Fish in a barrel

Jeb Bush, Former Governor of Florida and brother of President G.W. Bush, this week unsurprisingly declared himself a skeptic of anthropogenic climate change. From the article:

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he is "light green" on the environment and is skeptical that humans are causing global warming. "I don't think our policies should be based on emotion; they should be based on sound science," he said.

Rather than reducing oil consumption, Bush said the United States should focus on "energy security" - reducing dependence on oil imported from hostile or politically unstable countries by encouraging alternative fuels.

While we can all agree that policies should be based on science, his comments sound like many of the other climate skeptics floating around.

His comment that policy shouldn't be based on emotion is almost comical given his track record. This is a man who relies on an imaginary friend for support:

"Chang is a mystical warrior. Chang is somebody who believes in conservative principles, believes in entrepreneurial capitalism, believes in moral values that underpin a free society."

"I rely on Chang with great regularity in my public life. He has been by my side and sometimes I let him down. But Chang, this mystical warrior, has never let me down."

This is someone who thinks leaders need not separate politics and religion:

"I don't think you can separate your personal faith from your public actions, and I don't think you need to. I think transparent, openly expressing your faith is a good thing."

"Jesus was my best political advisor."

This, of course, runs in the family: GW Bush famously revealed that God told him to invade Iraq - in spite of the faulty intelligence.

As for the science - I suggest he start by reading the well-established consensus offered by the IPCC 4AR. It's rather telling that when a skeptic scientific conference is organized (admittedly, a rather kooky one), the have a hard time finding more than a handful of actual scientists to participate, and the presentations keep descending into diatribes against Al Gore and liberals. So, which side's being emotional?

Yawn.