BBC perpetuates scientific fraud

Yes, that’s quite a claim to make but I’ve just been reading the Ethical Man’s blog on the BBC’s Newsnight website and discovered the BBC publishes fraudulent and misleading posts without a sign of any of the Beeb’s much-vaunted moderation.

The blog entry, “Ethical Man my a***”, is fairly inane as the writer, Justin Rowlatt, prattles on about flying to Jamaica to see if carbon offsets can alleviate the carbon dioxide emitted during his flight. It can’t, but that’s an argument for another time.

But as I was reading through the “moderated” comments from readers, I came across one from someone called John Finn.

Carbon trading is a licence to pollute

I’ve long thought government plans to bring in some form of global carbon trading scheme were wrong and nothing more than an attempt to sidestep the real issue - that fossil fuel use has to be cut if we are to tackle climate change.

So, it when I came across Kevin Smith’s Viewpoint on BBC News’ Green Room, I read it with interest and increasing agreement.

He writes: “Sir Nicholas Stern argues that the cost-effectiveness of making emissions reductions is the most important factor, advocating mechanisms such as carbon pricing and carbon trading.