If the devil’s greatest trick was convincing the world that he doesn’t exist, arguably the Environmentalist’ Greatest Trick is convincing the world that they really stand for conserving, rather than spending flagrantly.

The socialist and left wing parties eagerly calling on the common man to cut back on his showers, driving and plastic bags are busy unveiling massive spending programs that would choke all the not particularly extinct whales and polar bears of the north. The message is make sure to limit your showers to 1 minute of cold water, while shelling out more of your tax money than ever to fund a whole raft of conferences, initiatives and programs meant to tell people to waste less. Cut back on toilet paper so that deeply concerned politicians and celebrities can travel on jet planes around the world and feast on buffets while discussing how to best convince the common man to use less.

But then why be surprised, conservation for the greater good was always a staple of planned economies in the USSR or China or Cuba, just so long as you knew that the greater good was the good of the authorities and that the authorities always held an exemption. The common Russian farmer might be expected to give up his land, but the Commissar could always count on using that land for his Dacha. The rules that apply to the proletariat never apply to the leaders who wallow in their own indulgence while introducing new rationing protocols.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden say that the climate crisis is “the defining moment for our nation.” Oddly, therefore, global warming was nearly invisible in Obama’s Thursday nomination acceptance speech.

Perhaps that’s because the Democratic ticket invited 85,000 of their closest friends to drive their sedans and SUVs to downtown Denver where they parked in off-site lots serviced by shuttles to Invesco Field (whose own parking lots were off limits due to security), a 76,000-seat stadium constructed from 85,000 cubic yards of energy-intensive concrete to watch Obama deliver a speech that was punctuated by a massive fireworks display.

You may recall how, when Al Gore's speech today was announced, those computer models predicted Denver's high temperature today would reach 94F. As relayed then:

On August 28th, the day Barrack Obama will accept the nomination, the normal high temperature is 83 degrees. Extremes? Our record high temperature for that day, set multiple times — most recently in 1969 — was 94 degrees. 

This came ten days out — not ten decades, like the computer-modelers projections upon which we are to stake our economy. So, now that the day is upon us, how do things look?

You might remember this post about how the ruling BC Liberal party awarded huge pay hikes to senior staffers, at a time when most people in the province are trying make ends meet under the weight of the new carbon tax.

A new Angus Reid poll suggests that voters in BC have noticed that they are getting royally screwed, and for the first time in a long time the Liberal's have lost their poll lead to the NDP.

According to the poll, 50% of BC residents opinion of Premier Campbell have worsened in the past two months.  You will remember that the carbon tax was introduced July 1st, about two months ago.  Coincidence?  I think not.  The poll also revealed that only 8% of voters in BC considered the environment the most important issue.  So much for pandering to the global warming hoax.