Post by Pelle ThomsenA number of different, and sometimes contradictory, motives have
been claimed for a conspiracy to promote the idea of global warming
* A desire on the part of the United Nations and its supporters to
promote a system of world government or global governance. Proponents
of this theory frequently stress the role of Maurice Strong.[citation
needed].
* A desire on the part of climate science researchers to attract
financial support[28]
* A desire by the government[which?] to raise taxes[citation needed]
* A desire on the part of left-wing political activists to promote an
agenda described by Melanie Phillips[5] as a "left-wing,
anti-American, anti-west ideology which goes hand in hand with
anti-globalisation and the belief that everything done by the
industrialised world is wicked. The agenda to cripple this world is
revealed by highly questionable assumptions made by climate modellers
about likely developments in economics, technology or population
movements, which affect emissions and consequent temperature
predictions."
* A desire on the part of conservative political leaders including
Margaret Thatcher,[29] and Helmut Kohl[30] to promote nuclear power
while attracting the political support of Green groups
* A desire on the part of leftwing individuals to garner financial
gains for themselves through business dealings related to the global
warming agenda.[citation needed].
* A desire on the part of leftwing political leaders to promote
socialism: o According to a critical special contribution written by
Lawrie McFarlane in Victoria's Times Colonist, "For socialism, at
least in its early form, shared those same instincts—distrust of
private enterprise, animus toward wealth, the urge to proselytize and
faith in big government. And like environmentalism, it marched under
the banner of a superior morality. (...) Environmentalism is neither
religion nor science. It is a political mission, every bit as
unquestioning as socialism in its heyday, and offering the same giddy
promise to followers: The delicious prospect of being in the right,
and better still, running things."[31] o Czech President Václav Klaus
said that "This ideology preaches earth and nature and under the
slogans of their protection – similarly to the old Marxists – wants
to replace the free and spontaneous evolution of mankind by a sort of
central, now global, planning of the whole world"[32] o Nick Minchin,
Australian former leader of the Opposition in the Senate stated on
the ABC program 4 Corners that "For the extreme left it [climate
change] provides the opportunity to do what they've always wanted to
do, to sort of de-industrialise the western world. You know the
collapse of communism was a disaster for the left, and the, and
really they embraced environmentalism as their new religion." [33]
* Statements made or allegedly made by various supporters of climate
change policies have been quoted as giving support to the idea that
anthropogenic global warming may be used primarily for political
purposes. o According to a critical editorial written by Peter
Menzies in the Calgary Herald, Christine Stewart, former Canadian
Environment Minister for the Liberal Party of Canada, said in 1998
that "No matter if the science is all phoney, there are collateral
environmental benefits.[34] o According to the 1993 book Science
under Siege by Michael Fumento, former US Senator Timothy Wirth,
(D-Colo) said that "We've got to ride the global warming issue. Even
if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right
thing – in terms of economic policy and environmental
policy.."[35][36]