for planning a 7,000 mile convenient round trip by on a jumbo jet with 20 of his staff to the USA to accept an environmental award.
For his further convenience he has “161.1 full-time equivalent staff” and 4 “homes in England, Scotland and Wales.” Clarence House – 40,000 sq. feet, Highgrove Estate – 900 acres,
The likes of Prince Charles, Al Gore and James Cameron want us to live with less while they live with more. Do as we say and not as we do.
“He should better not insult the people of the kingdom where he wants to be a king.”
Why the hell not? You don’t get elected to be King, it’s a God given right. Literally.
The very existence of the monarchy is an insult to people. But if you are to be king , why not go all out and be a condescending, hypocritical prat? It part of the job description.
The french had a much better idea, converting their royalty into headless chickens.
Kevin Knoebel!! I have not even read one thing on this thread, but when I saw YOUR NAME in the recent posts queue, I HAD to come here and say: I am so glad that you are okay! You’ve been gone a loooong time and well, you were such a regular contributor… . Hope all is well.(soiprayedquiteabit).
Take care, back there,
Janice
Give the crown to William. With that gorgeous wife of his, the people will love it, and the monarchy will be a top tourist attraction for a long time to come.
kadaka (KD Knoebel) says:
Ah, for the good old days, when such insensate irrational behavior among royals was readily attributable to chronic syphilis.
… and inbreeding.
At least our Royals don’t actually have any real power. I am quite relieved. We don’t have a King Bush and a Queen Palin. That would really cause a revolution!
Sorry not sure how the full stop (period) got between ‘relieved’ and ‘we’
Charles, who has amply demonstrated total ignorance in the arena of love , romance and marriage, now extends that same ignornace into arenas about which he also knows from nothing.
@Anthony
It’s not hard to understand. You are already familiar with similar arrangements.
Charles may one day be King of the United Kingdom (analog President of the United States).
The United Kingdom (UK) is currently composed of 4 countries – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. (analog States of the US)
3 of the 4 countries (E,W,S) are co-resident on the island of Great Britain. NI is on a different island (analog CONUS, Hawaii) NI shares a border only with separate country, Eire. (Analog Alaska, Canada)
And just as a man from California may not like being referred to as a Texan, so a Scotsman, Welshman or Irishman is annoyed at being referred to as English, even though England is the major partner in the UK. For convenience, ‘British’ covers all four and will not cause offence.
NB: This *may* all change at some point in the future as Scotland is having a referendum this year to decide whether to become ‘independent’. The constititutional arrangements that may ensue are unclear.
FYI – The capital of UK Is London, as is the capital of England. Capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, Wales is Cardiff and NI is Belfast. Each has some degree of autonomy within the UK. And we’re all part of the European Union…but that is a whole different basketcase.
flydlbee 9:44am
You open by saying “Charles is not all that bright” and then end by condemning Ant. Wattts’ “insolent sarcasm”. What are you missing here?
Eugene WR Gallun
DodgyGeezer, just read your second comment on Cromwell.
It’s a good point that the Conqueror of Jamaica has a military record that is second to none.
But I wouldn’t honour him for never failing in a siege. I’ve read Macauley and I know about Waterford.
Some wins do not bring glory.
Here is a little help on the matter. Sometimes people refer to the British Isles.
Think of the union as the United States and the countries within (England, Wales) like Texas and California, though its a little more complicated. 😉
Most of the time use UK or Great Britain (does not include N. Ireland) and avoid using England.
For people outside of the United Kingdom, understanding the naming ontology requires specialized skills in set theory.
The Prince of Wales is perfectly entitled to his own perspective, even to the point of rubbishing those who fail to agree with his notions if that is what he wants to do. After all internet commentary ranges over everything from the lucid brilliance of some to the abysmal ranting nastiness of others. What is most surprising however about his view is most governments, the corporate world, academics and the various NGO’s and international bodies support what he has to say. Those demanding a little more in the way of verifiable solid science and proven facts tends to largely emanate from a small number of people either working on their own or at best supported by modest voluntary contributions. That this little group has demolished much of what is being said should prompt HRH The Prince of Wales to wonder why the line they are selling garners so little public support. Could it be something to do with the fact that they themselves do not want to change their luxurious life one iota but instead expect everyone else to sacrifice theirs.