Shouts from the desert

With even The Australian now giving up on climate change denial, it is interesting to note that one newspaper publisher is still sticking to his position. John Booth, owner, publisher, photographer and editor of The Weekly Times, a local newspaper covering roughly the area of the Bennelong federal electorate, has delivered an editorial describing climate change as:

the greatest load of old fashioned bulldust ever that keeps rearing its ugly looney head every century or so.

All this crazy talk is sponsored, fed and spread by ratings mad daily media – print and electronic – because they believe bad news sells.

You should not hold back, JB &emdash; tell us how you really feel.

He goes on to claim that a silent majority of scientists and economists refute climate change. This leaves me wondering what skills JB thinks economists have in climate modelling, but the claim that a majority of scientists deny climate change beggars belief. Presumably JB will at least be publishing an upcoming issue of his rag in which he includes commentary from thousands of climate scientists with a contrary opinion.

By the way, JB, your publication has not been sighted in my street for over a year now - you might want to look into your delivery systems.